community practice #10

in 4-19-15 I went on a spanish blog and read some of the postings
http://www.ciudadano2cero.com/mejores-blogs/
some of them were boring but at least i could understand what they were saying.

community practice #9

on 4-15-15 I texted a spanish friend in spanish. we texted in spanish about what we were going to do over the weekend and where we were going to eat together.

community practice #8

on 4-10-15 I took a few spanish surveys on this website http://www.thesurveypro.com/esusa.htm. some of the questions were hard to understand but for the most part i was able to respond to the question that was asked.

community practice #7

on 4-4-15 I made a Facebook status in spanish for my friends and family to read it said, "La noche es la mejor representación de la infinitud del universo. Nos hace creer que nada tiene principio y nada, fin." thought this was a very powerful quote. hopefully my friends translated it to read it. 

community practice #6

on 1-22-15 I called Victorias secret credit card company on the phone and picked the spanish option. this one was a lot harder than the ATM in spanish. but i did mange to pay my bill in spanish.

community practice #5

on 2-18-15 I went to a bank of america ATM and made my transaction in spanish. this was pretty simple. but i just had to make sure I was picking the right button.

Community practice #4

on 2-11-15 I went to a spanish restaurant in Orange CT called, Ola. I ordered my food in spanish(I got the steak and rice and for the apatizer we got guacamole and chips. this is a really good restaurant I recommend it!

Comm Practice #9

Community Practice #10
Spanish Poem

No me preguntes si te amo,
porque esa pregunta me ofende,
si pudiera colocar moneda sobre moneda
para hacer una torre de todo lo que siento,
créeme llegaría hasta el cielo.

Te amo mujer,
amo tu historia,
amo tu vida,
y amo tu paz,
me gusta verte estornudar,
tu manía de tocarte el cabello,
tu nerviosismo cuando beso tu cuello.

A pesar de que estés lejos,
lo que siento aquí dentro crece y crece,
que a veces me asusta el pensar
dónde voy a poner tanto amor
cuando ya no me quepa en el pecho.

No importa que te mudes a otra galaxia,
tú siempre estás aquí,
y sobra decir que yo vivo en un mundo dentro de ti.

Porque por más lejos que estés,
por más preguntas que hagas,
no importa el lugar donde estés,
donde tú vives es aquí... en mi corazón.

-anónimo

This is a very beautiful poem about a man's love for another woman. He says he loves the way she sneezes and the way she touches her hair. He writes that she is his life and history. He also writes that he gets filled up with so much love that he's afraid there isn't enough room for it. I really liked reading this poem and I feel that it is especially beautiful written in Spanish.

Game time

I downloaded and played Spanish checkers to see the difference between that and English checkers I didn't"t really find much difference.

Trivia mana

This past weekend played a couple trivia games. I set the language to Spanish to see how good I would do. Come to find out I am not as horrible asi thought.

Community Practice #10

For my final community practice I used the self checkout in spanish. On my way home last night I was asked to stop at the grocery store for bananas and orange juice. When I was about to check out I noticed the languages button and decided to change it to spanish.

Community Practice #10

For this community practice I read about the Spanish Inquisition on wikipedia. The article can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition

Community Practice #9

For this community practice I watched the movie The Liberator in spanish with english subtitles.

Community Practice #9

For this community practice I read an article about a famous spanish man named Santiago Ramon y Cajal. He was a Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Ram%C3%B3n_y_Cajal

Community Practice #10

For the final community practice, I read the Wikipedia article on the civil war of El Salvador: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerra_civil_de_El_Salvador.

I learned that "fuerza" is "force" and "enfrentarse" means "to face". "desarollar" means "to develop". "aunque" means "although". "desaparecidos" means "missing". "desmovilizacion" means "demobilization". We talked about how the US was supporting the government forces, but I didn't know that the Soviet Union was supporting the liberation front.

Community Practice #9

I read the Wikipedia entry on "Voces inocentes": http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voces_inocentes.

I learned "dirigir" means "to direct" and "transcurrir" means "to elapse". I learned that the movie was Mexican even though it is about El Salvador. I learned that "abordar" means "to address" and "ejercito" means "army." Also, I learned that "debido" means "because". I had to look some of these up because their meanings weren't evident in the context.

Community Practice #8

I watched this video about Lionel Messi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLmQvsIH3Hs.

His parents talk about his childhood for a while, his brother and childhood friends do the same. They show the fields he played on as a kid. An FC Barcelona scout talks about his experience going to Argentina to see Messi play. He talks about how he was doubtful beforehand but knew he needed to sign him within minutes of watching him play.

