26 oct 2010

Spanish II - All About Me Project

Los alumnos de Español 2 talked about their likes and dislikes and they also created an artwork for this project.

21 oct 2010

Jarabe de Palo - Bonito

Todo me parece bonito - Everything looks beautiful to me.

The verb "parecer" follows the same pattern as "gustar"

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.



18 oct 2010

Likes and Dislikes

To say we like something in Spanish, we use the verb GUSTAR.

The structure of the sentence is different than in English, it is backwards, we could translate it literally as “something is pleasant to me”. Ejemplo: Me gusta el tenis (Tenis is pleasant to me), Me gustan los gatos (Cats are pleasant to me).

For the negative sentence, just write “no” at the beginning of the sentence. Ejemplo: No me gustan las zanahorias (I don’t like carrots).

Use GUSTA when:

•the thing you like is an action: Me gusta montar a caballo (I like riding horses)
•the thing you like is singular: Me gusta mucho el café (I like coffee very much)


Use GUSTAN when:

•the thing you like is plural: Me gustan los gatos.


Likes and dislikes
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Extra Credit

Write 10 sentences to talk about your likes and dislikes. Use interesa, aburre, gusta and don´t forget articles with nouns, not with verbs!

15 oct 2010

How to find words in a dictionary

When searching words for one of our assignments, you shouldn´t use automatic translators.

Software translators are far from natural language. A machine won’t distinguish between the various senses of the same word; if you use online translators, your text will be scrambled and it may not have much sense.

We are going to learn how to choose the right word when we are searching in a dictionary.



Now, check what happens when you use automatic translators...

13 oct 2010

Telling time

To learn how to tell the time in Spanish click here.
To listen to time expressions click here.




¡Vamos a practicar!

¿Qué hora es? y Busca el reloj (go to the “actividades” section once you are in the web).

Memory game

Listening

12 oct 2010

Día de la Hispanidad

Today is Spain´s National Holiday, also called Día de la Hispanidad. It is the day that Cristopher Columbus arrived to the island of San Salvador on his initial voyage of discovery.

Many countries celebrate Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas. This holiday is called Columbus Day in the United States, Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in some countries in Latin America, Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, Discovery Day in The Bahamas and Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela.

10 oct 2010

Spanish I - El muchacho y la muchacha project

Los alumnos de Español 1 worked on a project where they had to introduced themselves and one of their classmates.

They also created their own muchacho/a and one for their classmate.