Learning a New Language Or Not
Sometime ago, Engin, who translates Heavenletters into Turkish, gave me ideas of topics to write about on this blog. Such suggestions are very welcome, by the way.
One of Engin’s questions was: Will you tell us about your Spanish lessons, por favor?
Canim Engin, I am at a loss to explain how much I am not learning Spanish. I have every reason in the world to learn Spanish and no excuse not to, and yet I don’t do it.
A dear friend sent me many many CD’s of Spanish lessons – I mean like fifty CD’s. Many of these CD’s are highly-rated and used by government officials and businesses around the world. Every opportunity has been given to me, and I am appalled at how seldom I play these CD’s.
For a week or so I played a certain program over and over again. Immersed in it, I did learn quite a bit, the Spanish alphabet and how to count in Spanish etc.
But after a week, it got so I couldn’t stand to hear the nice teacher’s voice even one more time, and I haven’t been back since. There are other voices on other CD’s that I could be listening to, why aren’t I?
You would think that the fact that I will be moving to a Spanish-speaking country would be motivation enough. I mean, how much more motivation do I need?
This is really a puzzle to me. What am I waiting for?
I was good at learning languages in high school and college. I studied French and German, but, alas, not Spanish.
I remember reading once – don’t remember where – about someone who learned a subject – don’t remember what subject – just by putting a textbook under his pillow, night after night. Was this fiction?
If I could believe that sleeping on a Spanish CD would work…
Godwriting is a blog by Gloria Wendroff and is about Gloria's daily life as the Godwriter of the Heavenletters project that is having a profound effect on the lives of people around the world.
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