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Maggie's 5th blog post

Posted by Margaret Long in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 10:44 am

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with Juan. I chose him because he is a native spanish speaker and he wanted to learn english or german so I figured we would be a good match.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned some proper ways of speaking spanish. I got mistaken when I wrote down I was hot. He immediately showed me how to say it without it being I am like on fire or something.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
This interaction helped me achieve my personal goals because I want to try to have a basic conversation without translating and having people correct me is a great way for me to learn.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I didn't use a translater this time and I tried to keep the conversation going. He eventually left though.
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
I need to improve on my basic spanish sentence structure.

JHinton- Blog Post #5

Posted by Jessica Hinton in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 10:43 am

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with a woman named Monica from Columbia. I noticed we were close in age, so I thought it would be nice to speak to them.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
With each conversation I have, I'm not as nervous anymore. A lot of people are complimenting me about my Spanish skills, so I feel really good about that.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I felt really comfortable speaking with her. I kind of went right into the conversation, and didn't hesitate.

Slang, Blog #5, Eres la Hosita

Posted by Chelsea Smith in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 9:42 am

the slang of another country.

¿Habla mucho *argot con tu amigos?

¿Que argot en argentina?

¿Que Comica palabras adolescente habla?

¿Tu habla mucho argot?

¿*Argot es normal?

*lenguaje de informal (Different way of saying slang, using this more people understood my questions.)

Sources:

http://www.humanities.uci.edu/spanish/spain-slang.htm

http://www.spanish-slang.com/

What are you looking forward to about this conversation?
I am looking forward to learning some slang in spanish. I don't know any or if its really different from english slang. It should be fun!
What are you nervous about?
I am not really nervous, this is going to be my 5th conversation, I feel like I got this now!

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke to many different people. The reason for this is because the first couple people I spoke with didn't understand what I was asking, but I am not really sure why. Also many people were very touchy with this topic. I am unsure why people were so touchy, I hope I didn't offend them. This was very weird to me.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned many different ways to say "slang." Using different versions of saying slang can cause you to get different types of reactions, some better then others. I was really surprised. I also learned about eres la hosita, which means thats awesome, but can be used positively or negatively. It use to mean something religious but now its used used to describe something.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
It helped me learn a little about slang but it also showed me how people react to different questions and topics. I got the feel that this topic could of been touchy for some people in these spanish speaking countries where its not touchy at all in America.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I kept talking to people until I learned some type of form of slang, This included talking to four people, but I didn't give up. I really wanted to learn something.

What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
I need to figure out better ways to phrase things. Many of the people didn't understand how I was wording things and wasn't use to the form of spanish I was using. For one the word Argot meaning slang in spanish confused almost everyone and no know knew it. This is what word reference told me but I guess people don't really use that word.

Blog Post 5

Posted by Tenzin Ngawang in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 8:21 am

Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner
- I spoke with multiple people but unfortunately, unable to screenshot our conversation because I kept on closing my laptop and when I opened it, it'd say error. However, the last conversation I had was with Kathlyn D. from Spain.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
- I learned that she was 16 years old and that her friends went to the huge protest that was organized for schooling. She couldn't go because her parents didn't allow her to. However, they all got the day off from school. 

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?
- I was able to keep our conversation going and I understood what she was saying. I was able to reply fast without using translator. I learned a lot of basic words and how to question a matter. 

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

- I think keeping the conversation going went well. I knew how to question when she said something weird, without sounding like a newbie. I tried to sound as if I was familiar with the language by fixing my grammars etc.

Proyecto de Conversacion #5

Posted by Breeanna Noi in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 10:07 pm

I spoke to Ray from SharedTalk. Honestly, I spoke to many, many people and they just stopped replying after I asked for a joke.

I just continued to do what I always did and speak to people about their day. Then as soon as I asked for a "chiste" they either didn't know one, didn't understand, or just didn't say anything.

The only flaw with this conversation is that no one wanted to give me a joke. Maybe they don't value jokes in Spanish speaking countries. I tried to Google a few jokes, but I never understood the jokes. I guess I could have kept trying, but after ten people stopped replying after the mention of a joke, I felt like I hurt them in some way. One person not knowing a joke is fine. But when everyone just stops replying, it seems like something bigger.

Blog Post #5: Música en Colombia

Posted by Kenisha Hood in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 10:04 pm

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with a male from Columbia named Alejandro. I did not choose this person, this person chose me and I seen that spanish was his native language so it worked well for the both us beings though I wanted to learn/work on my spanish and he wanted to learn/work on his english.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned about his favorite type of music and what type of songs he likes and I found out that he is a fan of a band called "Def Leppard" and he talked about what songs he likes. I found it pretty funny how since I said I liked music and I am from philadelphia, he sent me a youtube video of a music video of a song called "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ&ob=av2e)

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
This interaction helped me move towards achieving my personal goal because I wanted to learn about people in other countries music tastes and not only did I learn about their music taste but I shared with them the music we listen to in America. He didn't know who Nicki Minaj was so I sent him the "Super Bass" video and he liked it.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I asked questions about what type of music he liked.

What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
I think next time, I need to work on asking my partner to speak in spanish because I always give up and start speaking english whenever they start to speak english because I understand that just like me, they also want to learn a new language so I have to be fair.

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Conversation Numero Cinco

Posted by Symone Smith in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:56 pm

Goal:Effects of the language in persons life.

Las Preguntas:

¿Comó aprendes español?

¿Tienes la clase de español?

¿Qué haces en la clase?

¿la clases esta amable con tu vida diario?

¿Cuándos uso español?

¿Hablante do lenguajes esta bien? ¿Qué es unas ventajas?

