Goals description and improvement!

Hi!

When I went back to read my goals in my first blog post I realized that I did not put a lot of description and now since this is my final blog post I would like to review them and tell you how I improved. 

1-don’t be shy:

 When I’m saying don’t be shy I mean when speaking before I didn’t like speaking English because of my pronouncing mistakes. I was too shy and only spoke English with my teachers and at work that did not helped me because I couldn’t practice. But at some point I realized that I had to speak more to improve. The internship really helped me because I practiced more and was less inhibited.

2-when not comfortable with something ask for help:

A lot of time I tried to do my best when speaking but sometimes I lacked words and did not know what the English word was. But instead of instantly changing to French I asked to an English speaker by describing what I was trying to say. Also, if I did not understand what we were asking me to do I would ask an explanation and it really helped me to as for help.

3- Try your best:

Without motivation it is really hard to improve. In my explorer class we tough me that motivated students have more chances to learn a second or third language. I think motivation helped me a lot trough my internship I always worked hard and tried my best to learn from my colleagues and from my surrounding during the internship.

4- Golden rule speak English no matter what (or try your best to):

Often I got back to speaking French because customers and even sometimes my partners I’m the internship. I think I really respected this rule I really wanted to speak English to improve it and even if sometimes I couldn’t or just forgot to speak English by mistake I always tried trough explaining what I’m trying to say  and asking what does this or that mean.

Finally

I would recommend this internship to anyone who is interested in a welcoming internship with a lot of cultural varieties, in practicing English while learning new things and in helping underdeveloped countries. For me this experience was really about helping and being helped because of the fair trade policy and mission of Ten thousand villages.