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Español stuff

Posted by Sergey Kuznetsov in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 8:51 pm

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
My guy was guillermo from argentina, and... we just talked around, he in english, me in spanish, and each of us was correcting each other when needed, kind of a mutual help discussion thingy going on between the two of us!
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
He is a cool guy who wants to go to england or USA, and maybe Canada. He is pretty darn good at english, and, obviously, really good at spanish!
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
My personal goal was to improve my verb conjugation skills, and I think I got that covered pretty gosh darn well!
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I think that instead of conjugating verbs incorrectly, I did it correctly!
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)rc
It is kind of hard to specify what I was bad at, my best guess would be sentence structure, and I think that I would think about saying things twice before saying them next time!

Espanol Conversacion :D

Posted by Keisha Lumpkins in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Pre-Conversacion
What will your topic of conversation be?
It will just talk about learning English and Spanish and how they like learning and learn more about the language.

What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner?

Do you like English?

Is English Easy or hard?

How do you learn English?

Is English the only language taught? Why?

How do you Separate spanish from english?

How do you anticipate your partner will respond to your questions?
They might be as nervous as I am. I think that they will be more comfortable answering questions about their own language because they are more familiar with it. They can asnwer my questions about their language better than I can answer about theirs.

What are you looking forward to about this conversation?
I am looking forward to learning about the person about their country, and how they feel about learning about a new language.

What are you nervous about?

I am nervous about getting something wrong or saying something that they will not understand. Hopefully they can help me if I am wrong.

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?

I spoke with Bruno from Argentina. I Choose him because he was learning English but was a spanish native. He also was a friendly person who didn't mind helping me with spanish.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned how he used spanish and how he learn english. He likes to watch Tv series in english and understand expressions with movies and Tv.

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

He made me feel a little more comfortable about speaking spanish because someone didn't make fun of the way I spoke spanish they actually helped me with what I did wrong and correct me so I can do better next time.

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

I did well in greeting Bruna and asking him many questions about spanish and how I can learn what to say and what not to say. I spoke spanish through out mostly the conversation. That was a big goal for me.

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 learn when to use ceratain sentences and how to use them. When to use "mucho" and "mucha" in the right sentence.

Proyecto de Conversacíon - Allen

Posted by Allen Yang in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 12:18 pm

Partner: Karl

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with a guy from Chile named Karl Reiher. He actually chose to speak with me, barely anyone would respond to my invitations or they declined for a 35 minute period. I spoke to him a day before but during class switch, the session cut and I lost most of the transcript.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
He seems pretty interesting. He's a risk prevention engineer/analyst and also in environmental quality. So I assume he's a civil engineer. He also likes soccer (fútbol), and would love to learn a second/foreign language.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
It enforced to react in a more proper way to spanish, so instead of adding some english in and making it spanglish I tried to make a complete spanish written sentence and try to get the point across. Most of the time it worked out fine, Karl understood.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I think I used a wider variety of vocabulary, and didn't make it seem repetitive.
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)rc
I still need to work on the conjugations, I guess proper use of grammar and the incorrect use of words. Such as when I said "jajaja, no practicar. Soló estoy jugando" I believe that wrote that incorrectly.es to Find Conversation Partn

♫ ♪ Música de España ♫ ♪ (Primer Objetivo)

Posted by Shamarlon Yates in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 2:45 pm

Conversation Question: What does music look like in Spain?

Pre-Conversation:

• What will be your topic of conversation be?

The topic of conversation will be about the history music of Spain and the role it plays in society.

• What are 5 questions related to your conversation goal that you can think of ahead of time to ask your partner?

1. What are the different types of music in Spain?

2. What are some traditional Spanish musical instruments?

3. What are some of the more modern types of music in Spain?

4. What kind of music do you listen to?

5. How does music relate to dance in Spain?

• What are you looking forward to about this conversation?

I am looking forward to learning from a native Spaniard about this topic. I am also looking forward to having a full conversation without interruption or a translator.

• What are you nervous about?

I am only nervous about keeping the conversation going and not pausing for too long thinking about what I want to say.

Post-Conversation:

Reflection:

• Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?

I spoke to Peter Kurt and I chose this person because they were a native of Spain. This was the country is wanted to know about so this person was perfect.

• What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I learned that some traditional Spanish musical instruments are the guitarra española, gaita, castañuelas, tarabilla, chicotén and sonajas. I know that the spanish guitar is a very popular instrument all over the world. I also learned that the music of Spain differs depending of the region. In Andalucía the Flamenco music is very popular while in Castilla, Aragón and Madrid Jota music is very popular. Guitar music is very common in Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias. Young people in Spain listen to music from all over the world, just like here in the United States. I learned that Peter's favorite type of music is rap and I also like rap music.

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

One of my personal goals is to learn Spanish while at the same time learn about the culture of Spanish speaking countries. This interaction has helped me move closer to achieving this goal because I learned many new vocabulary words and I also learned about the music of Spain. I wanted to have a conversation without using a dictionary and I was able to do this during this conversation.

• What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

I believed that I was able to guide the conversation in the direction of answering my conversation question. I greeted the Peter and introduced the project to him. My five pre-conversation questions came in handy when I did not know what to ask about. I also used a lot of words in my spanish vocabulary that I thought I had forgotten.

• What specifically do you need to improve on?

I need to improve on my grammar and punctuation while completing the text chats. I need to remember to put on my accents and enyas.

Interesting Links

Spain Top 20: http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=21

National Geographic Music Profile of Spain: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/country/content.country/spain_14

Spanish Guitar

listen to ‘Spanish guitar’ on Audioboo

¿Qué es la vida diaria?

