I'm Not Very Good at Spanish, but I Feel Little Dumb

Anonymous writes, wo, dear tessa, aunt hank, i'm currently on a university summer language programm in spain. Part of my programme requires me to stay with a spanish family. But i have a huge problem. I don't know what to say to them. And it sounds like one, it's hard to learn a foreign language - that's an uncomfortable thing to learn because it's hard not to be good at things. Ike says knowing how to communicate with people who are generally generationally different from you is also a new skill.