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I had an exam yesterday for my Spanish, an oral exam, to see if I was speaking up to the correct standard to advance to the next level that starts next week. I have a written exam on Monday to equally test my written skills. I should be ok, I made a couple of mistakes in the oral but that is to be expected I think. I realised yesterday for the first time that I can actually speak in Spanish. I was on the subway with a friend from class and both of us can speak perfectly well in English even though it is not his native language. We were chatting away for about 5 minutes when I took a step back and realised that we had both been speaking in Spanish for the last 5 minutes. This was strange for me because up until a couple of weeks ago, I could speak, but I had to think of what I wanted to say in English and then translate it in my mind which is quite a bit of work for the brain. But yesterday I was just chatting away, still finding it a bit difficult because of my limited vocabulary, but still, I was thinking in Spanish. So it just seems to be happening, a bit like magic. I still have a long way to go, but it is very satisfying for me learning to speak another language.