In the early stages of language learning your vocabulary is very limited. One of the first plateaus for me is where my knowledge of vocabulary and grammar start to merge, and I itch to speak in complete phrases. Of course those are limited as well, so when I throw out one of my well practiced phrases, but get a curve ball in response (something unexpected), I tend to strike out. I stutter, flounder, and search for where to pick up the conversation.On the other hand there are those times like today where I feel like I knocked it out of the park. It was more like a bunt, but I hit it none the less. I recognized a word that I wasn't expecting and gave a satisfactory response. The fans went wild (in my head) and I ran the bases to another (very small) language learning victory. It doesn't take much to make or break the language game on a day to day basis.
Until my next home run!