Community Practice #7

For this community practice, I watched this video about Juarez, Mexico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2EXTK905JA.

This was hard to watch. You can see the pain on the faces of the people being interviewed which is brought on by the violence of this city.

Community Practice #6

For the sixth community practice, I watched this video on Buenos Aires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUGgVchRlQ8.

In this video, they speak very rapid Spanish and it is tricky to follow. They spend a lot of time in an art museum which displays contemporary Argentine art. Then they spend time in a small Argentine restaurant and explain the local food. Last, they go to a large library with a lot of people. This library has really cool architecture. I was able to pick out and understand some phrases, but it is a lot more difficult to understand spoken Spanish than it is written Spanish.

Community Practice #5

For this community practice, I read an article on José Antonio Balseiro, an Argentine physicist: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Balseiro.

I learned that "físico" means "physicist". I learned that "adolescencia" means "adolescence". I learned "emigrar" means "to migrate". I learned "egresar" means "to graduate" and "bachiller" means "bachelor".

Most of these words were evident through context.

Community Practice #4

For this community practice, I read the recap of yesterday's Clippers vs. Spurs game: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/basquetbol/nba/cronica?gameId=400790950.

I learned that "comenzará" is a future tense of "comenzar" which means "to start". I learned that "estbalecar" means "to establish". I learned that "abajo" means "below" and that "jamás" means "never". Also, I learned that "ventaja" means "advantage". Lastly I learned that "cuarto" means "fourth". I was able to figure most of this out through context.

Community Practice #3

For this community practice, I sent a text message to my brother telling him that the Rangers won their first playoff series:

"Los rangers de Nueva York ganaron la primera serie de los playoffs"

Community Practice #8

For my eighth community practice I watched a popular spanish song on YouTube. I watched Amaia Montero's music video "Palabras" three times. The first time I watched and listen to the video to see if I could understand anything. The second time I listened and read the words in english on a lyrics translate. I then watched again one more time in just spanish to se if the music video and the song now made more sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JLvzwG7NYo

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/palabras-words.html-1

Community Practice #7

For my next community practice I ordered my food in spanish on the way home from class Wednesday. I was on my way home and stopped at a Dunkin Doughnuts. I noticed the woman before my ordering in spanish and that the cashier could speak it well. I asked her if I could try with her. I ordered a coffee and a sandwhich. It was very difficult but she was nice and helped me with pronuncing words if I had to look them up on my phone. Luckily there was no one in line behind me.

Community Practice #7

Recently I had to go to the bank to take some money out of my account.  So I used my banks ATM machine and set the language to Spanish. Everything went smoothly there was no confusion at all as to whether or not I was taking out the right amount of money.

Community Practice #6

I read the first few chapters of the book Zorro in Spanish. I had a dictionary by my side to aid me through the reading, looking up words and phrases I didn't know as I went along.

Community #8 & #9

April 13, 2015

I made a birthday cake for my daughters dad and I followed the directions in Spanish. A dictionary and my book was used for words I didn't know. I also order a phone from T-mobile in Spanish and ended up with the right phone.

Community #7

April 4, 2015

I used the ATM in Spanish to take out money. To me it was easy because I'm always at the ATM and I know the buttons that I normally press. I ended up with the right amount of money.. YAYYYY

Community #6

March 28, 2015

My aunt who is fluent in Spanish sent me and email asking me about school and other things and I replied to her in Spanish answering all her questions.  

Prank call

I used this website that has automated voices that leave funny, fake messages for people. You get to choose from one of there choices and I used the guy who accuses you of hitting his car. I chose the guy to talk in Spanish as he accused someone of hitting his.

Community #5

March 23, 2015

I listened to a couple Spanish songs. One of the were Enrique Iglesias ft juan luis guerra cuando me enamoro. I love this song.

Watched the office

I watched the show The office in Spanish with English subtitles

Community #4

March 16, 2015

I had an entire conversation in Spanish about making plans to go to the movie with one of my Puerto Rican friends. The conversation went well because she was able to understand what I was saying.

Community #2 & #3

March 14, 2015


 Veo una película llamada The Spanish Movie. Se trataba de un nombre criada torpe Ramira que fue contratado por Laura a trabajar como empleada doméstica y niñera de sus dos hijos Simeón y Ofendia. A la llegada, Ramira bloquea Simeón en el sol pero el niño tiene dermatitis foto y muere, quemado por el sol. Ramira esconde de Laura lo que le hizo a Simeón. Mientras tanto, se encuentra con el hermano parapléjico de Laura Pedro San Antón y se enamoran entre sí.

