Anecdote

I had the very last of my last final exams yesterday, and I went out with some friends, here in Granada. We were drinking (in a wine bar to start with), and we went to some a few pubs later. When my friend and I were just going about to take look for a taxi and going to take us home, I remember that some guys asked us: "Hey, do you speak English??". I don´t know why but I just said "No" when I really could try have tried to do it. After that, the guy who had asked us turned around and he said something like "fucking..." that I couldn´t hear well.

I didn´t realise what I did had done (there are verb tense issues throughout, past perfect rather than simple past tense)  until now, but maybe it´s true that we (Spanish people) are more closed/less hospitable than foreigners in general, or maybe we just don´t just want/are just reluctant to try talking in another language. What do you think ??

Anecdote

I had my last final exam yesterday and I went out with some friends here, in Granada. We were drinking and we went to some pubs later. When my friend and I were just going to take a taxi and going home, I remember that some guys asked us: "Hey, do you speak English??". I don´t know why but I just said "No" when I really could try to speak English. After that, the guy who asked us turned around and he said something like "fucking..." that I couldn't hear well.

I didn´t realise what I did until now, but maybe it´s true that we (Spanish people) are more closed than foreigners in general o maybe we don´t just want to try speaking in another language. What do you think??

I think most people are terrified to make mistakes speaking another language! I think the best option is getting used to speaking the new language more and more, little by little.

Anecdote

I had my last final exam(either "your last exam", or "your final exam" or, if you are in the last year at University, "your last Finals exam") yesterday and I went out with some friends here, in Granada. We were drinking and we went to some pubs later (Odd construction - where were you drinking before you went to the pubs? Perhaps "We had a drink at xx's house then we went out to a few pubs". When my friend and I were just going to get a taxi and go home, I remember that some guys asked us: "Hey, do you speak English??". I don´t know why but I just said "No" when I could have tried to speak to him. After that, the guy who asked us turned around and he said something like "Fucking..." that I couldn´t really hear.

I didn´t realise what I had done until now, but maybe it´s true that we (Spanish people) are more closed than foreigners in general or maybe we just don't want to try talking another language. What do you think ??