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Transcript of Why NOT learn a foreign language? Here are the advantages… video.
Why NOT
learn a foreign
language?
Here are the
advantages…
video
What to expect….• Speaking…..talk, talk, talk, and talk some more,
with partners, in groups, in presentations, on the phone
• Listening……music, news, advertisements, movie clips, TV, native speakers
• Reading…..lyrics, recipes, poetry, travel guides, news, authentic texts, and one novel
• Writing……incorporating more grammatical structures
• CULTURE…..music, history, art, geography, poetry, dance, travel, fashion, food, nature, animals, sports
What to expect……..• Reading…..lyrics, recipes, poetry, travel guides, news, authentic texts
• CULTURE…..music, history, art, geography, poetry, dance, travel, fashion, food, nature, animals, sports
• Reading…..lyrics, recipes, poetry, travel guides, news, authentic Reading…..lyrics, recipes, poetry, travel guides, news, authentic texts
• CULTURE…..music, history, art, geography, poetry, dance, travel, fashion, food, nature, animals, sports
• texts
• CULTURE…..music, history, art, geography, poetry, dance, travel, fashion, food, nature, animals, sports
.Reading…..lyrics, recipes, poetry, travel guides, news, authentic textsCULTURE…..music, history, art, geography, poetry, dance, travel, fashion, food, nature, animals, sports
What is needed in class….
• 1 1/2 inch binder and lots of loose paper/spiral notebook and composition notebook
• 5 tab dividers• Pens or pencils/crayons or colored pencils• Flashdrive/Thumbdrive • MOST IMPORTANT: A Positive Attitude
– Without a “can-do”, “will try” attitude, success in this class will be exceptionally difficult. Rethink your decision to take Spanish III if you are missing this most critical component!
• Curriculum is based on Exprésate 2 and 3, textbook is kept in class
• Donations of antibacterial hand cleanser will be worth 20 participation points
Grades
• Quizzes (weekly or every other week) • Classwork (daily) Informally assessed everyday and
formally assessed weekly• Homework (2-4 times per week) includes non-
traditional assignments (Exp: google voice)• Formal Assessments/PBT projects• Participation: IT IS REQUIRED• All lessons/homework are posted on
senorakurtz.wikispaces.com worksheets will be in class
• All different genres of music• Foods from different Spanish countries• Sports, including bullfighting and jai-alai• Geography, social awareness and history of
Puerto Rico ArgentinaThe Dominican RepublicGuatemalaCosta RicaSpain
• Food • Clothing• Geography• Animals• Travel• Sports
• Restaurant situations
• Shopping• Weather• Camping• Friends• School
• Infinitives• Present Indicative• Past Tense: Preterite and
Imperfect• Present Subjunctive• Simple Future• Present Perfect
Qualities of a successful language learner
• an appetite for learning, perseverance• willing to take risks• willing to make mistakes and
learn from them• wanting to help and teach
others