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Semana 3:  el 15 de septiembre de 2017

9/15/2017

 
Resumen:
We took a quiz on the capitals of Spanish-speaking countries.  We brainstormed language for small talk and then we mixed up and everyone had as many conversations as they could with their compañeros de clase completely in Spanish.  We talked about the el Día de la Independencia Mexicana, watched a few minutes of last years' El Grito de la Independencia, (and yes, Nicolás, I wasn't thinking when I answered you, but most probably people were indeed paid to be there, and they are called acarreados).  We watched a video about making Chiles en Nogada, a traditional dish in September to celebrate Independence Day.  We reviewed the numbers 0 to 100 then played Bingo.  We reviewed the homework, focusing on the exercises on stress and accents.  We briefly looked at nationalities on Quizlet.

We will delay the due date for Learning Report #1 until September 29, because we didn't have time to discuss it. Next week we'll talk about it.

La tarea:
1) Prepare for 2 quizzes on:  nationalities, and the numbers 0 to 100 (based on the homework this week, and the corresponding Quizlet sets).
2) SAM Capítulo Preliminar #13, 14 (WBP-13, WBP-14), Capitulo 1 # 1-5 (WB1-1 to WB1-5)
3) Listening Manual Capitulo 1 #1 - 6 (LM1-1 to LM1-6)


Semana 2:  el 8 de septiembre de 2017

9/8/2017

 
Resumen:
We sorted through the book problems again, for the very last time. We will not spend any more class time on it!  So next week, every one will be enrolled on QUIA for the free trial period.   After the trial period ends, you can choose to do the homework any way you want-- old school on paper or online--  and I will work with you, it is all good.  

If today was your first class, and I ran out of syllabi to give you, remember you can download the syllabus (along with QUIA registration instructions) from the "Course Content" tab on Blackboard.

We looked at verb conjugations of LLAMARSE and SER, and reviewed the homework.  We did some spelling dictations to work on the pronunciation of letters in Spanish.  We reviewed Spanish-speaking countries and capitals using Quizlet and interactive online sites.  Learning the names of capitals and countries has a dual value:  1)  we learn some key geography of the Spanish-speaking world if we didn't already know it, and 2) we have an opportunity to notice how those familiar names are pronounced in Spanish, and noticing the difference reinforces our understanding of how vowels and consonants are pronounced in Spanish.

La tarea:
1) Study the countries and capitals. I will give a quiz (multiple choice) based on the Quizlet set (quizlet.com/177077572/paises-de-habla-espanola-y-sus-capitales-flash-cards/).  Also, below the homework assignment I provide links to the interactive games to practice this. 
2) Study the numbers from 0 to 100 with quizlet.com/177102119/los-numeros-0-a-100-flash-cards/. 
3) Study nationalities with quizlet.com/177085692/las-nacionalidades-y-adjetivos-regionales-flash-cards/
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4) SAM (Student Activity Manual -- online, sign up!) Activity 8 "Paises de habla espanola y sus capitales", 13, 14 (WPB-8, WPB-13, WPB-14)
5) Lab Manual (Listening -- again online!) activities 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,10,(LMP-2 through LMP-10).  Exercises 2 and 3 deal with accents and stress.  Read the rules at the intro to Exercise 2 to work it out.  We'll go over it in class next week.  The rules for this are also in the photocopied stapled handout I gave you in class, on page 12.

Interactive maps for practice:

Countries of South America:
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/amerisur1e.html

Capitals of South America:
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/amerisur2ecap.html

Countries of Central America:
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/americentral2e.html

Capitals of Central America:
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/americentral2ecap.html

Puzzle South America:
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/amerisur3e.html

​Puzzle Central America:
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/americentral3e.html

Semana 1 (Week 1): El 1 de septiembre de 2017

9/1/2017

 
Resumen (Summary):
Today we introduced ourselves, reviewed the syllabus, and looked at the Blackboard website with the links for different websites (including this one) we'll use in the class. We looked at the QUIA site to see how it would look.  We practiced greeting, asking and answering questions about our names and where we are from.

If the book key is prohibitively expensive for you, please see my announcement on Blackboard.  After class today, I thought about the difficulties the online book is presenting, and decided I will give you an alternative option. Check back soon on Blackboard.  I haven't posted the announcement yet, but I will in the next few hours.


La tarea (the homework) para viernes el 8 de septiembre:
1)  Watch this video Hola, ¿Qué tal? (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj-fAlHK2rM) and fill out the worksheet to go with it, given in class. 
2) SAM Capitulo Preliminar Actividades 1, 2, 3 (if you haven't gotten the book key yet, you can find the exercises scanned in a PDF, posted in the Announcements sections on Blackboard).
3) Quizlet sets (to find them, scroll to bottom of the page at this link:  
https://quizlet.com/class/3908191/ Study "El abecedario," "Los saludos," "las presentaciones," "Los números 0 a 100."  Practice with these. 
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