quiero mejorar mi español pero .... Hola, soy una prof ...enseñando inglés. Y me encanta ayudar a la gente de conocer y usar mi idioma inglés como yo y es por eso que es mi profesión y es un amor. Pero mi grande amor es de aprender idiomas y conocer gente de otros países y sus culturas. Todo mis estudiantes me preguntan por qué quiero estudiar otro idiomas si ya sé el World Language = English. ¿Por qué quiero desplazarme por otros países, y vivir con disconocidos para aprender otros idiomas? Yo ya hablo el idioma que todo el mundo quiero aprender. Y me encuentro en un momento de mi vida cuando no quiero mejorar mi español .. .. no sé por qué..... Voy a ponerme a mi tarea de aprender el Noruego! Gracias por tu ayuda

I am so very lucky Here I am, a New York gal, sitting in a small city in central Mexico, and just thinking how lucky I am to have talked with students from Brazil, Japan, and Pakistan this morning! My students are all fascinating people, interested and engaged in increasing their fluency in English. Our lessons were a blast! After that, I had one language exchange Italian/English, and studied a bit of my baby Norwegian because I have a Norwegian lesson coming up! All in all, I had a wonderful morning! A couple of my friends and students commented to me on the difference between paying for a lesson and learning via language exchange. Since I do both, I wanted to share my opinion. I love to exchange my language and enjoy sharing and laughing with my exchange partners. It is a wonderful way to practice and gain confidence with a language and at the same time make a new friend. However, it is not the best format for learning a language. I feel that if I have to give comments or always correct my language partner's English, it becomes like my job as an English teacher! A few corrections to help the conversation keep going are great, and I need them too, but I don't expect my language partners to 'teach' me. It is nice but not my expectation. My English lessons, on the other hand, are me, 100% present for my students, listening, encouraging, correcting, offering suggestions on vocab, word order, idioms, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, etc, etc. I start the lesson with a plan and I am prepared for whatever my student needs. I am not relaxing. I am working and concentrating. It is my job and I consider myself a professional with the same standards and work ethics that other professionals have. So this is all leading up to say that I love being a language partner and I love being a teacher! If you would like me to really work with you on your English…. a lesson is best. If ya just wanna chat a bit about life and such…. language exchanges are nice!! It all reminds me how lucky I am to be part of this community.