juegos con lecciones

Again, we started our lesson with a game. This time, Cati, our teacher made us throw think of a word that has an opposite meaning such as largo-corto, blanca-negra, bruto-intelligente, debil-fuerte (fuerte was thrown to me and i had no idea what weak was in Spanish) etc, etc. That made us think on our toes.

our formal lesson started with colors. like all words in spanish, colors are gender sensitive as well as very particular on either singular or plural.

masculino -------------- Femenino
el arroz blanco ------------- harina blanca
el limon amarillo ------------ ciruela amarilla
el naranja naranja ---------- naranja naranja (this is a neuter)
el aguacate verde ---------- peras verdes (so is this one)
huevos blancos ------------ leche blanca
tomate rojo ---------------- fresa roja

after break, we had another ice breaker.

"El barco se Hunde" the boat is about to sink and you group yourselves in 3's or 2's or 5's

Roderick was caught 3 times and as punishment he has to either sing, dance or recite a poem. He opted to dance. unfortunately, we had no music. I forgot that my cell phone has YMCA of the Village People. That would have been fun. Next Saturday will be his DDay.

Then we had exercises in Complemento Directo.

1. Senora, como le queda el vestido?
Me gusta mucho. Me lo llevo.

2. Pilar me quedan bien estos pantalones.
Estupendamente, por que no te los llevos?

3. Voy a hacer cafe, Como lo tomas?
Con leche por favor.

4. Me gusta mucho la casa de la calle.
Entonces, la vas a alquilar?

5. Mira este traje gris, te gusta?
Si, es muy elegante, me lo pruebo?

6. Senora, le quedan bien los zapatos?
Si, si me los llevos?

Pronombres etal

i just hope that when i post this, the spacing will not go awry.

Pronombres with gustar

-------------singular ---------------------- --- plural
yo --------- a mi me gusta el basketball ------ a mi me gustan los libros
tu --------- a ti te gusta tocar la guitarra ----- a ti te gustan los coches
el, usted --- a el le gusta ir al cine ------------- a el le gustan los pelotas
nosotros --- a nosotros nos gusta cocinar ----- a nosotros nos gustan los motos
vosotros --- a vosotros os gusta dormir ------ a vosotros os gustan las radios
ustedes ---- a ellos les gusta leer ------------- a ellos les gustan los bolsos

ponte de pie - please stand up

parallel classes

Nice idea. We will be having parallel classes for nivel 3. See what technology can do. whew... two classes for the price of one.

ok, yo empiezo en el proximo sabado porque yo no escribe notas durante clases. And I should say that yours is impressive.

I also did not note the ice-breaker. i will ask the other bevs ( hey, i have another classmate with that name).

I promise that i will next saturday.

El viso es mio :)

Hola!

sure, why not? :) i'm going to invite them too... just need to get their email address first ...

what is the ice breaker in spanish? can you also share that with us too? :)
also your lessons in the class so i can also have free lessons on line
coz i understand that our teacher has a different approach in teaching :)
in this way we would be able to learn a lot
kinda having two teachers at once ... hehe
by the way your tearcher's method of teaching is great :) learning while playing
hehe

gracias! :)

expand our scope

Hola companeras.

Our teacher has a different approach. We always play during class which is fun. She always has her pelota which she throws to any of us then we have to answer. Makes us think on our feet because we cannot prepare answers. Especially for association (like) games.

Also, she introduced an ice-breakers in Spanish. I was telling my classmate from DepEd that we can use it for our workshops. Social, ice breaker en espanol. Sulit na ang bayad sa Instituto.

Can you invite your other classmates, friends and sisters to join this blog para mas masaya.

And Mulan, please continue with your online review of your lessons. It is most useful for me.

Gracias.

Mi clase en español (tercera reunión)

Hola! buenas noches!

I had another interesting spanish class. Thanks to our professor, Sr. Jorge!

Sr. Jorge es muy bueno.

Ahora, nuestra lección está sobre el siguiente:

1. El comportamiento de assesinos potenciales

Well, this is actually an assignment, we are given an article about this topic and we're asked to make 5 questions based on it. Then, we need to ask this questions to our assigned partner. This activity is done to practice our reflexive and reflexive-infinitive verb. This is kinda funny coz based on the article all of us might be a potential ... you know .. hehe. Of course, our professor told us not to take this seriously. Just be careful :)


Algunas de las preguntas son ..

Te cepillas los dientes, despues de cenarte?
Te pones crema en la cara, despues de dormirte?
Cuando te levantes, pones la cafetera?

*para, andes de, despues de + reflexivo-infinitivo verbo
means reflexive-infinitive verbs can be use after "para, andes de, despues de" but reflexive-infinitive verbs are not to be used in the beginning of a paragraph ...

