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What MAKES me DIFFERENT from other FOREIGN LANGUAGES students?

I’ve noticed other people learn English and French by studying their grammar and stuff; even though sometimes I do that, it’s definitely not my main focus . Therefore, I will share with you how I learn English and French. The difference I’d rather study by being involved into the languages, it’s , at least for me, a nice way to learn vocabulary since you get exposed and learn some phrases or idioms that people actually use instead of some old-fashioned textbooks that teach us to speak and, in some cases, behave like we were just some robots programmed to imitate some very common British ’s speeches during a business meeting . Don’t get me wrong, it’s still pretty useful , but at the same time, it’s necessary t o acquire some knowledge from native sources in order to finally carry out all of your language goals .   How is it?   An English textbook   A textbook talking about videogames.   As you can see, the way some textbook teach us may be a little ...

A quick INTRODUCTION to my BLOG

Hello there! This is Héctor and I'm going to be introducing to you who I am and then give you a general description about this blog so you can have a n idea regarding this page, so we better get started! Who am I? Like I just said, my name’s Héctor Ballesteros, I'm 19 years old, I'm Colombian and I’m currently studying Foreign Languages at Universidad de Pamplona. I was born in San Cayetano, and raised in Arauca, I live almost my whole life in there until two years ago when I decided to move to this city (or town, maybe) I'm living in at this moment of my life. My mom’s Diana, and my dad’s Héctor Ballesteros ( I believe you realized I was named after him); also, I have a younger sister, her name’s Valeria, and, finally, I have a dog, her name’s Tsuki which means “moon” in Japanese.   Things I enjoy the most I really love everything related to music; I started playing the piano when I was younger and that made learning how to play other instruments such as th...