Practicing English in USA
Who from you have ever thought would practice a lot of English when travelling to USA? I did thought it in my first trip to there. But in spite of have practiced English in my travelling, it didn´t ocurred in the amount I had planned. I confess I didn´t traveled to spend my English, but I wanted to match pleasure and learning. Why not!
My problem was that I went to Florida. Every person who once have been there knows that Spanish is probably more common there than English, or almost that. And, every time I tried to use my poor English with a native English speaker, in a shop for example, the standard answer was: "I will call an Spanish speaker to you. One moment..."
If only I spoke Spanish! My mother language is Portuguese! Despite Portuguese to be very similar to Spanish, as I had never studied Spanish before that time, I felt better trying to speak in English. So, I felt quite frustrated with that situation.
By the second time I went there, after two years. The situation was a bit better. My English wasn´t a lot richer than it was in my first trip. But, I was studying Spanish! So, I could be happy talking to in Spanish.
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Practicing English in USA
Who from of you Have you ever thought would practice a lot of English when travelling to USA? Who has ever thought this " When I travel to the USA I will be able to practice my English". I thought this as I planned it in my first trip to there. But in spite of all my practicing, I had no idea how unprepared I would be. ave practiced English in my travelling, it didn´t ocurred in the amount I had planned. I have to confess I didn´t travel just to use to spend my English, but I wanted to be able to combine traveling match pleasure and learning. Why not!
My problem was that I went to Florida. Everyone person who has once have been there knows that Spanish is probably more common there than English., or almost that. And, every time I tried to use my poor English with a native English speaker, in a shop for example, the standard answer was: "One moment, I will call a Spanish speaker to for you. One moment..."
If only I could speak spoke Spanish! But, my mother language is Portuguese! Despite It is true Portuguese to be is very similar to Spanish, as but I had never studied Spanish before. I thought I would feel that time, I felt better trying to speak in English. So, I felt quite frustrated with that situation.
After two years, I traveled By the second time I went there again. after two years. This time the situation was a bit better. My English wasn´t a lot richer better than it was in during my first trip. But, I was studying Spanish! So now I could am happy to be talking to in Spanish.
Luciano---Did you go to Miami or Orlando? If you did then that explains why you thought that Spanish is more common than English. I assure you that speaking Spanish in the rest of Florida is not that common. But, I am happy to hear that you are learning Spanish, it is much easier for you to learn since it is so similar to Portuguese. I live in Florida near Orlando and if you visit again please let me know. My husband and I would like to meet you and your family for lunch or dinner. I promise you we do not speak Spanish, and can offer you the opportunity to practice your English.
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