25 Hour Learning Challenge, Part IV

During this past week in Mexico, I had many opportunities to further my conversational Spanish. One of the major reasons that I was able to do so was because of the acquaintances that I made while I was abroad. During the week I was able to act as the translator for my family whenever the need arose, as well as befriending a native Spanish speaker who was wanting to learn English. During the week the two of us were the teacher and the student as we both were able to benefit from each other's language. It was in this way that my acquaintance and myself collaborated in order to support our learning processes. When he wasn't available, I was on my own in terms of communicating within the community. The challenge was always exciting to me because if I wasn't able to communicate a certain word or an idea, I would need to re-think another way in which to communicate. Also, I also was able to work with a mentee- a family member who also has had a desire to learn Spanish. In all of these different ways, collaboration has been a positive gain in order to support my learning process.