Isaac CP 6

For our last meeting, Charles and I decided to end where we started, Atomic coffee. We began discussing his romantic endeavors, but I could see his frustration was building. Charles expressed the inability to carry a conversation past a certain depth. Having spent time studying language in Barcelona, I could relate to his sentiments. I explained to him, that in language learning there are mental walls we must break through, after a certain point, it is not vocabulary, grammar, or composition practice that will aid our mental fatigue, but almost subconscious application.  I could see he wasn't really sure what I meant, so I used soccer as an example. When practicing soccer (or any sport) one may practice day in and day out on one "move", I compared the move to the concept of past verb tenses, when practicing this move, or verb tense, repeatedly in a controlled setting, one becomes so familiar with it, they lose interest and motivation to perfect the skill. It is not until there is a game, (or in a linguistic sense, the opportunity, and really necessity, to use the skill) where the new move is applied, that the individual recognizes it's use and regains interest in developing it. Although I'm not certain if Charles followed my abstract comparison, he made me feel as if my efforts were fruitful. Charles will break though his mental wall and regain the confidence to pursue a deeper understanding and application of English.