Learning Another Language: Comment Ca Va?
I have a passion for languages, and one of the most intriguing languages for me is French. When I started studying French years ago, I felt elated, happy and totally in control. I guess that’s what anyone who pampers herself feels.
I did it not just for learning more about the world, but also for giving myself something to look forward to each day. By fueling my dream to learn another language, and learn about the European country, France, at the same time, I wake up eager to go to the office and dress my best. This is because I know that when the clock strikes five, I’ll be inside a classroom with other students saying our oui’s and non’s.
It made me happy.
Learning French also taught me a great deal about building confidence. See, when a person starts learning a foreign language, she doesn’t do it one word at a time, but a phrase at a time. The trick is to learn that one phrase first, learn how to say it very, very well… and before you know it, you are so confident using that phrase that you will want to learn a few more.
Confidence is what this experience taught me.
There is, of course, that other dream of going to France someday and staying in Hotel Paris. But for now, learning the language will suffice.
