Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Now You're Speaking My Language!

Whether it be listening to different types of music, learning about languages, or trying a different kind of dancing, I love learning about other cultures! Since Spanish is one of my language loves, I was excited that there is a large Latino population in the area. Hopefully I can find some people to practice with so I can brush up on my rusty Spanish! 

Also, there are a bunch of international students in my MFA program, mostly from different parts of Asia including Taiwan, China, Thailand, and Korea. One of my classmates from China even wanted to do a language exchange with me! I am helping him work on his English pronunciation, and he will teach me some basic Chinese phrases. I only have about 6 down so far, but he promises me that by the end of our 2-year program, I will be conversant in Chinese. I think it's a bit of a stretch, but even if I know just a few things, that would be awesome!
Posted by paulina at 9:20 PM

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    That's so cool, Paulina!!

    Have fun with the languages....just remember how many languages PJPII spoke!!

    Love you lots, Aunt Ro

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  2. paulinaSeptember 4, 2009 at 7:29 AM

    That has actually been a long-standing aspiration of mine - to speak as many languages as the Pope...But fluency in 8 languages is hard to match! I have kind of a working knowledge of Spanish, have dabbled in French, Russian, Italian, Japanese, and now Chinese, but am by no means fluent in any foreign language (yet!)

    <3 paulina

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