Let's cast a look out into the future. I have not learned Spanish yet, but I plan to take up evening courses next semester. Only a year ago, Italian actually interested me more and I wanted to go on Erasmus in Pavia, Italy. Unfortunately, as a language student English-Dutch, I had to choose a country with a Germanic language. The Italian dream was popped there.
There are several reasons why Spanish has interested me more and more these last months. I suppose my holiday in Spain last year, definitely contributed to my fascination. In Madrid, I got to experience such a warm culture and society, that I want to explore more. I went there with two girlfriends, one of who knew a girl from Madrid and studies Spanish at University. When she was talking to the Spanish girl, I tried to understand their conversation. And actually, I succeeded quite well! With French and some Latin in the back of my mind, I could easily draw parallels between the vocabularies. At the end of my holiday, I think I must have been able to ask a Spanish person for the time or directions.
Moreover, recently, I have discovered Spanish cinema. Films like Lucia y el Sexo and Hable con Ella do not only display a beautiful country but also a beautiful language. Watching these films, I try to interpret the words before looking at the subtitles. I am very happy that in Belgium, films never get dubbed!
Furthermore, I think Spanish is favourable to Italian because it is truly a word language. It is even more widely spoken than English! In my life, I would definitely like to visit Latin America once and the knowledge of Spanish would definitely be convenient then.
I hope Spanish will end up in the list of languages I have successfully learned. Only the future can tell!
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