I keep receiving invites to
Duolingo events. I’m tempted to attend these events but I always hesitate.
These events are for people who are learning Spanish through Duolingo, a free
mobile and web app for language learners around the world. There’s one group
that meets every month at a location very near my place. The meetup is not a
class but is meant to build one’s confidence in speaking the language. So I
think of these events as my chance to actually converse with people in Spanish.
Yet I never go. Meeting strangers with whom I need to exchange small talk—in
Spanish at that—is such a daunting task.
I’ve been studying Spanish since 2013, but I'm not even close to being fluent.
I took a Spanish proficiency test and based on my score I’m now at the
intermediate (B1) level. This means that I am now an independent user of the language and that I (supposedly) can:
- understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.;
- deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken;
- produce simple connected texts on topics which are familiar or of personal interest;
- describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions; and
- briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
In
theory, yes, I can do all of those things, but in actual situations I’m not quite
sure.
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