winter break ends for me when my meetings with my arabic tutor resume tonight. i've been reading stuff in arabic since december, but i haven't spoken the language at all, except for a brief exchange friday night with a taxi driver on the way to the tow lot. speaking is a lot harder for me than reading. aside from pronunciation issues, i have to come up with the words myself, rather than just recognizing the words on the page when i see them. it's remarkable and sad just how much i've lost after only a few weeks off.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
a warning to g
winter break ends for me when my meetings with my arabic tutor resume tonight. i've been reading stuff in arabic since december, but i haven't spoken the language at all, except for a brief exchange friday night with a taxi driver on the way to the tow lot. speaking is a lot harder for me than reading. aside from pronunciation issues, i have to come up with the words myself, rather than just recognizing the words on the page when i see them. it's remarkable and sad just how much i've lost after only a few weeks off.