Transcript:

Yo-Hola chica! Tienes un minuto?

Ella-Hola..si

Yo-necesito preguntar para el blog.

Ella-si.

Yo-Primero, cómo aprendes español?

Ella-Yo soy de Puerto Rico, así que crecí escuchando y me metieron en un programa de inmersión en español en la escuela primaria.

Yo-Tan hablas español desde que infancia...muy interesante.Explicas la programa por favor?

Ella-Así que el padre puede decidir si o no para el niño estar en el programa. Pero básicamente se trata de todas las clases (ciencias, matemáticas, escritura, etc) todos en español. Crees que va a ser duro, pero tiene un hijo a aprender cosas más rápido.

Yo-Muy interesante…¿Tienes la clase de español ahora?

Ella-si

Yo-Yo también...la clase de español tres.¿Qué numero tu tienes?

Ella-cuatro

Yo-si si..yo tengo la clase próximo año.¿Qué haces en la clase?

Ella-Trabajamos en la gramática y la conjugación de diferentes períodos de tiempo. Para que las cosas gramaticales en lugar de la palabra como un todo.

Yo-Si, yo hago cosas similares en español tres.¿La clase esta amable con tu vida diario?

Ella-Si

Yo- explicas por favor

Ella-Lo hace porque me ayude a ampliar mi vocaulario y mi programador para cuando en mi día que entran en contacto con alguien que hable español. Ya sea un visitante en la escuela o uno de mis amigos me ven en la calle.

yo-Bien bien…la clase ayuda en conversaciones similares a eso...jaja.¿Cuándo uso español?

Ella-En español clase jajaja Pero cuando voy a mi tienda de la esquina que tiene los puertorriqueños en el mismo, cuando veo a mi familia española o cantar canciones en español.

Yo-si si..¿hablante dos lenguajes esta bien?¿qué son unas ventajas?

Ella-Sí. Es muy divertido. Sobre todo cuando se los pone a ambos juntos. Pero sus ventajas es que puede una ventaja en las personas desde la lengua más común que se va a enseñar en las escuelas es el español. Me siento como el idioma está creciendo y va a ser el segundo al Inglés.

Yo-si si están completo gracias!

Reflection:

I contented talking to Brianna Perrin. Somewhere between this conversation and the last I considered talking to a stranger but I thought it would be better to continue with the same person. From this conversation I learned what to expect in spanish four next year. I also learned about immersion programs. I also learnedd how Brianna benefits from being bilingual. This time around it was easier to come up with questions without having to write them in english first. I'm not sure if that is because I'm getting better at writing questions or because my goals are easier to reach. I still feel like my conversations are more like interviews. So that what I'm definitely going to try to improve on for the last conversation. Maybe for the last conversation I won't plan out questions, just have a normal conversation.

blog post 5

Posted by Daniel Wirt in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 7:32 pm

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with a boy by the name of Alexis Roldan and he was 17 and from Colombia. I spoke with him because he was my age. It was the youngest person I had talked to and was someone who wasn't yet in college/ university. So i wanted to get their take on why they were learning another language.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned that he is doing it because of school. He wasn't very good at english and the entire time i talked to him he was speaking in spanish. When i asked him to speak some english to try and practice he did a little. The only stuff he really knew was the basics such as asking me how old are you and where are you from.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
It enabled me to see why people that are my age are learning a different language.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
Well I was successful in collecting the information that I needed and spoke mainly spanish for the majority of the conversation.

What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)

Getting better at not using things like word reference. It is nice to have but sometimes i need to get better at forming sentences with the words I already know.

Imperfect Tense Post 5

Posted by Jennifer Wright in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 3:48 pm

My other posts have been about certain topics, so now I would like to focus on a grammar concept.

I am going to implement the imperfect tense. I can't remember formally learning about this tense to I will practice it.

I'm wondering if the tense will present itself at all. I don't normally talk about things that require it, but I attempt to use it.

I have to go into a topic that will force me to talk about actions that occurred repeatedly in the past or actions that are not physical but like feelings.

I will stick to the basics first like,

¿Qué tal? and ¿Donde vives?

I was thinking of asking about fun activities that teenagers do because it may lead me to talk about things I do or used to do.

¿Qué se hace para diversión?

I had to research what the imperfect tense was all about.

I like studyspanish.com so I used that.

This page shows the phrases commonly associated with the Imperfect Tense and shows the stem changes.

I talked to two people, Mariano from Argentina and Sergio from Spain, they were both 19.

I found it hard to find times to use the imperfect. These are two times I did, though.

Conversation 5

Posted by Marley Utzig in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, May 21, 2012 at 9:22 am

First Week:

Partners Name:

City y Country:

Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner. What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I spoke too two different guys they both messaged me. I learned more about music, I had really wanted to learn more about the music of different cultures and I was finally able to learn this from Nicholas who told me about Folk Music in Argentina. I also talked to Sonador and he was telling me about what he was doing, cooking, and we ended up talking about food and what our favorite food was and such which was cool and chill. I learned from him how to say pasta in spanish which is my favorite food and I never knew how to say it.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

These conversations helped me in two different ways, the first was my general goal of speaking just in a normal confortable conversation. This was accomplished in the conversation about food, I was not nervous or thinking to much about what to say I just had to look up words of certain food in spanish, but other then that it was a good conversation. My goal for the conversations over all was about music. I wanted to know what type of music people listened too but also the cultural music from their country. Nicholas talked about folk music in Argentina which I had never heard about before, so I got both of my goals done in these conversations.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to you need to improve on?

I think I was talking more and talking about myself, which I had discovered I needed to do, more then just asking questions to move the conversation along. I think these were my best conversations I was more comfortable talking to them in spanish.

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