2. Frequencia
siempre - always
todos los dias - everyday
cada dia - everyday
cada semana
de lunes a biernes
por semana
cada semana - every week
un ves al mes - once a month
nunca - never
jamez never
dos veces cada semana - twice a week
tres veces cada dia - thrice a day
de lunes a biernes - from monday to friday
a veces - sometimes
a menudo - often
normalmente - usually

3.Con que frequencia? (How often?)

Con que frequencia comer en un restaurante?
Un vez al mez, como un restaurante

Con que frequencia comprar un novela?
Nunca

Con que frequencia mirar el programa, FRIENDS?
Cada dia a la siete y media de la noche, miro el programa FRIENDS

4. Como quedamos?
para invitar

(what? when? where? why?)

Quedamos el sabado a las nueve de la mañana en Instito Cervantes de Manila para esturdiar en español.

We also had some exercise to help us increase our comprehension in spanish. The exercises are sort of like a personality test. It's really fun. Estoy allegre.

Adios!

preguntas y preguntas

Hola! Buenos noches!

Hey Mulan, i asked teng and she said that there are 16 of you in the class. My chances of being allowed to transfer is very nil. Anyway, why dont you post all your tareas, that way, I get to answer more exercises. Actually, we are not given tareas. Just readings. So gracias.

Tengo tambien algunos preguntas para la tarea.

Cuantos estudiantes estan en su clase?
Puedo transferir yo a esta clase?
Cuando hablo espanol con fluidez?
De donde esta situada Filipinas?
Puedo hablar yo con usted ahora?

gracias www.freetranslation.com.

Hasta manana.

6 degrees of connection

Mulan, you might not know it but you and Teng are classmates. Teng is a colleague of mine in the Department.

You two are quite lucky to have Jorge as a teacher. He is just super galing. I have a mind to change my sched and join you. That is, if charles allows me and if I make the effort this Saturday am.

Hasta el proximo sabado o hasta el proximo mensaje de blog.

Nievel 3

Hola! Me llamo beverley. Como estas?

hehe ...
ala lang ...
Last saturday, November 6, 2005. I had my first class on my spanish lesson for level 3. Oh! well! actually,it is the second day, however, i wasn't not able to attend the first class held on Oct. 29. Why? because I didn't have any sleep that day. and I need to go to work at 11pm. Fortunately for me, According to my new classmates that the class haven't really started. They were just give an outline, homework and was asked to introduce themselves in spanish. :)

I was so impressed with my new professor, se llama Sr. Jorge. He is great.REALLY! According to him, when we are in level one it is okay to say "Hablo español um pocito" ; level 2 " Hablo espanol um poco: pero en Nievel 3 it should be "Hablo español".I just wish he would help us develop our confidence in speaking spanish. I believe that's the most effective way for us to be able to speak fluently the language. I feel like a one year old struggling for the words. I guess that's why it is easier for the children to learn a foreign language. They are more comfortable in making mistakes as they learn and improve.

He has given us some homeworks about "un dia normal" (this is the assignment that was given last saturday) and next, we are given pictures of an everyday activity and we need to use the reflexive and reflexive-infinitive verb. Last, since the spanish language of Instituto will be standardized. We are given a sheet of paper with instruction for us to be able to take the sort of beta test online. I almost forgot we also need to come up with five questions in spanish about a certain topic. Oh! well so many things to do :) but it's okay i'm having a lot of fun.

Next time, i blog i'm gonna do my best to write in spanish :)

Hasta luego :)

Cuando, cuando, cuando...

¿Cuán largo antes podemos escribir en español bien? ¿Lo que es más importante, cuán largo antes nosotros podemos hablar español con fluidez?

qué hace prescindo de www.freetranslation.com

Hola!

Why do people study Spanish? Fifteen students were asked and only three gave concrete answers. They need to be bilingual in their work as call center operators.

Most of us gave waffly answers like .... I like watching spanish movies without subtitles, i like the Spanish culture, I want to go to Spain or South America someday. What really is the fascination of the Spanish language to us Filipinos?

5 November 2005

I just had another Spanish Lesson. Just like anything in the world, Espanol para extranjeros is about to be standardized. I just hope that I will get all my verbos and my masculinos and femininos right during the exam. Hurrah for all Nivel 3 estudiantes!!!!

Our teacher for this level is good though. And she makes lessons and exercises fun. Which is very good considering that we spend our Saturday afternoons learning the language instead of having a good time. This way, we have both.

hasta luego....

4 November 2005

Saturdays I attend my Spanish class in Instituto de Cervantes. Learning Spanish reminds me of 2 year olds trying to speak and getting very frustrated because they do not have enough vocabulary. Well, actually, better than a 2 year old since I have access to the dictionary or even better, to the www.freetranslation.com. A life-saver for me on many occasions.Last week, I got an email from my cousin with instruction that I translate a series of emails (all in spanish and highly idiomatic at that) for her boss. When I told her that I was only in level 2, she retorted that it should be good enough. Since she has already boasted to her boss about her cousin who was studying Spanish, I felt that if I did not do the job, it would be a bad reflection on my cousin. And thank heaven for freetranslation.com.