Learn more Spanish on the most wonderful island with the most wonderful people! I would like to take a trip with some students. What do you think?
Via Dolorosa
16 years ago
Monday, December 20, 2010
Vamos a Puerto Rico!
Learn more Spanish on the most wonderful island with the most wonderful people! I would like to take a trip with some students. What do you think?
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Spring 2010
Hola!
I didn't do very well posting last semester. Anyway...
What do you need to do to improve your Spanish? Read the following list.
1) Dedicate a portion of time to it everyday. Without this, you will not have much success.
2) Find a study partner or two, so you can hold each other accountable and help each other figure out what you are doing.
3) Engage someone who is a Spanish speaker who you might feel comfortable with and try out your lingo on them.
4) Go where the people are! Find out where Spanish-speaking people are and just be around them for a while - at a church, a store, a cafe... wherever! They will be glad to welcome you when they see you are interested.
5) Look at some of the resources I have given on this blog. On the right side somewhere, there is a menu of learning tools. You will need internet access for most of it. Harness the power of the web to improve your Spanish.
6) Read every blog post here from the beginning! It is loaded with ideas.
7) Don't forget youtube!
8) Eat a little humble pie. Remember that you are not in control... It is hard, but that is the reality of learning a foreign language. You have to become extremely tolerant of ambiguity, and that is not fun. However, once you come to terms with that ugly thought, you will be in the correct frame of mind to make humble forward steps toward a new understanding of the world.
You can do it! Many others have. What make them different than you? Nothing. They just did it. So, go for it. And keep in touch!
Que Dios te bendiga!!!
Profesor Rivera
I didn't do very well posting last semester. Anyway...
What do you need to do to improve your Spanish? Read the following list.
1) Dedicate a portion of time to it everyday. Without this, you will not have much success.
2) Find a study partner or two, so you can hold each other accountable and help each other figure out what you are doing.
3) Engage someone who is a Spanish speaker who you might feel comfortable with and try out your lingo on them.
4) Go where the people are! Find out where Spanish-speaking people are and just be around them for a while - at a church, a store, a cafe... wherever! They will be glad to welcome you when they see you are interested.
5) Look at some of the resources I have given on this blog. On the right side somewhere, there is a menu of learning tools. You will need internet access for most of it. Harness the power of the web to improve your Spanish.
6) Read every blog post here from the beginning! It is loaded with ideas.
7) Don't forget youtube!
8) Eat a little humble pie. Remember that you are not in control... It is hard, but that is the reality of learning a foreign language. You have to become extremely tolerant of ambiguity, and that is not fun. However, once you come to terms with that ugly thought, you will be in the correct frame of mind to make humble forward steps toward a new understanding of the world.
You can do it! Many others have. What make them different than you? Nothing. They just did it. So, go for it. And keep in touch!
Que Dios te bendiga!!!
Profesor Rivera
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Fall 2009
One of the things I have discovered recently is blogging. I like to blog. I also like to incorporate it into my classes. Sometimes I fall behind, though.
This blog is to help you with resources and ideas for learning Spanish. It can also help us by providing a place to share. I started this one about a year ago. I would advise to browse the posts. You may find some interesting ones that will help you.
This a lecture that I wrote last year. It would be good for you to read it now.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Stars in Spanish
Now, that wasn't hard to understand! (disclaimer to follow...)
How about this one... Nice accent, gangsta!
The most charming
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Beginning Spanish Textbooks - Spring 2009
Hola!
Aqui estan los libros que vamos a usar en la clase de espanol durante este semestre.
Succeeding with Spanish Grammar
Maria Suarez Lasierra
Barron's Educational Series 2007
$16.99
Easy Spanish Reader: A Three Part Text for Beginning Students (2nd edition)
William T. Tardy
McGraw-Hill 2004
$10.95
Aqui estan los libros que vamos a usar en la clase de espanol durante este semestre.
Succeeding with Spanish Grammar
Maria Suarez Lasierra
Barron's Educational Series 2007
$16.99
Easy Spanish Reader: A Three Part Text for Beginning Students (2nd edition)
William T. Tardy
McGraw-Hill 2004
$10.95
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