SPN 101 Weekly Activities 1 - SPRING 2013

SPN 101: Spring 2013 1 Weekly Activities

Enero/January 14-18
See syllabus for content. See blog for weekly activities.

Introduction Course-Preparation
(1) Learning a Second Language: Focus on another way to express meanings. Spanish: Functions in the US and Spanish speaking countries.
(2) How?: Discovery of meanings in different contexts by observing new words, sentences, paragraphs, stories, images, movements, people in different situations and from various countries, regions, listening to music, eating food with people, dancing, working with other people, interacting with people.
(3) Structure Learning: Focus on how these meanings work in language in context (e.g. newspaper, film, face-to-face interaction, text message). Grammar as a starting point. Look at your grammar: Noun-Adjective-Verb-Complement.
(4) Techniques: Use a diary to reflect on your learning. Use flashcards to learn new words, new verbs combinations. Use a notebook to classify your new words and write new sentences. Start observing new words around you, books, written materials in the new language, start listening to songs, dance, movies, TV programs. Watch a movie with the captions in Spanish or English. Start exploring new meanings in different texts and materials.
(5) Use the language with creativity. Start playing with language right away. Repeat the word in different ways. Build up characters when you say, repeat sentences. Imagine a situation in which you are using the new language, vocabulary. Start creating your own skit to create a monologue, a dialogue, or interaction with another person. Imagine a situation and develop a small story.
(6) Podcast 1: Listen to the podcast for the week below.
Podcast1: PodcastWeek1
ACTIVITY 1: El alfabeto se mueve: The alphabet moves
A. Repeat the Alphabet: A-B-C-Ch-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-ll-M-N-Ñ-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-V-W-X-Y-Z.
B. Repeat the Vocales: A-E-I-O-U
C. Make up five syllables with five consonants: (a) DA-DE-DI-DO-DU; (b) FA-FE-FI-FO-FU); (c) GA-GE-GI-GO-GU; (d) JA-JE-JI-JO-JU; (e) JA-JE-JI-JO-JU
D. Act them out moving your body. Express new meanings with them.

ACTIVITY 2: Conociéndose (Getting to know each other)
A. Read the following interaction.
This is a party in Owensboro in which there are a number of Spanish-speaking people. You have been invited by un amigo (a friend). It’s Saturday. It’s 8pm.
1: Buenas noches. Me llamo Jennifer. Mucho gusto. ¿Cómo se llama usted? (Good evening. I call myself Jennifer. My pleasure. How do you call yourself)
2: Mucho gusto Jennifer. Me llamo Juan. ¿Habla español? My pleasure Jennifer. I call myself Juan. Do you speak Spanish?)
1: Muy poquito. ¿De dónde es usted? (Very Little. Where are you from (formal)?
2: Yo soy de Nayarit, México. ¿Y usted? (I am from Nayarit, Mexico. And you?)
1: Yo soy de Lewisport, Kentucky. (I am from Lewisport, KY)
2: ¿Quiere comer o bailar? (Do you want to eat or dance?)

B. Now practice the dialogue changing names and places if necessary.
C. Put a different flavor to the interaction assuming different emotions: such as you don’t like Juan. Jennifer is pissed at someone else, etc. Be creative in a new way to present the dialogue. Be ready to perform it in class.
D. Extension: Create a small dialogue based on the previous interaction. Ask a new person his/her name and where he/she comes from. Consider another situation in which you meet a new person. Practice it and be ready to perform it to clase.
Vocabulario: Buenos días. Buenas tardes. Buenas noches. Hola. Hasta luego. Hasta pronto. Hasta mañana. Mucho gusto. El gusto es mío.

REFLECTION-SUMMARY
(1) What does the learning of a new language mean? What are some techniques? How will you learn Spanish?
(2) Which are the five vowels in Spanish? Mention five syllables with different consonants.
(3) How will you introduce yourself to a new person en español. How will you ask his/her name and place of origin?
(4) What are your reflections of this week’s activities?

PODCAST FOR THE WEEK:

Podcast SPN 101-0- Lección Introductoria

Podcast1 

Podcast SPN 101-0 Lección Preliminar

Saludos. In this Introductory Lessson, the course content, directions for your Spanish language learning and a practice with the sounds of español are presented.  In this course you will develop your oral reading, writing, listening, speaking skills and your understanding of language cultural practices of Spanish language-dominant, and bilingual users, and in relation to different texts in Spanish in particular with your first academic major. You are advised to focus on understanding Spanish language as a social and interactive practice with different speakers and users of español, investigate some specific topics; explore your voice, body movements, and language to build up your Spanish language skills; explore the intersections and new spaces of building up your bilingual/bicultural voices; and self-assess your learning in this course periodically. The Practice focuses on the exploration of the Spanish language alphabet. Repeat after me.

A (a); B (be, be de burro): -CH (che)-; C (se); D (de); E (e);F (efe): G (ge); H (ache); I (i); J (jota), K (ka), L (ele); -LL (elle)-;M (eme); N (ene), Ñ (eñe); O (o); P (pe); Q (cu), R (ere), -RR (erre), S (ese), T (te); U (u); V (uve, ve de vaca, ve chica); W (doble v, doble uve, ve doble); X (equis); Y (i griega, ye), Z (zeta). Repeat the vowels: A-E-I-O-U. Explore and play with the pronunciation of these sounds on their own making syllables, words, and try to read a paragraph in Spanish aloud. Reflect on the information presented and the first Spanish language practice. Gracias. 

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