These last two weeks have whooshed by. New York was, well, as you would expected one of the world’s greatest cities to be – great. Our first couchsurfing experience worked out really well and, as I am able to write this, I’m sure you’ll be happy to know that the couchsurfer who hosted us in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘learning Spanish’
Getting a Taste of Global Health
When I first decided to take two years off before going to medical school, I had a long list of goals I wanted to accomplish, the last of which was actually getting accepted to medical school. I wanted to get a taste of what my future life as a doctor could be like – while [...][...]
How to Learn a Language
Immersion, immersion, immersion! Sadly, I never learned the amount of Spanish I had hoped to while volunteering in Chile but now in Guatemala, I’m more than making up for it. Staying with a Spanish speaking family is the best possible immersion you could hope for and great fun, too. My Spanish[...]
The Multiple Personalities of You
I suspect I wasn’t the only grade school Spanish language learner for whom the vosotros form had a sort of rogue ninja presence. Easily avoidable in classroom skits, it would spring out of the shadows at the most inopportune moments (usually, a pop quiz) to remind us that no, we didn’t h[...]
Wrapping My Brain (and Tongue) Around Spanish
My uvula shook as I said the word despejar.: “Despehhhhar.” My friend Pilar smiled. “You sound Spanish,” she said.* “Huh?” I kind of thought that was the point. “The ‘hhhh.’” she said. “That’s from Spain. Listen: ‘dehar,’” she said, using a shorter a[...]
