I was working as a technician at the time and went to a theater I wasn’t familiar with, I needed to use the bathroom and saw a few people cleaning so I asked them if the knew where the bathroom was.
“No ingles, no ingles!”
Oh good I can try my Spanish! “Donde estas el bano?”
That’s the hardest part of gaining conversational skills: being ok with not being understood, ok being laughed at a little bit.
If you’re afraid of speaking the language you’ll never progress.
I did and the results were kinda hilarious.
I was working as a technician at the time and went to a theater I wasn’t familiar with, I needed to use the bathroom and saw a few people cleaning so I asked them if the knew where the bathroom was.
“No ingles, no ingles!”
Oh good I can try my Spanish! “Donde estas el bano?”
“No ingles, no ingles!”
…but I’m speaking Spanish now… Lol
That’s the hardest part of gaining conversational skills: being ok with not being understood, ok being laughed at a little bit. If you’re afraid of speaking the language you’ll never progress.