Posted by Sabrina Stewart-McDonald in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 11:56 am

I went on sharedtalk and talked to someone named Alexander Tropa. He lives in Argentina and is 17 years old. I mainly asked him about his daily life, which is quite like the life here, and then we had an interesting conversation about Facebook, but that was mainly in English, so I didn't include most of it.

Sierra Dinvil's blog post :]

Posted by Sierra Dinvil in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:24 am

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I chose to speak with my best friend Prisilla Nieves. I chose to speak with her because she's really good at explaining Spanish concepts to me. Also she is fluent in Spanish.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
I learned a lot about her family background and history. Things that I would not have known if it wasn't for this project. Also, I learned how to be more polite in conversation.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
Since I know Prisilla so well, she was really easy to communicate with and easy to understand. She was able to clarify concepts that I misunderstood and to explain things to me from her perspective (so one who speaks spanish on a daily basis)
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I did well with using spanish throughout the entire conversation (except for when I need her to explain something). I didn't think I would be capable of doing so.
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 knowing when to use certain words to be more polite instead of the ones that I use already.

My Attempt to Converse Without Word Reference

Posted by Jennifer Wright in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:17 am

How can I maintain a conversation and communicate my ideas without having to use Word Reference to look up words to use?

Pre:

¿Qué tal?

¿Donde vive?

¿Como está el tiempo?

¿Como está la comida?

I'm nervous to just simply not use word reference. I rely on it so much because there are so many words I just don't know. This is going to be very difficult for me.

Post:

Frazer-Ireland pero vive en Londres

Javier- Spain

I had a good time with who I talked with. Frazer was really cool because he lived in London and I had just visited. If I messed up a bit he didn't mind since he spoke English. Javier was cool because he would correct me nicely, whereas I've had some people correct me sort of meanly. I learned that they both loved paella, which funnily enough I first tried in London.

This helped me a lot. It was sort of nice not having to rely on the dictionary. It was difficult but it forced me to only rely on the knowledge I have. My grammar of course still needs improvement and just generally expanding my vocab but doing this I'm already learning words.

Danny Wirt

Posted by Daniel Wirt in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:13 am

Ruben R.

Who did I speak to and why did I choose that person?

I spoke to Ruben R. He lives in Spain and I talked to him through sharetalk. I found it to be an easy way to communicate, and he is 17 so he is my age which made it easier to talk to him.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I learned that Ruben is trying to learn english because he finds that learning other languages are useful. I also found out that he likes Real Madrid and his favorite player is Benzema. He also found it to be weird that I take a class for spanish.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
I feel as though this interaction with Ruben was helpful in a sense that we are both trying to learn different languages, and we shared a common interest, soccer.

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

I guess what I did well was being able to interact with him without using much english. I used a little english since he is obviously trying to learn as well, but for the most part i used spanish.

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)

There was one instance where i had said something that could have been said a different way, and he explained to me that it is different, which was nice because it was like he is aiding me in my process of learning a new language.

Proyecto de Conversacion

Posted by Morgan Marant in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 9:02 am

Javier Marquez 43- Bogota spain

Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?

I spoke with Javier Marquez from Bogota Spain. I chose to speak with him because he seemed pretty good at English and Spanish so he could help me with both.
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

I learned that he is from Spain and he likes an artist named Pablo. Their music is pretty col and I enjoyed the interaction.
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

I became more confident and he helped improve my grammar.
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

I improved in learning the culture and grammar.
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)rc

My grammar could be a little better. When I asked about music he said it was "es" instead of "son"

GOOOOOOOOAL

Posted by Pauline Garcia in Spanish 3 - Gierke on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:51 am

To be honest, I didn't chat with anyone in live mocha or any other sites with chatting things. I did this because I know that if use the chatting method, I will be tempted to copy paste it in google translate. So I decided to speak to a person. Just like the Verizon telemarketer. It was really funny and lets say a bit awkward but he helped me a lot and he was really patient with me.

I didn't chat with anyone but I talked to my boyfriend who can speak fluently in Spanish and English. It was hilarious at first because we dont know what to talk about in Spanish. But then when we started to speak, it went on and on and on. It was actually nice because I know that if I chat with people and I don't know what they are talking about, I have the tendency to go to Google Translate to figure it out. But when we were talking, I dont have my computer with me and I cant translate it. So I have lets say a good practice with him because I actually learn more than just reading it. It was a nice practice to me because he also helped me with some vocabularies and helped me structure the sentence properly. It was also not awkward because I already know him and we don have to break the ice or some sort of thing. However, it was really hard and awkward when I started to talk to his mom. His mom cannot speak in English and only speak fluent and old Spanish. I'm still like a toddler when I speak Spanish and she speak really fast and use vocabularies that I dont even know of. It was hard but we kind of manage to communicate. I was really nice :)

About the skills that I want to improve on, I guess I'm almost there. I'm not a master already but I noticed that little by little, I'm getting there. The skills that I need to improve on is not an over night kind of development. I still need a lot of practice. I still stutter and have some hard time trying to find the right word but I noticed that I dont use english words as much as I used to. So kudos for that!

Who did I speak with and why did I chose that person?

- I spoke with my boyfriend because it was easier for me than talking to a random stranger and being all awkward.

What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

- We pretty much talked about the weather and food. He likes rainy weather because it makes him sleepy. I also learned how to structure my sentences the right way.

How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
- This helped me a lot because the conversation was not awkward and it was easy to talk about. The vocabularies that I needed to the conversation is already well known, so yea. It was pretty nice.

What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
- The not stuttering and spacing out. I actually did well on that. I use my hands to express what I want to say too much though but I think that's fine.

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