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[Part 1: bullet 1]  What things are you now able to express in Spanish that you have learned in Spanish II (concepts)? 

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[Part 1: bullet 1]  What things are you now able to express in Spanish that you have learned in Spanish II (concepts)? 

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I’m so excited now that I can talk in the past tense in Spanish, I love to tell people stories of what I’ve done, what I’ve seen and how I felt and now I can express that. I can also now tell people about my daily routine, how to prepare foods, tell others what to do or what not to do in “you” statements, what I like to wear, what I like or want to do, what I’ve done and what I was going to do, what I’ve bought, how I get or got to where I was going, I can talk about my school and how it was, I can talk about people and describe people in the past tense, I can describe places and rooms in the past tense, I can talk about my past times in the past tense, and I can talk about my community in the past tense. I apologize for that long run-on sentence but I’ve really learned a lot in Spanish II.

(http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/6676-top-poetry-words.html)

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School

Por preparé para ir a la escuela en España me levanté a las cinco de la mañana, me duché,  me cepillé los dientes, y me vestí, directamente después de levantarme. Yo salí del piso a las seis y treinta de la mañana y monté un autobús a la escuela. Llegué a la escuela a las siete y media. La escuela comienza a las ocho así desayuné por treinta minutos y pasé diez minutos en busqué a mi clase primera y charlé con mis amigos. Mi clase primera era la clase de álgebra. La profesora de la clase de álgebra era muy energética y simpática. Según los estudiantes, ella era una profesora popular porque ella era divertida. Mi segunda clase era la clase de historia mundial. La clase de historia mundial era muy aburrida y exigente, el profesor habló y habló y habló. Mi tercera clase era la clase de química, era una clase interesante.  Mi cuarta clase era la clase de arte, era muy fantástica y divertida. Yo salí la escuela a la una y media de la tarde, monté mi bicicleta al piso.

Apartment

Yo encontré mi apartamento en España por yo lo busqué en el internet, miré a los avisos clasificados en el periódico, y llamé a un agente inmobiliario. Finalmente el agente inmobiliario encontró el apartamento perfecto para mí. El apartamento era en el centro. Pude viajar en el metro, a pie, o en el taxi. Compré este apartamento nuevo después mi agente inmobiliario me llamó por teléfono celular y visitamos el apartamento. El apartamento era en moda.  Viví en el apartamento por muchos años. Mi apartamento nunca estaba sucio, porque yo limpiaba todos los días.  Usualmente, yo limpio el piso con una escoba, un recogedor, un cubo, cloro y un trapo o yo usé una aspiradora. Para lavar los platos yo usé un lavaplatos. Para lavar la ropa yo usé una lavadora y detergente, y para secar la ropa usé una secadora. Yo mantuve limpio mi apartamento.

Family

En mi familia tengo una madre tiene cuarenta y cinco años,  un padre tiene cuarenta y ocho años, una hermana tiene veintiocho años, y un hermano tiene veintiocho años. Yo tengo dieciséis años. Mi familia es muy graciosa, simpática, y artística pero según mi familia soy reservada y seria también. No nosotros somos desordenados pero tenemos muchos libros y revistas. Nos gusta ir a los mercados de pulgas e ir de vacaciones pequeñas.

Hobbies

Yo iba a un mercado de las pulgas a veces para ver cosas o comprar cosas o yo iba a una biblioteca en mi tiempo libre. Cuando yo no iba a una biblioteca o no en un mercado de pulgas estaba buscaba a cosas, estaba pasaba tiempo con mi familia o escuchando música, o dibujando. Me gustaba escuchar música rock y música pop. Me gusta la música rock a causa de su ritmo rápido y me gusta la  música pop porque tenía ritmo pegadizo. Cuando yo estaba pasaba tiempo con mi familia, usualmente mi familia y yo nosotros íbamos al centro de salud para mantener nuestra salud.

