So, I was subbing today in a bilingual kindergarten class - the first bilingual subbing I've done in a couple of weeks, since I've been trying to knock off my student teaching hours lately. I think I'd forgotten how much Spanish I have to use with the kinders - 100%! Anyway, for whatever reason, today, without actually deciding to, I stopped trying to limit myself to what I'm sure I know when I spoke. Before, I had been careful to try to say those things I knew I could say well. But today, I just let it fly. And yeah, I was tripping over my own tongue fairly frequently, and I actually did get some confused looks now and again - so my ability to convey my message was sometimes too limited. But still, I felt this odd sort of opening in myself of an area I hadn't even really known was closed.
Interesting and very cool.
I'm there again tomorrow. We'll see if it continues...
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