The brand new Inception method of language learning.

So yeah. Spanish happened.

I sat next to a friend, and it quickly became obvious that this was an immersion class. The teacher (Mrs. Huerta) started off in Spanish, explaining to the class what the adgenda was. Every once in a while my friend would lean over and explain what was going on, but I was still pretty lost. I noticed that, even though I didn't know a word of Spanish, I was picking it up very quickly. I wrote down new vocabulary, and tried to note whatever grammar I could. I was learning a language I didn't know at all in a language I knew a little of. I think that since my brain has been constantly set to language learning mode, I was in the perfect mindset to absorb the language.

The task was pretty simple: Introduce your partner. The teacher changed it for me so I had to introduce myself. I waited until I was called upon and stood up, my lines written clearly on the page I held pitifuly in my hand.

"Me llamo Duncan."
"Tango quince años."
"Vivo en California."
"Soy Americano."
I was pretty proud of myself.