My first TalkAbroad experience was with Sophie Ledem\u00e9, who was a middle-aged woman. She didn\u2019t really tell me much about herself, so it was kind of hard to connect at the beginning. During the conversation, I had trouble understanding some of the things she was saying, especially because of how fast she was talking and her pronunciation. That made me feel a little stuck at times and not as confident in my responses.<\/p>\n
Another issue was that she asked questions that weren\u2019t on the paper we were given to prepare. Because of that, I got confused at certain points and didn\u2019t always know how to respond. I feel like that made the conversation not flow as well. After a while, the conversation started to feel kind of dull, and I\u2019m not going to lie, I did get a little irritated during the experience. Overall, I would say this was my worst TalkAbroad so far this year. I don\u2019t think the communication between us was that strong, and I can admit that part of that was on me too.<\/p>\n
Even though it wasn\u2019t the best experience, I can still see where I did okay. I stayed in the conversation and tried to respond even when I wasn\u2019t fully sure what to say. I realized that one of my weaknesses is understanding spoken French in real time, especially when it\u2019s not exactly what I prepared for. At the same time, I learned that I need to be more flexible and not depend so much on a script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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