After searching for a course that would instruct me on how to iron correctly and effectively (I am terrible at ironing and to be honest I really don’t enjoy it but it is one of those things you just have to do!) I didn’t come up with anything that met the needs of the course. There were many tutorials however they were only short and consisted of only instruction and video and didn’t allow any interaction on my behalf. Many of them were directed at men though so I didn’t feel to comfortable with that!
When I realised the ironing course was not going to eventuate, I searched a varied range of online course topics, ranging from cooking to sports skills to make up, however learning a language was always in the back of my mind as something I would love to do. I think it is one of those things that many people would love to do given the opportunity, so I thought well I have the opportunity so why not do it! And it would sure be a lot more interesting than learning how to iron!
I decided to learn Portugese via a short online course on the BBC website:(http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/portuguese/talk/). While foreign languages in general interest me, I chose to go with Portugese as after having a Portugese exchange student during high school I became very interested in the language. The course I am doing is only a Beginner course and is a short ten part introduction to the language covering such things as greetings, directions, travelling and shopping. The course will essentially assess my learning through quizzes and interactive activities.
Since not having learnt a language since the early years of high school I am looking forward to beginning this course!
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