Entry # 4: The world is my classroom (Nov. 28 - Dec. 5)

My interaction in English

Sometimes when my host doesn't understand what I say, I do some movement and she

does the same thing when I don't understand. Because sometimes she speaks very fast or I

don't know what the word means and with the movement I can understand more




English learning


Yes, I am little bit able to acquire language without a traditional structured classroom setting

because I am not again habituate to do an immersion like that. The challenges for me it’s to

talk in English in front a class and to respond to some question because the people use

some expression or talk fast.



Words, expressions and structures

I learn some news words like; survey (sondage), scrounge (emprunter), computer lab (it's

not like in French because in French if you do a translation words by words it's the computer

but in English you say computer lab), Miss (you say always miss for a girl it's a politeness

same if a girl is young or old), room (because in French you say local but in English it's not

the same meaning) and school outings (sortie d’école) that means an activity with the

school. I hear this new words more with my host and others teachers. The context it’s just

because sometimes I don’t know some words and I ask my host how I can say that or that?

The words can be useful for me in the future because it’s some expressions we don’t say

that in French because they don’t have the same meaning and sometimes the people

blends. This interaction contribute to my progress because this push me to speak in English

and because the people talk little bit in French but they like more to speak in English and if I

want something I speak in English to practise.