Community #1

March 4, 2015

On March 4, I went into a Spanish restaurant and placed my order of empanadas in Spanish. Even though it was a bit difficult the staff was very helpful.

Comm Practice #8

Community Practice #8
Pablo Picasso
4/24/15

• Pablo Picasso nacio en Malaga, Spain
• El nombre completo es Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso
• Picasso es el inventor de Cubism 
• Hay trés periodos del arte: Azul, Rose, y Classico
• La pintura más famosa llama "Guernica" 

Comm Practice #7

Community Practice #7
Map of Spain

• Madrid is the biggest city in Spain and is the capital

• 2nd largest city is Barcelona, which is located in Catalonia

• Mount Teide is the highest mountain in Spain (3718 m, 12198 ft) and an active volcano

• The Pyrenees is a mountain range that divides Spain and France

• The 1992 Summer Olympic Games were held in Barcelona

• The population of Spain in 2012 was around 47 million

• 72% of Spain speaks Spanish. The rest speaks Catalan, Galician, Basque, and others.

Community practice #5

This past weekend a few of my friends and I took a trip up to Albany New York to visit a friend of ours from high school who is currently living there and holding a full time job. Well on our ride up I programmed my GPS so my navigation guide was in Spanish. My friends weren't too happy that they had to listen to a GPS shouting out directions in Spanish the whole ride to NY but they got over it.

community practice #4

My mom and sister both work at a mexiacan restaurant and every year on cinco de mayo they have a special celebration that my whole family goes to. There are a bunch of specials going on at the restaurant that day along with a mariachi band and a big raffle. So in the spirit of cinco de mayo fast approaching I've been listening to Spanish radio on my way to class in the mornings.

community practice 3

For my third community practice I used the self check out line and rang my items out in Spanish.

Community practice 8

For this community practice I followed a recipe for rice in Spanish. I had to use the online dictionary a lot, but I also learned a lot. 

Community practice 7

For this community practice I e-mailed my old Spanish teacher from high school. This was my favorite so far because it was a very meaningful conversation for both her and me...and it was in Spanish! 

We conversed back and fourth in about 5 e-mails. 

Community practice 6

My friend Maria introduced me to her two friends that were Visiting from Spain. I told them I spoke "un poco" and we had a small conversation, helping eachother out with our languages. 

Community practice 5

At the grocery store, I used the self checkout in Spanish and followed the directions in Spanish. 

Community Practice #6

For my sixth community practice I looked up three spanish speaking places on Airpano.com and looked at their panoramas.

1. Churun-meru (Dragon) and Cortina falls, Venezuela
2. Ushuaia, Argentina
3. The Geoglyphs in Palpa Valley, South America, Peru

Commuity Practice #5

For the 5th community practice I switched my Facebook over to Spanish to see what words I could figure out. The ones I did not know I googled to determine.

Community practice 4

For this community practice I downloaded "dual lingo" on my phone and set it to notify me every day to practice. I am on day 3 of playing. 

Community practice 3

In class we attended the day of memorial for Gabriel Garcìa Marquez. 

Community practice 2

I read this poem in Spanish then translated it to read it in English and connected the words between Spanish and English. 

a mi corazón.
Sólo tú me miras con tanta pureza y belleza interior.
Sólo tú llenas de alegría a mi alma.
Sólo tú conoces mis secretos, deseos y anhelos.
Sólo tú me transmites calor con tus manos.
Sólo tú me das fuerzas para seguir viviendo.
Sólo tú me hablas con tanta dulzura.
Sólo tú me escuchas con tanta paciencia.
Sólo tú me acaricias con tanta delicadeza.
Sólo tú me besas con tanta ternura.
Sólo tú me comprendes con tanta sutileza.
Sólo tú haces que me sienta el ser más feliz del universo.
Sólo tú me das tanta seguridad en mí misma.
Sólo tú me calmas y tranquilizas cuando estoy mal.
Sólo tú eres el que puede entrar en mi corazón y en mi ser.
Sólo tú me abrigas cuando tengo frío.
Sólo tú eres y serás el dueño de mi corazón.
Sólo tú eres mi sueño hecho realidad.
Sólo tú eres y serás el que me ama y me amará siempre.
Sólo tú eres al que amo y amaré eternamente!

practica de comunidad 10

For about 30 minutes I listened to Spanish music including Romeo Santos, Mark Anthony and Prince Royce. I understood the words for the most part and got the message the song was conveying. When I listen to Spanish music I find that it is a great way to practice my listening skills ad vocabulary because I hear words that I often forget about, so it kind of refreshes my memory. The one song title I remember listening to was Odio by Romeo Santos but I listen to about 7 other songs I just can't remember the names.