Food

Me gusta comer frutas y verduras más que carne. Yo como carne a veces porque no me gusta mucha carne.  Me gusta el pollo y bistec.  Me encanta ensalada, ensalada de frutas, fresas, manzanas, naranjas, plátanos, brócoli, coliflor, y zanahorias. No me gusta comida con aceite, leche,  y cebolla.  Mi plato favorito de España es arroz con pollo.  Me gusta beber agua, té sin azúcar, limonada, jugo de naranja, jugo de manzana, y café sin azúcar y crema.

Shopping Experiences

¡No me gusta nada ir de compras por ropa! Mi madre encanta ir de compras en tiendas de descuentos y tiendas de ropas mirar ropa para nosotras y mi padre. Mi padre no gusta ir de compras también.  A veces mi madre y yo vamos a la tienda para buscamos ropa pero yo prefiero mirar las cosas.

Community

Yo vivo en una pequeña comunidad dónde personas son muy simpáticas, generosas, mayor que mí, y sociable. En mi comunidad hay más tiendas de descuentos, un liberaría, un mercado comida, y cuarto escuelas. Desafortunadamente mi comunidad no hay un gimnasio, centro recreativo o piscina. Y en el verano mi comunidad tiene jardines dónde podes ver bonita flores y plantas. Teníamos una tienda de películas  en un momento, pero ya no la tenemos.

(https://www.collegemagazine.com/inside-the-life-of-a-ta/)

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My recording was too large for my computer load properly, so I had to break up my recording, also vocaroo wasn't working for my computer;
part 1:  https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/e2njbtj88lfas6qo
part 2: https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/tgj9pexylnd0w757
part 3: https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/slzfbswz5xbsws6n

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[Part 1: bullet 4] What differences have you seen between the Spanish language and your native language?

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[Part 1: bullet 4] What differences have you seen between the Spanish language and your native language?

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A difference I have seen between the Spanish language and English language include the lack of apostrophes ( ‘ ) in Spanish, instead, if you're trying to use an possessive of an object in Spanish you’d say “the object of” then the person’s name.  Another difference I’ve noticed in Spanish is that descriptions are backwards, in English you could say “the red car” but in Spanish you’d say “the car red” and if you wanted to say “the black shoes” in Spanish you’d say “the shoes blacks”. Also in Spanish there are feminine and masculine variations of most words, which we don’t have in English. Yet another difference is the fact that the Spanish language uses quite a lot of verb endings for the preterite and imperfect tenses, where as in the English language to denote that we are talking about a past or a completed task we add a "-ed" or "-t" to the end of our word or verb.

(I made this image using Microsoft Word, taking a screenshot and cropping the image using Microsoft Paint)

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[Part 1: bullet 5] What did you find interesting and exciting about the Spanish culture?

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[Part 1: bullet 5] What did you find interesting and exciting about the Spanish culture?

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Some things I find interesting and exciting about the Spanish culture is the language itself and all of the famous places you could visit in Spain.  I think that Spanish is a lovely language and it is fun to learn. On another note, I found it interesting that Spain basically shuts down for two hours a day for Siesta; it would be amazing if we did that here in the United States. Also, I really enjoyed learning about Spain and its architectural and cultural history, it's such a historically rich place.

(https://www.spain-holiday.com/Peniscola)

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[Part 1: bullet 6] What do you hope to learn if you continue to study the Spanish language?

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[Part 1: bullet 6] What do you hope to learn if you continue to study the Spanish language?

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I have no idea I hope to learn if I continue to study the Spanish language, I’m just hoping I’ll have the opportunity to continue learning Spanish and to hopefully travel to a Spanish speaking country for a vacation or possible residency for a few years. I’m also hoping to become fluent in Spanish so when and if I have kids they will be bilingual in Spanish and English; that is if I don’t decide to take on learning another language. I say I want my children to be bilingual because there are cognitive benefits of learning additional languages in childhood development. People who are bilingual, in general, have greater activity within the brain, and denser tissue in the memory, attention, and language regions of the brain in comparison to monolingual people. Also, most universities require that students have 2 classes minimum of a foreign language to be accepted.

(https://www.pinterest.com/anthony5323/science/)

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[Part 2: bullet 1] We have learned elements of a language in a different teaching/learning style than you may be used to. Talk about your experience with learning Spanish in an online class.

