Ciudades llenas de color

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travelandleisure.com

Cuántas ciudades aquí (http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-most-colorful-cities) son de países hispanohablantes?

Cuántas ciudades donde se habla español?

Cuál ciudad llena de color te interesa conocer más?

G12 - Interactive Oral - Turismo

Tomado de http://blogs.gestion.pe/marketing2020/2012/07/campana-marca-peru-2012-atraer.html:

Finalmente, debemos plantearnos, si el comercial atraerá turistas, al margen del perfil de estos últimos. Para ser exitoso debería presentar a nuestro  país de manera protagónica y mostrar cómo sus atributos diferenciales ofrecen una experiencia única y relevante a los visitantes.El Perú no tiene el rol protagónico en el comercial. El foco es la filosofía de vida del personaje joven: "vive libremente, encuéntrate a ti mismo" y esto, es lo que lo motiva "a viajar".  Nuestro país aparece como telón de fondo,  pero sin llegar a posicionarse como un destino único, imperdible.      

G9 - Memrise Course

Grade 9 - Please begin the G11 Spanish course but DO NOT begin with the first level.
Skip ahead to levels 6 & 7.
http://www.memrise.com/course/60268/g11-spanish-2012-13/6/

You will have a quiz in two weeks.

Videos Divertidos

I think that you will find the majority of these videos anywhere from mildly to supremely amusing. Check them out.

Adele y Stem-Changing Verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=sDaDoL9IYso

Emimen y Pretérito: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhBOF_GlHTA

No Dejes de Creer (Glee) y Imperfecto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYtX_5wCekY

Lady Gaga y el Imperfecto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k-gWwkWCBI

Ser versus Estar y Taio Cruz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaM_SBdbjLk

La Princesa de SER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_D08ltoOns

Preterit versus Imperfect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfYzrCTfwJE

Call Me Maybe en español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJtmC64__X0

I Knew You Were Trouble en español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGvcxbfeak4

Wide Awake en español: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_C6PNP0Wos

Un Buen Curso (for everybody!)

This course would be good for every grade (except maybe grade 12). These are the 100 most commonly used verbs in Spanish. It is very good to know these.



http://www.memrise.com/course/42952/100-most-popular-spanish-verbs/

G9 - http://www.memrise.com/course/62153/g9-vocabulary/

New Memrise Courses (EVERYBODY)

Please begin the following courses:

G09 - http://www.memrise.com/course/60268/g11-spanish-2012-13/

G10 - http://www.memrise.com/course/61604/g10-vocabulary/

G11 - http://www.memrise.com/course/60268/g11-spanish-2012-13/

G12 - http://www.memrise.com/course/59865/g12-spanish/

Christmas Vocabulary Challenge Assignment: ALL GRADES

Image: Guardian.co.uk

I just read a fascinating article about a guy who learned an entire language (Lingala - spoken in the Congo basin of Africa) in 22 hours. He literally memorized the entire dictionary in 22 hours (spread out over the course of a few months). Here is the article if you're interested in reading.

He used a web application called Memrise.

Memrise uses pictures and funny phrases called "mems" to help you remember the words. The more weird and crazy the mem, the more likely you are to remember it.

Below are three different ways to remember the verb TOCAR. You click on the thumbs up to choose the one that you think will help you the most. If you don't like any of the options, then you can create your own mem.

DON'T CRAM!!!
Memrise is perfect for spending 5 minutes a day (or twice a day). They have done studies that prove that you can learn twice as much vocabulary in half the time if you DON'T CRAM!

TAREA: Create an account on Memrise.com. You can use Facebook or your email. Choose one Spanish courses to work on over the break. Here are a few that look good:

• http://www.memrise.com/course/35/1500-word-spanish-intro/
• http://www.memrise.com/course/737/first-5000-words-of-spanish-3/
• http://www.memrise.com/course/193/intermediate-phrases-exito-de-venta/
• http://www.memrise.com/course/1292/intermediate-phrases-exito-de-venta-2/2/

Grow your Spanish garden (use the website). I will check your profile upon return to classes next semester and award points accordingly.

(A good goal would be to "plant" 5 new words a day and water them 2-3 times a day for five minutes.)

I can check how many mems you have created, how many flowers you have grown, and how many total points you've earned.

Yeah, that's me, #2 in the world for learning Essential Tagalog!!! I have literally learned more words in the last 15 minutes than in the last 3.5 YEARS.