French Journey

I’ve always looked up to people who know more than one language. I don’t know what it is exactly, but it makes a person seem that much more intelligent, which if you think about it, is very much true. Not only does it double your knowledge in languages, it gives you the opportunity to expand your experiences. It literally open up a whole new world.

Now, while I’ve always wanted to learn a language, I’ve never really had the motivation to actually learn one. (I struggle with motivation in a lot of parts of my life.) Lucky me, I’ve finally found some inspiration. In order to graduate from the RTVF program at my university, I’m required to take four semesters of a foreign language. Considering I took three years of spanish in middle school and high school, you would think I would just go ahead and continue on that path. However, I’ve decided to pursue another one, French. 

Obviously, I have several reasons on why I’ve decided to pursue French rather than Spanish. Reason one, I barely passed Spanish in high school. Reason two, I remember absolutely nothing from what I learned in the three years. Reason three, French sounds pretty. Reason four, I hope to one day visit France on not come across as an ignorant American. 

Therefor, I am taking French. Due to conflicts in my schedule, I can’t start taking any French courses until this summer, but being the intelligent go-getter that I am, I’ve decided to go ahead and get a head start. I found this podcast called “Coffee Break French” that teaches you basic French in nice little twenty-ish minute sesseions. I’ve actually only done one so far, but I’m feeling pretty confident. Who knows, maybe I’ll actually learn enough to test out of the one of the beginning classes. 

-Shelby Eckerty