tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630357085174462857.post4427780908020031583..comments2023-09-26T05:48:05.056-04:00Comments on everyone knows when I have a bad hair day...: language empathy...kirstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502195537545733699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630357085174462857.post-25128261758236888582011-01-13T21:06:50.592-05:002011-01-13T21:06:50.592-05:00I had the exact same "learning experience&quo...I had the exact same "learning experience" when I went to Peru for 8 days in February two years ago!! I actually remember telling several of our colleagues a very similar story to yours when I got back. <br /><br />Glad you had a good time, and we should chat because 5th grade just started studying the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas. I'll have to tell them you were just there!Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994499934097741384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630357085174462857.post-64350113412446339232011-01-13T21:00:04.169-05:002011-01-13T21:00:04.169-05:00Anouk - you know, I hadn't really thought abou...Anouk - you know, I hadn't really thought about that, but it makes a lot of sense. It's a very different kind of thinking to switch to, no wonder you were exhausted. <3<br /><br />Nathalie - you are approximately 492 times better at ALL of your languages than I am at mine. And you should have seen the two of us trying to explain something, and then sometimes they'd help out with a word suggestion and we'd be so grateful. But it was such a great thing. :)kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502195537545733699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630357085174462857.post-72111606059510251222011-01-13T16:17:20.849-05:002011-01-13T16:17:20.849-05:00Going from language A to language B back and forth...Going from language A to language B back and forth can be very exhausting, especially when your grasp of the language isn't 100% At the same time, it gives such a jolt of accomplishment when you realise that hey! you've learned another work or you were actually able to follow (bits of) a conversation.<br /><br />The Mayan ruins are on my list to see one day!! They look wonderful. And what a lovely time you must've had, working out what you were saying with those two people!! It's such a rush when you've managed to explain something...Nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971167001714330107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630357085174462857.post-28542761871612458842011-01-12T21:54:08.750-05:002011-01-12T21:54:08.750-05:00When I first moved to NL and started working there...When I first moved to NL and started working there, I was exhausted from the effort it took to listen to and speak Dutch all day... and I was fairly fluent going into the whole experience! How nice of you to be able to take your holiday experience and recognize the similarity to what your students must experience. Also, what an awesome vacation! I SO want to see Mayan ruins - would love to go to Belize. I should try to learn some Spanish first maybe...area womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280856505426291180noreply@blogger.com