By La' India S., a Teen Delegate participating in AmeriSpan's Coronado Independent Teen program
My first week in Costa Rica has been amazing! The school is smaller than I expected but beautiful. The surrounding scenery is full of trees and flowers. The teachers are nice and helpful. They have one goal and that is to teach us as much Spanish as they can and help us learn about Costa Rican culture as well as other Latin American cultures in today’s society. In class we review verbs, culture, and play games to help us remember and use what we have learned. Each night, we receive homework, or “tarea”, that leads us into discussion for the next day and helps us with our conversation skills. My daily schedule starts by waking up at 6:30 am. I take a shower and get dressed and breakfast, or “el desayuno”, as we say here, is at 7:30 am. At 7:45 am, I walk to school and classes begin at 8:00 am and go until 11.40 am. After school, I walk home with friends. We usually go to the cafe close by or an ice cream shop called POPS. The ice cream is amazing! I always get the same thing, a vanilla caramel sundae with whipped cream and nuts on top.
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Learning Spanish or any other language can be a challenge for many of us. The key is to make it fun, which is why studying languages abroad are so popular, because traveling is fun. There are so many things people do to expand their language skills, from watching foreign movies to eating at ethnic restaurants to studying art to music and dancing. It really depends on what interests you, but all boost your skills.
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