{"id":13904,"date":"2021-06-09T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speakquick.es\/?p=13904"},"modified":"2022-10-19T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:36:34","slug":"sometimes-i-speak-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakquick.es\/en\/sometimes-i-speak-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I speak alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13904\" class=\"elementor elementor-13904 elementor-13897\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e9f1fdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e9f1fdf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-185b1a90\" data-id=\"185b1a90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4183aec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4183aec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Reading time 2 minutes)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34cd812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34cd812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLast month I was studying Swedish in Sweden, it was an intensive 4 week B1 level course and I learned a lot. In order not to lose what I learned, I decided to practice it weekly, the problem is that since the pandemic, no Swedes have come to language exchanges, as they used to do before&#8230; So I decided to publish a post in the group of Swedes in Barcelona. I had some answers, although I only met one of them, Johan, two weeks after my return.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc16014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc16014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs I started speaking Swedish, I realized that <strong>in two weeks I had forgotten many words and had lost fluency<\/strong>. When I regretted not remembering some basic words and taking a long time to form sentences, Johan told me that my knowledge of grammar was much better than his wife&#8217;s, for example, who has lived there for many years.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60fbed2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60fbed2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Learning grammar doesn&#8217;t make you fluent<\/strong>, although it does make you speak correctly. The only way to speak a language fluently is to practice it and speak it regularly, ideally every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b653e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b653e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs many times it is not possible to speak it with other people, what I do is speaking it with myself; for example when I go to do the groceries, I make the list in Swedish and try to speak Swedish in my mind before speaking to the salesclerk. I also count in Swedish and I comment on everything I am doing (like &#8220;I put a package of rice and three cans of tuna in the basket&#8221; in Swedish obviously).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1360e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1360e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>It may seem silly to talk to yourself<\/strong>, but it is very effective and it is more silly to lose a language to which you have spent many hours learning.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737d345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"737d345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe more you practice a language (speaking, listening, writing and reading) the faster you start to think in that language and, by stopping translating everything in your mind before you can speak, you will be able to speak fluently.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97908ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97908ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>If you also want to speak fluently in another language<\/strong>, come and practice it with native speakers while having a drink, <a title=\"Check out our calendar on Meetup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/calendar\/\">just follow this link and choose the day that suits you best<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330c67d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"330c67d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat about you? Do you feel like you are losing your languages \u200b\u200binstead of improving them? Share your story with us either at the <a title=\"Elige el d\u00eda que te venga mejor: mi\u00e9rcoles, jueves y viernes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/es-ES\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/es-ES\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/calendar\/\">Weekly Language Exchanges in bars<\/a>, at the <a title=\"Bar Online: martes y viernes de 19h a 21h\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bar.live\/en\/bar\/barcelona-language-exchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.bar.live\/en\/bar\/barcelona-language-exchange\">ONLINE Language Exchanges<\/a>\u00a0, at the <a title=\"Ver evento en Meetup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/es-ES\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/278723028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/es-ES\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/278723028\">Sailing &amp; Language Exchange<\/a> on Sunday June 27th, at the <a title=\"Ver evento en Meetup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/lrsggsyccjbbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/BarcelonaLanguageExchange\/events\/lrsggsyccjbbc\">Brunch\u00a0&amp; Language Exchange<\/a> also on June 27th&#8230; And if you want to see your story published, you can email it to us at <a href=\"mailto:info@speakquick.es\">info@speakquick.es<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6af1a0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6af1a0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBest,<br \/>Aina\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reading time 2 minutes)Last month I was studying Swedish in Sweden, it was an intensive 4 week B1 level course and I learned a lot. 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