Apart from the fact that I like the class, I never thought a class on teaching could help me to understand myself better. And it did. Still amazed and trying to work out the consequences of this new understanding. And, what's more, in two different ways.
The first one it's about one trauma I've been having for a long time. I was speaking about it yesterday, in fact, with some classmates: I have learned to pass language exams without learning it. My mind is clever and lazy, so it uses the cleverness to work less. So, it thought, "why bother studying if you can pass without it? I'll show you how to pass the exams." And, god, is it clever. It had even been lying to me about it. But yesterday, I saw its trick! That text opened my eyes to see what it had been doing all German through.
Oh, maleïts conductistes!
The second one is about a clear change in my personality not only when being far away, out in foreign lands, but mostly when speaking in English. Someone said to me after hearing me both in Spanish and in English: "You sound much more confident in English". I thought of it but I couldn't think of any propper explanation. This second understanding comes from one only sentence:
Aprendre una L2 és crear una personalitat en L2.
From here, the thoughts go way too personal to explain here, plus, I'm still trying to work things out. But oh, my! Have I understood things!
The first one it's about one trauma I've been having for a long time. I was speaking about it yesterday, in fact, with some classmates: I have learned to pass language exams without learning it. My mind is clever and lazy, so it uses the cleverness to work less. So, it thought, "why bother studying if you can pass without it? I'll show you how to pass the exams." And, god, is it clever. It had even been lying to me about it. But yesterday, I saw its trick! That text opened my eyes to see what it had been doing all German through.
Oh, maleïts conductistes!
The second one is about a clear change in my personality not only when being far away, out in foreign lands, but mostly when speaking in English. Someone said to me after hearing me both in Spanish and in English: "You sound much more confident in English". I thought of it but I couldn't think of any propper explanation. This second understanding comes from one only sentence:
Aprendre una L2 és crear una personalitat en L2.
From here, the thoughts go way too personal to explain here, plus, I'm still trying to work things out. But oh, my! Have I understood things!
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Ai Helena!quanta raó hi ha en les teves paraules... parlo pels dos últims posts. Això que dius que per fi trobes una assignatura interessant jo també ho vaig pensar. (deixant de banda les assignatures de traducció cientifica) poques classes m'han motivat com aquesta, amb l'horari que té!
I pel que fa al segon post, doncs la veritat és que jo també he entés moltes coses, com per exemple, per què no he aprés més alemany!
ànims, que no estas sola!
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