Tried using my school Spanish once on holiday. Difference between German school Spanish and Spain Spanish is way too big, it’s like even in Madrid they’re using completely different pronounciation rules than what we learned.
And TBH I don’t like the climate anyway, so I have pretty much no reason whatsoever to put the work in. Should have learned French instead.
To be fair, no school is going to adequately prepare you for what the local population speaks. Youre only ever going to learn “proper” conversation, but you need to be run through the actual speakers to learn tone, dialect, and slang.
Tried using my school Spanish once on holiday. Difference between German school Spanish and Spain Spanish is way too big, it’s like even in Madrid they’re using completely different pronounciation rules than what we learned.
And TBH I don’t like the climate anyway, so I have pretty much no reason whatsoever to put the work in. Should have learned French instead.
To be fair, no school is going to adequately prepare you for what the local population speaks. Youre only ever going to learn “proper” conversation, but you need to be run through the actual speakers to learn tone, dialect, and slang.
I couldn’t even follow the news, though. English was nowhere near as bad.