Language exchange

There's something I would like to share with our community that could be revealing to some people or just confirm their feelings about learning new languages.

Usually, when we are learning a new language, the "classical" way of choice of for everybody to do it is just going to go to a school to learn lots of grammar rules. My experience is a bit different of it.

I've been learning a lot more in the last years, when I took risks to put myself outside my comfortable zone. In general, we are afraid of committing mistakes, when learning something. This is exactly what blocks keeps us from learning. Actually, this is strange, because if you are learning, you are supposed to commit make mistakes.

I lived experienced the things I'm telling you. In 2011, I'd been studying in Oxford (UK) for 3 weeks alone. I'd never ever traveled to another country before. In On the first day I was got lost (I really don't know how I could be get lost in such a small city), which curiously helped me, because I had to ask people, to express myself, to go home.

I'm not saying that gram mar isn't an important issue. In fact, even in our mother languages tongue we must be careful of to write/speak writing/speaking in as good as we can. I'm just saying that communicating ideas freely, in another language, helps much more when you begin start learning.

What do you think of it?

Now, I'm looking for language partners, to achieve fluency, to polish my grammar knowledge, to put the things I learnt in use and to help others people too. Actually, if anyone is interested in joining my intermediate/advanced level portuguese/english conversation group, we would appreciate it. Just add me on Italki and send me your Skype name.