On the EU day of languages, I had the chance of teaching my classmates the native language of my
mother, Thai. It was difficult in the beginning trying to recall a
language I haven´t
spoken in a long time. I found it more difficult than learning all
the new languages I learned in the meantime but it´s mainly due to
the fact Thai is not a Latin originated language and so it´s
difficult to even recall the basics of it even though I was learning
it from a young age. In the end I sort of caught up to my old level
of Thai speaking but I´m still nowhere near to even being a novice
Thai speaker but it did the job on allowing me to teach my classmates
some basic phrases of the language. It was a pleasant experience,
when I finally finished my lesson, I was surprised by the fact that I
actually made it!!
I was not expecting
the class to react in the way they did and that they would learn even
faster than I even did! It was such a blessing for my soul to know
that I helped someone or even maybe more than one to learn any kind
of knowledge, either on Thai or that not everyone is cut out to learn
any language..!
Great contribution Eraclis. Thank you for sharing your feelings and generally your reflection with us.
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