Language Learning:
Wow I am 3 months into my experience and I can sat "good morning" , "goodnight", and "Can I order a sandwich". Haha okay not actually but around 3 months into my experience I was starting to question my language learning capabilities. I felt like I was in rut and wouldn't break through. Once I realized that I was in learning rut, I tried getting out in the community more, making more friends, surfing more often. During all of these outings, I would try as hard as I possibly could to learn more than I had the day before. About a month after trying this new method out, I realized my Portuguese had drastically improved and I had impressed myself. I starting getting comfortable with how my Portuguese was developing so I was starting to slow down on my previously avid lifestyle and spent more time surfing and practicing Jiu-Jitsu. Being abroad, you are practicing a different language everyday, however how much you want to learn depends on how often you practice and immerse yourself.
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Wow I am 3 months into my experience and I can say "good morning" , "goodnight", and "Can I order a sandwich". Haha okay not actually but around 3 months into my experience I was starting to question my language learning capabilities. I felt like I was in rut and wouldn't break through. Once I realized that I was in learning rut, I tried getting out in the community more, making more friends, surfing more often. During all of these outings, I would try as hard as I possibly could to learn more than I had the day before. About a month after trying this new method out, I realized my Portuguese had drastically improved and I had impressed myself. I starting getting comfortable with how my Portuguese was developing so I was starting to slow down on my previously avid lifestyle and spent more time surfing and practicing Jiu-Jitsu. Being abroad, you are practicing a different language everyday, however how much you want to learn depends on how often you practice and immerse yourself.
On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 2:47 PM Luke Field <lukefield4@gmail.com> wrote:
About Luke Field
Luke was born and raised in Kona, Hawaii. He is passionate about the ocean, his friends and family, meditating, and surfing. He is involved in ocean conservation, bettering his community, and learning deeper about indigenous culture. His goals for his gap year are to become fluent in Portuguese, enjoy the time he spends working in his apprenticeship, and to surf as much as he possibly can. "Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. No one was there"