LUNES, EL 25 DE AGOSTO ¡Bienvenidos a clase!

¿Qué vamos a hacer? 1. Go over your responses about the class from Friday 2. Pass out “Spanish Survival Phrases” handout 3. Go over other useful phrases in the classroom 4. Go over the alphabet, pronunciation 5. The weather 6. Homework

Projected Problems Getting behind on the material Memorizing vocab Pronunciation Conjugating verbs Anxiety over Spanish instructions Oral assignments Annoyed to learn online more than in class Classroom participation – I’m nervous to speak in front of the class Preparing speeches for class--- don’t worry, you won’t ever have to do this Field trips and other excused absences Retaining the info Teaching yourself outside of class Spelling and reading

Ideas or Concepts You Want to Learn Speak fluently Everyday language How to speak general sentences To be able to hold a conversation (with a native speaker) Basic vocabulary and grammar Irregular verbs—tips and tricks to remember them Enough to prove useful when I travel to Spanish-speaking countries Communicate about culture Verb conjugation To understand the difference between Spain and Latin American Spanish How to understand native speakers To read and speak Don’t care! I just wanna graduate!

Rumors… Some people love it, some people hate it Very good for people with little knowledge of Spanish The Spanish professors try to make the classes fun and interesting Nothing but complaints! (from a friend who failed) This semester is fun, LAN 112 is hard Taking Spanish in college is MUCH easier than in High School It isn’t too difficult if you study enough and practice The goal is to speak Spanish as much as possible

Spanish Survival Phrases ¿Cómo se dice… en Español? ¿Qué hacemos? No comprendo. No sé. Mas despacio, por favor. Otra vez Tengo una pregunta How do you say… in Spanish? What are we doing? I don’t understand. I don’t know. Slower, please. Again I have a question

Frases Útiles (Useful phrases) Repitan Lean Levántense Escriban Contesten Escuchen Miren Hablen (Class,) repeat (Class,) read (Class,) stand up (Class,) write (Class,) answer (Class,) listen (Class,) look, watch (Class,) speak *Write these down so you don’t forget!

El alfabeto A (ah) B (bay) C (say) D (day) E (eh) F (ef-fay) G (hey) H (ah-chay) I (eee) J (ho-ta) K (kah) L (el-ay) M (em-ay) N (en-ay) Ñ (en-yay) O (oh) P (pay) Q (coo) R (eh-ray) S (es-ay) T (tay) U ( ooh) V (ooh-bay) W (dob-lay ooh-bay) X (eh-keys) Y (yay) Z (seh-ta)

¿Cómo estás? Estoy… Tu estas… Él esta… Ella esta… I am… You are… He is… She is…

¿Cómo se llama? ¿De dónde es? ¿Cómo está ella? From New York, NY Ella se llama… Ella es de… Ella está … Lady Gaga New York, NY regular.

¿Cómo se llama? ¿De dónde es? ¿Cómo está ella? From Houston, TX Ella se llama… Ella es de… Ella está … Beyoncé Houston, TX muy bien

¿Cómo se llama? ¿De dónde es? ¿Cómo está él? Él se llama… Él es de… Él está … Justin Bieber Canadá muy mal From London, Ontario, Canada

¿Cómo se llama? ¿De dónde es? ¿Cómo está él? Él se llama… Él es de… Él está … Barack Obama Honolulu, Hawái bien From Honolulu, Hawaii

¿Cómo se llama? ¿De dónde es? ¿Cómo está ella? Ella se llama… Ella es de… Ella está … Miley Cyrus Nashville, TN mal From Nashville, TN

¿Qué tiempo hace? Hace buen tiempo. Hace sol.

¿Qué tiempo hace? Hace mal tiempo. Está lloviendo. Llueve.

¿Qué vamos a hacer miercoles? You have homework due at 8am on Wednesday (27th)  A pretest IN ENGLISH about subject pronouns, subject/verb agreement, and prepositional phrases.  Interactive presentations about the verb ser and prepositions (plus some VERY short activities) You have homework due at 8am on Friday (29th)  It’s about numbers and telling time  Please, do not forget to do this! You will be lost in class if you don’t! You have homework due at 8am on Sunday (31st)  Review presentations about the alphabet, useful expressions in the classroom, the weather, the days of the week, months of the year  It’s about the alphabet, useful expressions in the classroom, the weather, days of the week, the months of the year, the verb ser, and prepositions