Personal Narrative: A Conversation In Spanish
I was on the train and I overheard these two older ladies having a conversation in Spanish. At the next stop, one of the ladies got off and I took the time to familiarize myself. I learned that her name was Roberta. Luckily, she understood and spoke English, so I explained that it was an assignment for school. She agreed and I began by introducing myself and asking for her name and how she was. She replied that she was good and she asked me and I responded the same way. I asked her about her day and where she was from and she asked me where I was from, how was school, and what class I liked the most. The conversation wasn’t long, but it was longer than I thought it would be. The conversation eventually ended when she had to get off at her
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stop. We said bye and went our separate ways.
I stumbled a bit during the conversation because I was trying to find the appropriate response for her questions. She sometimes helped me when she saw me struggling. Talking in a foreign tongue with a native speaker was actual really fun. Although I tripped and stumbled over my words sometimes, Roberta was very helpful and I feel like I gained more experience by actually going out and having a real conversation. It was really easy knowing what my response was going to be because even though I didn’t understand every single word in her replies or questions I got the general message. It was difficult trying to piece together a grammatically correct comprehendible sentence that answered the question in a way she could understand. It was hard trying to remember verbs and whether a noun was masculine or feminine. I sometimes had to just ask her how to say something. She was very patient and supportive with me. I feel like with more practice and if I were to go out more and use the Spanish I’m taught in the classroom outside, I would improve. In my opinion, real world situations are better teachers than just repeated something and having it imprinted on your brain. This experience was really fun and I would definitely support doing another assignment exactly like this or something similar that has to do with going out and using the Spanish you’ve learned in our
community.
stop. We said bye and went our separate ways.
I stumbled a bit during the conversation because I was trying to find the appropriate response for her questions. She sometimes helped me when she saw me struggling. Talking in a foreign tongue with a native speaker was actual really fun. Although I tripped and stumbled over my words sometimes, Roberta was very helpful and I feel like I gained more experience by actually going out and having a real conversation. It was really easy knowing what my response was going to be because even though I didn’t understand every single word in her replies or questions I got the general message. It was difficult trying to piece together a grammatically correct comprehendible sentence that answered the question in a way she could understand. It was hard trying to remember verbs and whether a noun was masculine or feminine. I sometimes had to just ask her how to say something. She was very patient and supportive with me. I feel like with more practice and if I were to go out more and use the Spanish I’m taught in the classroom outside, I would improve. In my opinion, real world situations are better teachers than just repeated something and having it imprinted on your brain. This experience was really fun and I would definitely support doing another assignment exactly like this or something similar that has to do with going out and using the Spanish you’ve learned in our
community.