 Cultural Questions  Listening Skills – What did they just say?  Reading Skills – I have no idea what that means!

SP2

 Mental Preparation: You’re not going to get everything  Think about the context  Listen for words you do know  Listen to inflection  Try to get the gist first  Practice  Not everything goes in order  Listening is an active process

 Prepare yourself mentally  Context – Conversation between a principal and student  Pick out the words and phrases you do know  MM0 MM0

1. Marta arrives late to all of her classes. 2. Marta thinks the principal is horrible. 3. Marta is not respectful to all of her teachers. 4. Marta always does her homework. 5. At Marta’s school the students can go to as many lunch periods as they want. 6. Learning science is a priority for Marta. 7. Marta needs to work on being more respectful.

1. Marta arrives late to all of her classes. Falso 2. Marta thinks the principal is horrible. Falso 3. Marta is not respectful to all of her teachers. Cierto 4. Marta always does her homework. Cierto 5. At Marta’s school the students can go to as many lunch periods as they want. Falso 6. Learning science is a priority for Marta. Falso 7. Marta needs to work on being more respectful. Cierto

 Prior Knowledge  Context  Read for the Gist (don’t look up every word)  Stop and Check for Understanding (How do you do that?)  Reread  Practice

COLEGIO DE LA PLAYA Mi colegio se llama el colegio de la playa. Mi colegio está al lado del mar en Honolulu en la isla de Hawái. Hay clase los lunes, martes y los jueves. El horario: de las once de la mañana a las tres de la tarde. Hay un recreo de la una de la tarde a las dos de la tarde. Hay tres meses de vacaciones en verano. En mi colegio, hay 5 asignaturas: matemáticas, inglés, español, Historia/Geografía e Informática. ¡¡¡En mi colegio, no hay notas y no hay exámenes!!! Hay 6 clases de 20 alumnos en mi colegio. Los alumnos no llevan uniformes y se permite utilizar sus móviles en el colegio. Los profesores son muy bonitos y no castigan los alumnos. Empiezan la clase con un repaso del día anterior.

 Write down words/phrases that you understand in English  Is the student’s school realistic?  What is something unrealistic about the school?  Would you want to go to this school? Why or why not?