Laughing at Myself

Today I was in a meeting all day learning about learning. We gained some great tools to help kick start us into language learning. We spent about 30 minutes with a Kannada speaker and learned how to introduce ourselves to someone and ask who they are. Then we went around the neighborhood and practiced this to 5 different people. It was a little awkward to just walk up to someone and say "Hello. My name is Joyce. What is your name? I must go now. Bye." But the people were so good to entertain me and laugh with me. (or probably at me) My goal is to learn at least 10 new words a day and speak to at least 10 people a day in Kannada.