"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver." -- Proverbs 25:11
"Change your language and you change your thoughts." -- Karl Albrecht (Co-founder "Aldi" supermarket chain, one of the richest men in the world)
"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things." -- Flora Lewis (award-winning American journalist)
"Con cada lengua que se extingue, se borra una imagen del hombre." -- Octavio Paz (Nobel Prize-winning Mexican poet-diplomat and writer)
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." -- Maya Angelou (Pulitzer Prize-winning poet/author and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient)
1 Sep--
Spend time each week at Duolingo to practice your Spanish skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
For listening and culture practice, try this link to the Spanish national television and radio website: http://www.rtve.es
Also, try this link to hear native speakers & quiz yourself at various levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced): http://www.spanishlistening.org/
or here, at the University of Texas:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/siteindex.php
Unidad 1
Describing yourself videos part 1 and part 2 (w/Sr. Jordan)
Spanish-speaking Countries & Capitals online quiz for practice
Numbers 0-39 video (w/Sr. Jordan)
Days of the week video (w/Sr. Jordan)
Months of the year video (w/Ana from Butterfly Spanish)
"Rock the Capitals--South America" video
"Rock the Capitals--Central America" video
"Question Words" video (w/Sr. Belles)
"Death by PowerPoint" TED Talk w/David Phillips
Syllabus
Weekly Assignments Instructions
Unidad 1