[wintertime]

Foreigners often conclude that English is an easy language to learn, since we have NO rules of grammar! (actually, we have them, but they’re in1visible. The hardest word for a non-native speaker to master is — the.

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My Costa Rican friends have trouble saying and hearing the differences among the words: beard, beer, and bear.

By the way, I am leaving for Costa Rica for six months. My husband and I will be attending language school and living with a Costa Rican family. So...I won’t be around to get on the nerves of the government school defenders.

[WV Mountain Mama]

My husband and I will be attending language school

I'm curious as to why you don't take the homeschool course for Costa Rican Spanish...;)

[RKBA Democrat]

“By the way, I am leaving for Costa Rica for six months. My husband and I will be attending language school and living with a Costa Rican family. So...I won’t be around to get on the nerves of the government school defenders.”

I’m sure you’ll get on the nerves of the government school defenders in Costa Rica. :-)

Have a great time and we’ll see you in 6 months!

(And why do I get the sneaking suspicion that you’ll put your refined Spanish language skills to creative use once you get back? )