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Interesting… that could be said of today English class. As everybody knows by now, our project with American students of Spanish is developing perfectly. Finally we could communicate. Through Skype they called us to our cellphones and we had a pleasant conversation, in my case with Evie (21) and Brandon (19), two friendly and nice students. We began exchanging a bit of personal information to know one another better; they commented me about their projects that turned up to be subjects very debated as the case of female murders and the economic crisis of Argentina. This last one, faced by Brandon seems to be an attractive topic between these students and truly, it is. Unfortunately, my knowledge of politics and economics is not very deep as to help him, but we could exchange some opinions about this controversial subject. After several minutes, Mauricio, a classmate, joined the conference and the conversation became daily-like, we talked about subjects of common interest like music that we listened or sports that we practiced, and also we described each one the place where we live and finally about our families. These 35 minutes conversation demonstrated me how important is learning another language, because if each one chooses not to learn them, the globalization would not exist and we would all live in separated “worlds” and without communicating with other people. Furthermore, we wouldn’t be able to deepen in cultural aspects nor commercialize either. There are different things that enrich our culture, as it is the exchange of traditions and opinions also with people who have other points of view and thoughts formed on the basis of their lifestyles, that it can be very different from ours. This is as important as to recognize that we cannot live locked up in our worlds. Humans are social beings whose food is the communication with the people of the society, and today, Argentineans and North Americans we fed ourselves with a simple conversation organized by 2 professors whose interest and enthusiasm motivated us to carry on with this project of which I feel absolutely proud of and I desire to continue developing. Summing up this comment of today experience, I believe that it is a fabulous project that promotes the interactivity and communication with other foreign countries, with which we can acquire new knowledge and concepts. Regarding to learning English with different methods, it seems to me it’s very productive and interesting and worth a try!!

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