Week 1 Reflection
At this point, I had not yet registered for the class! I was going through the process of applying for a Fulbright in Brazil and was taking a course in the Music Ensemble department on Brazilian Music, but for one reason or another all of the elements had not yet clicked in my brain to point me to wanting to take a Self-Directed Language Study for Portuguese. I believe, in fact, that at this time I was trying to join Japanese 101 to start learning another language, but I quickly saw that even joining a week late that the professor’s teaching style was much more intense than what I was looking for or had anticipated. After attending one class I knew I had to find another solution to fill my spare time and keep up with my pattern of using about three to four languages every week.
Comments
I'm glad that you registered for the class, and I hope that you feel like you've gained a lot out of the course! I think it's crazy that you have been using 3-4 languages throughout this entire semester. I feel like the regular practice of all the languages would help with distinguishing them eventually, but I still think I would be confused. Many European polylinguists that I know have been learning 3-4 languages since childhood have similar weeks though, so it must be valuable to do so!