Learning a foreign language is a process; it takes time and requires regular study, continued effort, and constant practice. It also takes coordination with the faculty and program director, who contact you by e-mail. Please make sure you check your e-mail frequently. Your hard work will pay off and generate a strong sense of achievement and elation when you can, for example, read Spanish newspaper articles, write a business letter to a company in Spanish, follow instructions at the workplace in Spanish, or successfully communicate with your landlord in Spanish.