Study Abroad - Language Barriers?

blackgoddess
Mon, 09 Feb 2015 04:10:57 +0000

Although I am black and Arab, I speak Spanish really fluently and don’t have an accent because I come from a densely Hispanic populated area. If you go to coffee shops in really Hispanic areas where residents don’t speak English, you are forced to adapt and learn the language. You can also pick up on it by listening in on conversations in Hispanic-owned restaurants. Ordering items in Spanish in America will help you practice getting better for when you go abroad. Also watching Spanish TV channels helps you better pick up on the language as well as sleeping over at Hispanic friends houses who don’t speak English in their homes.
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