I’m actively learning Spanish but am nowhere near fluency, would my presence be disruptive/counterproductive to community building goals?
To be clear, from my perspective this is a plus (since part of what’s exciting to me is some foreign language immersion), but I wouldn’t want to make folks feel like they needed to default to English.
Hi Alex, one of the goals of the fellowship is to give the opportunity to EAs in Mexico and LATAm to be in contact with the international community, so we are keeping in mind that English will be used commonly in the activities.
Also, as Pablo mentions in another comment, in the Spanish speakers’ community we often have conversations in English, and the majority of the members are comfortable with both. So Non-Spanish speakers are completely welcome and, we will offer Spanish lessons for people interested in learning.
I’m actively learning Spanish but am nowhere near fluency, would my presence be disruptive/counterproductive to community building goals?
To be clear, from my perspective this is a plus (since part of what’s exciting to me is some foreign language immersion), but I wouldn’t want to make folks feel like they needed to default to English.
Hi Alex, one of the goals of the fellowship is to give the opportunity to EAs in Mexico and LATAm to be in contact with the international community, so we are keeping in mind that English will be used commonly in the activities.
Also, as Pablo mentions in another comment, in the Spanish speakers’ community we often have conversations in English, and the majority of the members are comfortable with both. So Non-Spanish speakers are completely welcome and, we will offer Spanish lessons for people interested in learning.