community practice #3

on 3/11/15 I was able to watch a eposoide of telemundo called, Open Eyes. During this episode Renato tells Anastasia that their friend Conrad does not deserve her. This is a series so at first it was a little hard to figure out what was happening, but in the middle of the show I started to understand the plot.

http://now.telemundo.com/dueños-del-para%C3%ADso/full-episodes/ojos-abiertos/422561859712

community practice #2

on 3/21/15 I watched a short Spanish film called, "Niebla-by Emilio Ramo. It was a animated movie about a poor man in a village that struggled. Then one day during a storm tons of sheep can out through the sky bring the village fortunes. the video was 8 minutes long. 

community practice #1

On 4/7/15 I went to the salon to get my hair dyed, I go to a Spanish/Brazilian salon in Hartford. While I was getting my hair done me and my stylist had short conversations in Spanish. (they barely know English) we talked about that we were hungry, and where she was from. sometimes it was a little hard to understand her because she talked fast.

Radio in spanish

I listened to the radio station in New York that was in spanish, 97.9.

Community Practice # 4

No Dejo de Pensarte

Tu cabello, tus ojos, tu mirada:

No dejo de pensarte,

Entera eres mi pensamiento,

Desde tu ternura hasta dulzura.

Entera eres mi sueño:

No dejo de extrañarte,

Y no puedo dejar de amarte.

For this community practice I read a poem in spanish and tried to translate on my own as much as 
I could by looking at the key words I have learned. After reading it over a few times I translated the poem into English online to see if I had translated correctly. I then found that poem is about love and the the poet proclaims he can't stop thinking about his beloved - her hair, her eyes, her look. Basically it is about how he cannot stop loving her.

community practice 10

Vi una película en el centro estudiantil. Se trataba de un hombre dos una mujer tratando de descubrir la vida. Un hombre como la mujer igual que el otro. Tuve que ir a clase, así que me perdí el final. Mi amigo me dijo que ambos hombres terminados saltando fuera del techo.

community practice

Over Easter break I watched Pan's Labyrinth in espanol with english subtitles so I can learn and make connections with certain words and phrases. I have to say watching this movie in espanol creeped me out a little bit...

Movie 2

I watched the movie Casa de Mi padre. The movie is already in Spanish with subtitles.

Movie in spanish

I watched the movie Nacho Libre in Spanish with subtitles.

10

Last year, I made a Spanish book called

La Jirafa que Queria Volar

and this is the script. (I let my cousin borrow my actual book)

 

Hubo una jirafa llamado Jorge.  Como todas las jirafas, que tenía un cuello muy largo.  Se le ayudó a conseguir el fruto del árbol alto.

 

Por lo general se quedó con todos sus amigos y familia.  Tenían el desayuno y la cena juntos, jugaban juntos, y sólo salía con uno al otro.

 

Un día, Jorge quería ir en un pequeño paseo a solas.  Nunca lo general es por sí mismo, pero se enfermó de constantemente estar cerca a otros.

 

Durante su paseo, se topó con bares, y los tigres, e incluso un zorro.  “Wow hay tantos animales diferentes,” dijo.  El siquió caminando, haciendo caso omiso de los estados recibiendo.  “¿Qué estás?”  Jorge había estado recibiendo esta pregunta todo el día, pero siguió su camino alegre.

 

Jorge había entrado en un campo mirando hacia fuera en la distancía.  Se veía muy lejos y se dio cuenta de calgo en el aire.

 

Ser curioso, se acercó a lo extraño y le preguntó “¿Qué eres?”  Ellos respondieron “Somos aves!”  Jorge se sorprendió porque él nunca vio nado vuela antes.  Jorge quería volar.

 

“¿Cómo así que eso es?”  Jorge pidió a los pájaros.  “Acabamos de solapa nuestras alas y estábamos en nuestro camino,” respondio a los pájaros.  Jorge volvió a su colonia par di cirler a sus amigos y familiares lo que había descubierto.

 

Explicó las aves y su vuelo en profundidad.  “Tal vez yo puedo volar!”  Jorge exclamó.  “Eso no parece una buena idea, tal hijo,” dijo su padre a él.

 

Pero Jorge no escuchó y él saltó, trate de mover las piernas de tal manera, y cayó.  Se cansa una y otra vez y finalmente se rindió.  Decepcionado, Jorge se fue en otro paseó y puso mala cara.