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[Part 2: bullet 1] We have learned elements of a language in a different teaching/learning style than you may be used to. Talk about your experience with learning Spanish in an online class.

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Taking an online language is something that I’m not used to at all, and it took quite a bit of adapting to but I feel as though I’ve done my best. When I took Spanish Introduction and Spanish 1 in 2014 I had a face to face teacher and we learned Spanish at a slower pace compared to this Spanish 2 course. I knew going into this class it would be a quicker paced class and I find it kind of insane that in 8 weeks I’ve majorly increased my Spanish vocabulary and grammar. Also, I heard “bad stories” from people taking online Spanish 1 saying that they didn’t any help from their teacher which seems crazy to me because there are Required Live Classes where you can ask questions, videos to practice vocabulary to, daily announcements and/or help, grammar help, vocabulary and grammar activities, and the teachers welcome you to contact them for help. Another new thing for me was the Required Live Classes; in all of the online classes I’ve done, I’ve never had online live class I could go to. In fact, I think that online live classes are awesome for clarifying questions and learning information. I so wouldn’t mind taking a Spanish 3 course online, when I get the chance.

(https://vulcanpost.com/10881/rise-online-learning-knowledge-just-one-click-away/)

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[Part 2: bullet 2] What did you like about the course?  What did you not like and/or could be improved?

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[Part 2: bullet 2] What did you like about the course?  What did you not like and/or could be improved?

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I honestly loved the required live classes, the videos to practice vocabulary, the daily announcements/help, the grammar help, the vocabulary and grammar activities, the feedback, and that teachers welcome you to contact them for help.  Like I’ve said before, in all of the online classes I’ve done I’ve never had online live class I could go to for help and in the other online classes I’ve done I didn’t actually talk to my teachers at all. Like I’d email them asking for help but they never really helped and rarely replied. This is the best online class I’ve taken. I don’t think anything need to be improved for this class as it is very refined, there is nothing I really struggled with and everything I could have ever needed was already fully explained and there for me. I’d say the only thing I slightly didn’t like was having an 18 week class condensed into 8 weeks, I say “slightly didn’t like” because  I feel like having this condensed classed helped me in my time management skills and also helped me to realize that I could possibly take and succeed in other condensed courses. I suppose you can say there was no part of this class I completely disliked.  (On a side note, this is the first ever condensed class and/or summer class I’ve taken).

(http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/I%27m_Late

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[Part 2: bullet 3] What things did you do that helped you learn Spanish in this course?  What things can you do to improve your own Spanish learning in the future?

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[Part 2: bullet 3] What things did you do that helped you learn Spanish in this course?  What things can you do to improve your own Spanish learning in the future?

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To help me learn Spanish in this course I did most of the not required but recommended vocabulary and grammar activities, read my teacher’s feedback, listened to my favorite songs with Spanish subtitles, read comics in Spanish, and used Duolingo at least once a week to stay brushed up. To improve my Spanish learning in the future, I plan on continuing to listen to my favorite songs with Spanish subtitles, read Spanish comics, and used Duolingo and perhaps I will find my favorite Disney movies in Spanish with English subtitles or in English with Spanish subtitles. I’m looking forward to possibly taking Spanish 3 in the future also.

Here is a movie I have watched in Spanish with English subtitles and I want to watch it again. (http://peliculas.disneylatino.com/buscando-a-nemo)

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[Part 2: bullet 4] What things did your teacher do to help you with your learning?  Was there anything that your teacher didn't do that would have helped you?

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[Part 2: bullet 4] What things did your teacher do to help you with your learning?  Was there anything that your teacher didn't do that would have helped you?

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My teacher did an absolutely awesome job in helping me learn Spanish. She gave me plenty of very helpful personal feedback and resources, always updated the daily announcement with help, explained things very clearly, always responded within a reasonable time frame, and checked in with me of where I was in the list of assignments or my plan for the week. I don’t feel like there was anything that my teacher didn't do that would have helped me, she was amazing and covered everything so well that I didn’t have to ask for much help.

(http://www.clker.com/clipart-green-check-mark-in-circle.html)