Since this is the first posting on this blog, I thought I would talk a bit about what is really going on when you decide to learn Spanish or any other second language. For instance did you know that linguists have two ways of looking at learning a language? They call them “learning” and “acquisition.”
Language “acuisition” is the way in which you aquire your second language, in this case Spanish, in a natural, intuitive and unconscious way without worying about linguistic forms such as learning grammar rules. Sounds good to me, I hate studying grammar. Too boring.
Language “learning” on the other hand is a conscious process of learning the language, such as yes, you guessed it, pulling out a book and memorizing grammar rules.
The perfect example of this in the real world is to look at the difference between a child learning his first language and let’s say an adult learning his or her second one. A child learns by getting a feel for what is right and what isn’t. They are totally unaware of what a grammar rule is and learn entirely subconsciously. Since they don’t have a concept that it is difficult, it isn’t.
Not so easy for an adult. The first thing we do is realize that it is difficult and start thinking about having a dictionary handy so we can translate a new word so we can understand it. Then we think about how to say something in past tense or some other grammatical concept. Not so easy anymore.
This is something that you should think about and try to apply when you are learning Spanish. It might help the process go quicker and more easily.
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