1) How have you organized your learning plan, and what have you learned so far?
It is a lot easier for me to “process input” in Catalan than to “produce output.” So, I made a learning plan to “equalize” the gap between my language skills – listening/reading vs. speaking/writing. I have been learning most about pronunciation and how to differentiate Catalan from Castellano. I know how to read out loud in Catalan now (with some help from my LP :)
2) What challenges or difficulties have you encountered?
I think the biggest challenge is the novelty of it all: learning a new language at an “older age” (compared to when I started learning English); not feeling sure about the pace of the progress; and the flexibility and autonomy in this course.
And I mentioned several throughout the semester how messy my mind would get with all these languages: I would answer my LP unsure if I was speaking in Catalan or in Castellano – or worse, if I was just adding an accent to my Portuguese. Today, talking to someone from Brazil, I thought “Porque” and typed “Because!”
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