”If I really want something, I do my very best to achieve it”
Bandja Sy is a Malian-French professional basketball player for Andorra of the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. He is learning Spanish since October 2020. We wanted to know more about his motivation to learn a foreign language and the biggest challenges he faced.
1. When did you start learning Spanish?
“On October 19th, 2020“
2. What was your biggest motivation to learn a foreign language?
“My biggest motivation was the fact that I lived in Spain in 2017 and back then I was able to somewhat speak the language and understand pretty much everything. Unfortunately, I had to move to the States and somehow forgot how to speak. I still can understand, but my goal now is to re-learn the basics and be able to fluently speak Spanish”
3. What have been the biggest challenges so far? And how do you overcome obstacles?
“The biggest challenge has been to express myself. I can pretty much understand everything (sometimes I have trouble understanding people when they speak quickly), but other than this I have not tried to speak, mostly since I have not felt comfortable speaking in a foreign language. So, these are the biggest challenges for me right now”
4. How do you stay motivated to learn Spanish?
“I really want to learn this language so this is my biggest motivation! That is the motivation right there, if I really want something, I do my very best to achieve it”
…
Would you like to find out more about inlingua Andorra ? Click here! Are you living somewhere else? Find your local center here.
Next blog: Make sure to read our next blog entry about Tsironi Sofia, Athens, who started learning English during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2 Comments. Leave new
Lean into the challenge. Even a small improvement in your success could give you the motivational boost you need to study harder next time, kick-starting a virtual cycle of increasingly more success and motivation!
With the cut off of well reputed universities shooting high year after year, students are compelled to motivate themselves and to their best in their board examinations and entrance exams.