 

Todo lo que le pone mala cara tiene hambre, por lo que se detuvo y se puso un poco de fruta de un árbol alto.  “Wow, ¿como se hace eso?” preguntó el oso.

 

Jorge se dio cuenta de que a pesar de que no podía volar, no todo el mundo puede llegar a lugares altos colo él puede.  Sintió contenido.

9

I tend to listen to a lot of Spanish music; I even have some on my iPod.  Like you mentioned in one of our lessons, Juanes is one of the artists I listen to.  His popular song, Tengo La Camisa Negra, which means I Have a Black Shirt.  Without looking up the translation, there are many words that I do not recognize, but I do know a few, like amor meaning my love, or alma meaning soul, cama meaning bed, and simple words like that I know.  Some words I do not know are disimulo, señas, or mentira, etc. I did notice in the song that a lot of the words rhymed.

Also when it came to listening to Spanish music, I have the radio station 98.5 set on it because it’s all Spanish, and it’s great!

8

For a while now, I have and will have my phone’s language set as Spanish.  This helps me learn some Spanish since I know what a lot of the things on my phone already are.  Many of my apps all turned Spanish, the weather is written all in Spanish and with pictures next to it, and it was pretty easy to learn the words.

Examples are: soleado – sunny

                        parcialmente nublado – partly cloudy

                        mayormente soleado – mostly sunny

                        chubasco matinales – scattered showers

                        despejado – clear

Another fun thing about turning my phone into Spanish is the weather is in Celsius, and it’s just different to see it compared to Fahrenheit.  Having the calendar in Spanish helps me learn the months, notifications I may get on Facebook are in Spanish and since I click on it and figure out what it is, I can learn many different words and sentences.

7

I work at Dunkin Donuts and I usually talk to the baker when he comes in, and he is of Ecuadorian descent, name Oswaldo.  I asked him if he would help me with my Spanish class by helping me with works, conversing with me, whatever!  “Martyna, estás loca.”  He always calls me crazy, and he also tells me what he is doing when he is doing it.  He likes to be a pain, but it does help me learn.  “Voy al baño,” “Voy a hacer buñuelos ahora,” etc.  A lot of the time, I ask him what he is saying after he says it, and he is more than happy to help me, he wants me to be fluent so that he would have someone there at work to talk crap to. :P

6

I decided to put on the Spanish channel on my TV, and there happened to be a novela on, and to my knowledge, that is what I have been told was a soap opera.  It is called Señora Acero, and the woman just killed a man, then security has come out, and she said “Tranquillos,” and that seemed to be like “calm down.”  I heard things like  muerde, que paso, aqui, las cosas, un solo royal mas, etc.; they all talk very fast.  Then there were commercials that I remember on English TV and it’s in Spanish, so I can figure out what they mean.  Me encanta was said when a girl loved how her hair looked, deportes, canales, meaning sports and channels, gratis meaning free, etc.  Vamos was said to the girl so they would leave in the show away from the crime scene; it also helps seeing the show and what is going on so you can put two and two together as to what the words mean and what they are doing.  The girl was telling her son when he will be getting out of the hospital and she said junio.

Community Practice 7

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0silrDHGMylVjcwQVVyZzRNN3RfNDl2TUdnVzkzb1FTS2dF/view?usp=sharing\


Heres a link to a short video I did with a kid from my job. In the video the kid is teaching how to say "can I have a quarter in spanish".

Community Practice 5 & 6

For my community practice I went to see the film Highs and Lows "A Estas Alturas La Vida" which was being played in the student center.

Community Practice #3

This past week I tried to build upon my speaking with coworkers in Spanish that I had done the week before for community practice. I aimed to continue stating the numbers in Spanish but also state some of the more simple commands as well. Some of the more frequent commands I used were mira, ven aca, and ayuadame. These are phrases I constantly use in the office but instead tried to speak them in Spanish to enforce their meaning. I did find myself looking a lot of things up but after doing so a few times I began to remember the phrases on my own and I believe they will stick with me.

Community Practice #2

For my second community practice I decided to try to speak with my coworkers in Spanish over the week of our Spring Break. I work in an office with many Spanish speakers. It is also attached to a factory where 90% of the employees speak Spanish as their native language. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up with a full conversation so I decided to start small. Our orders are identified by 6 digit numbers so I tried to always refer to the order number in Spanish. I also tried to say the number in double digits so it would be more of a challenge. For example, if the number was 812745 I would say it as ochenta y dos, veintisieta, cuarenta y cinco.