I Speaka the Spanish

Ya empiezan las clases! Todavia estamos en la primera semana de clases y estoy contenta para andar el semestre. Desafortunadamente no he escogido todas mis clases porque la mayoria de ellas no tienen un enfoque de America Latina. Entonces estoy andando con clases que son mas o menos electivas o clases que no quedan en ningunas de mis carerras. Que pena. Pero ya se que mi clase favorita es Sociolinguisitica. La clase es en ingles y el profesor es ingles. Me da risa cuando oi el acento del profe porque americanos les encanta el acento ingles. Y, estoy buscando universidades inglesas en que puedo inscribirme para un masters en TESOL (la ensenanza de english a hablantes de otras idiomas) entonces es por dios que tengo el para ser mi profesor porque puedo hacerle preguntas sobre la linguisitica, inglaterra, y como puedo viajar el mundo como una profesora de ingles/ lengua. que suerte!

Ahora porque estoy andando una clase en ingles? Estoy aca para aprender espanol, cierto? Pues si, pero mi universidad ya no tiene el programa de Linguistica entonces solo una clase en ingles no va a arruniar el espanol que he aprendido. Todo esta bien. Y puedo escuchar el acento ingles dos dias cada semana. Vale la pena.

Sobre mi espanol... necesito hablar mas para mejorarlo. En mi mente tengo todo que necesito para hablar con fluidez en espanol pero no me sale. Creo es porque yo se que estoy capaz de hablar bien espanol pero toma tiempo y solo que oigo es mal espanol entonces no quiero hablar si no es a nivel que quiero. Estoy frustrada con esto pero en serio voy a ser mas involucrada este semestre con voluntariado y pasando mas tiempos con amigos uruguayos. Vamos a ver pero tengo confianza que puede lograrlo porque mi meta numero uno es tener fluidez cuando hablo espanol y no voy a regresar si no es asi.

Ademas los estudiantes internacionales tienen un viaje a Colonia este fin de semana. Ya fui pero estoy emocionada para pasar con tiempo con ellos y es mas o menos gratis con la excepcion que necesitamos pagar para el almuerzo, los museos, los recuerdos, etc.

Bien. Como fue mi espanol? Me di cuenta que hablo de espanol todo el tiempo y estoy en Uruguay pero nunca hablo EN espanol. Entonces aqui esta. Cuando tengo tiempo voy a agregar los acentos porque mi teclado no los tiene. Hasta luego, ches!

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Classes have started! We're approaching the end of the first week of school and I'm pretty excited about this semester. Unfortunately, I still haven't chosen all my classes the majority of them don't focus on Latin America. So, I'm mostly taking electives that have nothing to do with either of my majors. But this also means I get to take one class that I've always wanted to take-- Sociolinguistics. It's actually taught in English by an English professor. I was smiling so big when I first walked in because us Americans love British Accents. Also, I am currently looking up universities in England where I can pursue a Master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Others Languages), so it's the work of God that I found myself in his class. Now I have to ask about linguistics, England, and how I can travel as an English/ Language teacher.

Now why am I taking a class in English? I'm here to learn Spanish, right? Well, yeah but my university doesn't have a linguistics program any longer and I've taken an interest in linguistics after I took a linguistics class my sophomore year so it's a great opportunity to take a course I wouldn't otherwise be able to take. And, having just one class in English out of the ten I will take here won't hinder me learning Spanish. Plus, it's worth it if I get to hear an English accent two days a week.

About my Spanish... If I want to continue improving I really need to talk more. I think I've hit kind of a wall with my Spanish that I will have to break through by just speaking up more. In my mind I have everything I need to speak fluently in Spanish it just doesn't come out that way. I think it's because I know I'm capable of speaking Spanish well but fluency takes time and a lot of patience which I don't have right now. All I hear is bad Spanish. I feel like what I say comes out all jumbled up and doesn't convey the deeper thought I had intended. It's just hard to hear the bad Spanish and think I can surpass it to where I don't cringe after hearing myself speak. It frustrates me but I'm seriously trying to get past it by becoming more active through volunteering and spend more time with my Uruguayan friends. My number one goal here is to speak Spanish fluently and I refuse to graduate with a Spanish major and not being able to say I'm fluent.

In other news, the international students have a trip to Colonia coming up this weekend. I've already been, but I'm going this time to get to know the other students. Plus, it's free minus things like lunch, museums, souvenirs, etc.

Alright. How was my Spanish? I realized that I talk about Spanish all the time and I'm in Uruguay, but I never speak IN Spanish. So there it is. When I have time I'll go back and add accents since this keyboard doesn't have them. Later, gators!