Comments on: Dr. Jekyll and la Señora Hyde http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/06/26/dr-jekyll-and-la-senora-hyde/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/06/26/dr-jekyll-and-la-senora-hyde/#comment-1186 eleena Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:39:24 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/06/26/dr-jekyll-and-la-senora-hyde/#comment-1186 Hey Kelsey, I had the same anxiety about speaking Spanish before I came to Spain. I was constantly worried about how the other person was going to react, whether I would be understood, whether they would laugh at me, etc. You'll be fine. Once you get to Chile, just take a deep breath and plunge right in. Most people you meet will be quite friendly and eager to help you with your Spanish once they see your interest in learning their language and communicating with them. By this time next year your Spanish is going to be incredible! :) Here's the link to a different entry about how to get around being tongue-tied in Spanish: http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/03/dejate-llevar-making-mistakes-are-no-big-deal/ I've never been to Chile, so please let us know how things go. Hope you have fun! Hey Kelsey,
I had the same anxiety about speaking Spanish before I came to Spain. I was constantly worried about how the other person was going to react, whether I would be understood, whether they would laugh at me, etc.

You’ll be fine. Once you get to Chile, just take a deep breath and plunge right in. Most people you meet will be quite friendly and eager to help you with your Spanish once they see your interest in learning their language and communicating with them. By this time next year your Spanish is going to be incredible! :)

Here’s the link to a different entry about how to get around being tongue-tied in Spanish:

http://spanish-podcast.com/2007/12/03/dejate-llevar-making-mistakes-are-no-big-deal/

I’ve never been to Chile, so please let us know how things go. Hope you have fun!

]]> By: Kelsey http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/06/26/dr-jekyll-and-la-senora-hyde/#comment-1184 Kelsey Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:15:03 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/06/26/dr-jekyll-and-la-senora-hyde/#comment-1184 Hi, thanks for the article, can't wait to read it. Sounds really intriguing! Well, in less than 4 weeks I am leaving to go to Chile for a year. Honestly, I'm fairly extroverted here in Seattle, but every time an opportunity here presents itself for me to speak in Spanish with someone I don't know (example, restaurant workers, young people speaking Spanish with their parents when I'm getting my hair done, etc), I just choose not to, even though I love speaking Spanish. I suppose I'm nervous because I've only been studying Spanish for a year or two and don't have a lot of experience speaking, I get nervous and just decide to interact in English or not at all. So I guess that means speaking Spanish makes me introverted. :p I really hope that once I become comfortable in Chile I will be extroverted again. My entire life I've never had a problem in any social environment, and I really don't enjoy feeling nervous and quiet when it comes to Spanish speaking situations. Hi, thanks for the article, can’t wait to read it. Sounds really intriguing!

Well, in less than 4 weeks I am leaving to go to Chile for a year. Honestly, I’m fairly extroverted here in Seattle, but every time an opportunity here presents itself for me to speak in Spanish with someone I don’t know (example, restaurant workers, young people speaking Spanish with their parents when I’m getting my hair done, etc), I just choose not to, even though I love speaking Spanish. I suppose I’m nervous because I’ve only been studying Spanish for a year or two and don’t have a lot of experience speaking, I get nervous and just decide to interact in English or not at all. So I guess that means speaking Spanish makes me introverted. :p

I really hope that once I become comfortable in Chile I will be extroverted again. My entire life I’ve never had a problem in any social environment, and I really don’t enjoy feeling nervous and quiet when it comes to Spanish speaking situations.

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