Esta semana la tarea opcional es escribir 10 características de un objeto con el verbo ser. Por ejemplo:
Mi cama es grande, es firme, es de madera, es bastante nueva, es de Sleep Train, etc.
Para los que les interese hacer más tarea: Empiecen con el capítulo 4 “Tener” en Spanish Verb Tenses de la serie Practice Makes Perfect de McGraw-Hill. Por favor, lean la página 35, y hagan el ejercicio 4.1.
Esta semana la tarea opcional es escribir 10 características de una persona que conozcan con el verbo ser. Por ejemplo:
Mi hermano es alto, es reservado, es moreno, es directo, es delgado…
Para los que les interese hacer más tarea: Continúen con el capítulo 2 “Ser and estar” en Spanish Verb Tenses de la serie Practice Makes Perfect de McGraw-Hill. Por favor, hagan los ejercicios 2.5 y 2.6.
Esta semana la tarea opcional es escribir su estado de ánimo con estar cada día de la semana, y decir por qué. Por ejemplo:
Hoy estoy esperanzado porque hace dos días que la garganta no me duele mucho, y he tenido problemas con mi garganta por meses.
Para los que les interese hacer más tarea: Continúen con el capítulo 2 “Ser and estar” en Spanish Verb Tenses de la serie Practice Makes Perfect de McGraw-Hill. Por favor, lean las páginas 25 y 26, y hagan los ejercicios 2.3 y 2.4.
Hola alumnos y alumnas:
In today’s blog, I’ll share three things with you to help you become an advanced level Spanish speaker. Level C1 is a fairly advanced level, so remember that it takes time and a lot of effort to get there.
How do you achieve this?
Read literature. You’ll see all the tenses being used in novels, plus a lot of vocabulary.
Talk about things in the past, in the future, and use the commands. Do not avoid certain phrasing because you don’t want to use a certain mood or tense.
Choose to use complex sentences instead of easy ones.
How do you achieve this?
Don’t stick to just the topics you like to talk about. Share your opinions on politics, feelings, emotional personal experiences, current issues, etc. You will never achieve an advanced level of Spanish by only talking about the day to day.
Read and listen to all kinds of material, especially biographies, magazines about current issues, news, debates, and TV series.
Talk about things that are hard to talk about, even in English. For example: a very sad memory, a painful experience, a moment when you were extremely nervous.
How do you achieve this?
This is the time to stop studying so much Spanish, and to start living in Spanish. Let go of the textbook, and pick up a book for native speakers. Stop reading the news in English, and read it in Spanish. Let go of a magazine written in English, and find one that you enjoy in Spanish…etc.
Use your Spanish every day of the week. When you can’t talk with somebody, talk to yourself, read or watch something in Spanish. Or keep a journal and write about EVERYTHING, specially
Go to events in Spanish, meet Spanish speaking friends, use Spanish at your workplace (if possible). Be active and look for all the possible chances to use the language.
As I said in the beginning, getting to C1 is not an easy matter. Many people need years to reach an advanced level, and many students don’t ever get there (which is ok).
The only way to do it is being super active in Spanish, every day, and making it a very big part of your life.
I hope you find this information useful. Remember: keep calm and speak Spanish :)
Have a fabulous weekend!
Octavi
Esta semana la tarea opcional es traer un objeto relacionado con algunas de sus vacaciones y decirnos 3 cosas sobre él.
Para los que les interese hacer más tarea: Empiecen con el capítulo 2 “Ser and estar” en Spanish Verb Tenses de la serie Practice Makes Perfect de McGraw-Hill. Por favor, lean de las páginas 19 a 22, y hagan los ejercicios 2.1 y 2.2.
Esta semana la tarea opcional es escribir cinco frases sobre cómo serían tus vacaciones ideales, usando el condicional. Por ejemplo:
Viajaría a otro país. Comería cosas ricas todos los días. Iría a ese lugar con mis amigos…
Para los que les interese hacer más tarea: continúen con el capítulo 16 “The conditional tense” en Spanish Verb Tenses de la serie Practice Makes Perfect de McGraw-Hill. Por favor, lean las páginas 176 y 177, y hagan los ejercicios 16.3 y 16.4.
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