In exchange for £1, I am offered a 10 minute Spanish lesson. My instructor speaks a little English, my Spanish is very limited. How much ground can we cover in 10 minutes?
We exchange pleasantries, discuss what city we're originally from, where we live now, for how long, our respective jobs, and a few other other bits and pieces.
Using a combination of both languages - spoken and written - along with drawing and a mutual openness to seeing what is possible, we manage to negotiate a surprisingly diverse range of topics, and to (seemingly) reach an understanding about what each of us is trying to say to the other.... and it was fun!
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