My experience with languages

I was born

Aug 28, 1998

I was born in a hospital in Barcelona and my parents talked to me in Catalan and my granparents talked to me in Spanish so I heard people speaking in the two languages since I was born.

Trip to Murcia

Dec 23, 1998

I've got family in Cartagena, Murcia, and all of them only speak Spanish. I heard people speaking Spanish during at least 10 days.

My first words

May 26, 1999

I could say some words in Catalan like "papa" , "mama" ("dad" and "mum" in English). I could understand a lot of words in Catalan and some words in Spanish but I couldn't speak it.

Cartagena again

Jul 13, 1999

I used to go to Caragena every summer and every Christmas where I heard Spanish.

Nursery School

Sep 10, 1999

I started going to a Nursery School in my town called Picarol Blau, where I started improving and practising my Catalan. I really wanted to talk.

Cartagena

Dec 26, 1999

I stayed in Cartagena during a week and a half.

Cartagena

Jul 20, 2000

I visited my family in Cartagena

Talkative kid!

Aug 28, 2000

I couldn't stop talking! I usually spoke in Catalan but sometimes I could say something in Spanish.

Travel to Morocco

Apr 18, 2001

I went to a hotel in Morocco, called Tabarkat (the owners are our friends) with a lot of friends of my family and most of them talked in Spanish. I could practise my Spanish a lot and I improved it too.

I started at my school

Sep 12, 2001

I started going to a school in my town called Onze de Setembre and I started speaking Spanish. I could talk in catalan very well.

A new language

Sep 12, 2003

In my school I started to learn English which was difficult for me.

I started going to FIAC

Sep 12, 2010

I liked learning English and I wanted to improve it so I started going to an English Academy called FIAC.

High School

Sep 13, 2010

I started going to the High School and I chose doing more subjects to improve my English.

Navarra

Nov 11, 2011

25 people of 2nd ESO of my High School recieved a scholarship to go to Navarra, Pamplona, and meet with more people from another part of Spain to do activities and a schoolwork in English. It was really good and we met 25 incredible people from Galicia. We were there during a week.

Travel to Ireland

Jul 6, 2012

My English was getting better and I decided to go to Ireland with a summer project to improve it a little bit more, make new friends and make a real immersion in English. I stayed with a host family in Portmarnock, near Dublin, during 2 weeks.

Higher level in FIAC

Sep 17, 2012

I improved my Enhglish in Ireland so I started in a higher level in the Academy. I learned a lot more.

Travel to England

Jul 4, 2013

This year I wanted to visit new places, make new friends and learn more English so I went to Devon, England and I stayed with a fantastic host family during 3 weeks. I really miss them.

Higher level in FIAC

Oct 1, 2013

I learned more in England so I started a higher level again. Nxt year I will obtain de Fisrt Certificate and i will continue studying.

Nowadays

Oct 26, 2013

Now, I'm going to FIAC, I'm doing English at school and I talk in English with some friends, a part of my family and my host family.