Now started intentionally immersing myself in Spanish. I’ve always had a lackadaisical approach to language learning—I like to dabble, but I don’t actually know anything. Spanish is the language I am most familiar (besides English) with—I was partially raised by my El Salvadorian grandmother, took 3 years of Spanish in middle/high school—and I STILL fail to feel comfortable speaking it. I looked into Cognito Mentoring’s wiki and realized that I ought to either get serious about fluency or stop wasting my time maintaining a meager half-comprehension.
I’ve got a web extension that partially translates the text I’m reading, and I’m checking out the top Youtube videos in Spanish-speaking countries weekly.
On a side note, I’m also slowly trawling through a lojban introduction, making anki cards as I go along. I’m working out an intuitive model of the 5 selbri slots I can use so my brain doesn’t get lost whenever someone switches the order.
Now started intentionally immersing myself in Spanish. I’ve always had a lackadaisical approach to language learning—I like to dabble, but I don’t actually know anything. Spanish is the language I am most familiar (besides English) with—I was partially raised by my El Salvadorian grandmother, took 3 years of Spanish in middle/high school—and I STILL fail to feel comfortable speaking it. I looked into Cognito Mentoring’s wiki and realized that I ought to either get serious about fluency or stop wasting my time maintaining a meager half-comprehension.
I’ve got a web extension that partially translates the text I’m reading, and I’m checking out the top Youtube videos in Spanish-speaking countries weekly.
On a side note, I’m also slowly trawling through a lojban introduction, making anki cards as I go along. I’m working out an intuitive model of the 5 selbri slots I can use so my brain doesn’t get lost whenever someone switches the order.