What did you learn about your partner? 

I learned that Kike lives in Mexico and completed his studies as a naval engineer. He lives with his mother and grandmother in a house and takes care of the both of them. He also works at a shipyard and because of his studies he has more flexibility with his job than everyone else.

What did you learn from them?

I learned that a lot of the music that I listen to in America they listen to as well. The thing is that I think the music takes a little while longer to get to them. I also learned how to conjugate irregular verbs in the future, present and past.

What did you learn about yourself?

I learned that when I begin to screw up a bit, I mess up things that I already know because I get nervous.

What were you surprised about?

I was surprised that we had such a long conversation but I was also glad that we got the opportunity to talk and that he agreed to help me out.

What are you proud of?

I'm proud that I was able to hold a conversation in Spanish for 30 minutes. I struggled a little bit I was surprised and happy with myself.

•  What will be your topic of conversation be? 

This conversation is about movies.

•  What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner?

 - Do you like movies?

 - Do you have a favorite actor?

 - What kind of movies do you like?

 - What is playing in theaters right now?

 - Do you have a favorite movie?

•  What are you looking forward to about this conversation? 

I'm excited because everyone has a favorite movie and it will be interesting to hear what these people like. 

•  What are you nervous about? 

I hope I know what movies the person is talking about so I can't think of something normal to say about them. 

Reflection:

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person? 

I spoke to Jacobo from Mexico. He was 26. I didn't choose him but he started talking to me and it worked out. 

• What did you learn about them? 

I learned he likes Harry Potter movies, but he likes the books more. Jacobo's five favorite movies are Amelie, Love Actually, Bridget Jones Diary, Las Listas de Schindler(Schindler's List), Inglorious Bastards. 

• How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal? 

I learned that almost every movie we have here is also all over the world. I always thought we had our movies and other countries had theirs and only rarely was a movie shown in more than one country. It just surprised me. 

• What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? 

He told me about his favorite movies and what was playing in theaters in Mexico. 

• What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again) 

At one point I got confused and tried to correct myself but I said "wait" in english by accident. That was a mistake of mine. I just have to be more careful and not immediately reply every time. 

Goal of the Conversation: Reviewing Daily Routines

Las Preguntas:

¿Que es tu rutina diaria? Describes por favor.

¿ Que te gusta hacer en las fin de semanas?

¿Que pasatiempos tu tienes?

¿Quién pasas con en base diario?

¿Cual es to rutina diario differente en el verano?

Transcript:

Yo-Hola chica…como estas? estas bien?

Ella-Hola.Si yo estoy bueno. y tu?

Yo-Tambien. Yo quiero aprender más sobre tu.Esta bien?

Ella-Si si.

Yo-Primero, qu es tu rutina diaria? Describes por favor.

Ella-Mi rutina diaria es me despierto, ir al baño, lavarme los dientes y lavarme la cara. Que voy a mi habitación y poner en la habitación. Yo bailo por espacio de 10 minutos tratando de despertarme. Que me puse mi ropa, que mis perros e ir en mi camino a la escuela.

Yo-Despues de escuela,que hace?

Ella-Después de la escuela me voy a casa. Lo que sí depende de mi mod. A veces voy a tomar un aperitivo y ponerse al día en mis espectáculos. Otras veces escucho música, y estaba en mi cama. Después de 20 minutos de hacer lo que sea, que me cambio de ropa y comenzar en mi tarea.

Yo-Yo ve,esta bien.¿ Que te gusta hacer en las fin de semanas?

Ella-Los fines de semana, paso más tiempo en la tarea. A veces mi familia y yo íbamos a ir de compras e ir al cine. Una vez al mes salir a comer en Red Lobster. Me encantan sus galletas. Los domingos voy a la iglesia con mi abuela y su hermana y, a veces después de ir a desayunar. Por lo general, es sólo un fin de semana relajado y divertido.

Yo-Muy bien! Te gusta gastar tiempo con la familia y tu trabajo fuerte.

Ella-si si

Yo-Pero tu tienes más pasatiempos más de hacer la tarea!¿Que pasatiempos tu tienes?

Ella-Me gusta bailar, cantar, escribir poesía y dar largos paseos por el parque. Para aliviar el estrés que a veces cocinar y terminar comiendo toda la comida.

Yo-¿Quién pasas con en base diario?

Ella-En mi rutina diaria, mis amigos y familiares están involucrados. Por ejemplo cuando se está preparando para la escuela me levanto a mi hermana y tomamos el desayuno juntos. O cuando estoy haciendo la tarea les pido a mis amigos para solicitar ayuda cuando lo necesite.

Yo-si si.¿que son los nombres de tu amigos?

Ella-Symone, Jessica, Dre, Imani, Morgan y los estudiantes en mi "stream".

Yo-jaja si si.Yo sé una chica se llama symone.esta bien.¿Cual es to rutina diario differente en el verano?

Ella-No era diferente.

Yo-Fue a la escuela en el verano??!?! jaja...bien para tu....te gusta estudiar mucho

Ella-jaja si yo estudia en la verano.

Yo-yo no puedo estudia en la verano...estudia es mal.

Ella-jaja yo sé.

Yo-¿tienes un trabajo en el verano?

Ellas-no

Yo-Solamente escuela.esta bien.gracias chica.

Ella-de nada.

Reflection:

For this conversation I continued talking to Brianna Perrin. I like talking to her because I know her intentions as a friend is to help me with my spanish. This conversation was kind of review of the stuff we learned last year about daily routines. In this conversation I learned what a day being Brianna is like. Reviewing the things I have learned previously is essential in progressing towards becoming fluent. I noticed that I'm using the dictionary less and ranking my brain for words that I already know that will get the point across. I'm still improving on smooth transitions between questions. 

·       Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
Talked to Nayeli, and I chose her, because she is a cool girl, and likes chess (I found that one out later.

·       What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

It seems that she loves to play chess, and have been learning English for some time on her own, and a bit in special classes. She is actually quite an interesting person.

·       How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

Since my personal goal is to find out more about how people learn different languages, I believe learning about her way of “learning” is quite interesting and helpful!

·       What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

I actually hadn’t used translator all that much, and like I said, I have learned about her way of learning English.

·       What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

My grammar unquestionably.

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
  I spoke with Emilio from Spain again. He seemed fun to speak with the first time, we have a lot similar/common interests.

• What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

  He doesn't listen to music a lot, but he does have a variety of likes and dislikes. He likes, rap, soundtracks from movies, heavy metal, rock and etc. But he doesn't like reggaeton at all, one of his big dislikes.  

• How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

  He taught me some some tense changes in spanish. It was very helpful, and being able to speak to him casually boosts self esteem. 

• What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

  Assisting or helping me out with changes in tense forms, and expanding in my vocabulary.

• What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

  I still need to work on conjugations and how they would fit correctly in the form of a sentence. 

¿Te gusta musica?

¿Que es musica favorita?

¿Que es popular musica en Mexico?

¿Que es favorita concerta?

¿Música es muy importante en tu vida?

What are you looking forward to about this conversation?

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
  I spoke with Emilio from Spain, he was 20 years old which made it easier to talk to him since he wasn't to much older. 

• What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

  I learned that he wanted to learn spanish because he feels like it is necessary for him. He told me how everything in the world is english based, such as games, movies, etc. He told me that everyone studies english over in spain which i found to be interesting.  

• How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

  Well it helped me to realize how big english is around the world as opposed to other languages. 

• What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

  I was able to improve on my vocabulary. 

• What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

  I need to work a little on my conjugations and make sure I am getting them in the right tenses.