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Instructora Señora Raquel,
B.A. Romance Languages, UGA


Classes Held in Columbus, GA

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February 2, 2012

Spanish I Advanced

Examencito de vocabulario 3 due at the next class. Check your email for that file now.

    Speaking/Listening - Dialogos

    Reading/Writing -
    9/12
      Clase. p. 15: El alfabeto; p. 20-23: Calendario, Días de la semana, Números a 100, A-C; p. 33: ¿Qué hora es?; p. 35: A; p. 38-43: Te gusta/Me encanta; Todas las pronunciaciones
      Tarea. p. 13: B; p. 27: A; p. 31: A; p. 32: E; p. 35: B; p. 49: Lee "Soy americano"

    15/12
      Clase. Repaso de p. 3-29.
      Tarea. p. 16-17: B-C; p. 36: C; p. 45: A

    29/12
      Clase. Caminos A-E, Overview of Capítulo 1.
      Tarea. p. 55: D, 56: Preguntas, 62: C, 76: 1-5

    5/1
      Clase. Dialogos; p. 52: En otras partes, Tarea, p. 57: Pronunciación, p. 63: Estudio de palabras; Los sustantivos, Singular y plural, El uso del artículo definido, Me gusta y no me gusta, Hay/muchos/pocos
      Tarea. p. 77: Redacción 1, p. 78: A-E; El examencito de vocabulario 1

    12/1
      Clase. Repaso de la tarea
      Tarea. Returned on 24/1. El examen 1

    19/1
      Clase. p. 81: ¿Un latinoamericano típico?, p. 85, 92, 100: Hablemos de ti, p. 87: Pronunciación, p. 93: Estudio de palabras, p. 94-103: Los pronombres personales, el verbo ser
      Tarea. p. 106: Translate English to Spanish according to examples, 107: Redacción 1, 3, p. 108: A-E

    24/1
      Clase. p. 106: Translate English to Spanish according to examples, 107: Redacción 1, 3, p. 108: A-E
      Tarea. Collected on 2/2. El examen 2.

    2/2
      Clase. p. 111: España, país de contrastes; p. 117: Hablemos de ti, p. 118: Aquí no hay polleras, p. 119: Pronunciación, p. 125: Hablemos de ti y Estudio de palabras, p. 126-127: Verbos que terminan en -ar, p. 131: Sujetos compuestos, p. 134: Preguntas, p. 137: Frases negativas
      Tarea. p. 140: 1-5, p. 141: Choose 1 redacción, p. 142: A-G

    Vocabulario
    • Capítulo 3: p. 115, 123, 143: Copia el vocabulario del Capítulo en tu cuaderno de vocabulario
    • Emailed on 2/2. Examencito de vocabulario 3




December 7, 2011

Beginning French

All students ended the course with an A average for the tests and quizzes that were turned in. There is a lot more potential for growth in the language, and I was especially pleased by Laura Yates's progress due to her ability to be at every class. I realize many of you had unavoidable conflicts preventing you from attending all classes, but I do hope you saw the potential in yourselves to grow in the language.

I would be delighted to teach a continuation of this course starting the first week in January. Please contact
Kat Cannella to request the course be added to start at that time and/or to give feedback on any scheduling or other improvements that would help you succeed. If a group class is not feasible for CSU due to their minimum number constraints, I am open to other private or semi-private options as well.

    Speaking/Listening - Ecoute! (*E)
    • Chapitre 3: Continue to work with these listening exercises to prepare for the next class

    Reading/Writing - Les tests pour pratiquer
    (Note: Different activities on the same page are listed below separated by a comma.)
    26/10. Chapitre Préliminaire. p. 6: L'alphabet; p. 7: Cognates, 3-4; p. 8: Les accents, 5; p. 9: Les chiffres, Note Culturelle, p. 10: 6; p. 11: 9
    26/10. Chapitre 1. p. 13-17: Poitiers; p. 18-20: Mise en train; p. 21: Rencontre Culturelle; p. 22-23: 6-9, Note Culturelle, Comment dit-on?

    2/11. Chapitre 1. p. 24-25: 12-15; p. 26: 18-19, Grammaire: Ne...pas; p. 28: 20, Grammaire: The definite articles; p. 29: 21; p. 30: Panorama Culturel; p. 31: Vocabulaire; p. 32-33: 24, Grammaire: Subject pronouns and -er verbs, 26; p. 34-35: 27, Prononciation; p. 38-39: Mise en pratique
    2/11. L'Examen 1 - emailed on 2/11/11 with 3 listening files.

    9/11. p. 53, 351: Les chiffres; p. 44-46: Mise en train; p. 48-49: 7, 8, 9, Note Culturelle; p. 50-51: 11, 12, 13, The verb avoir; p. 52-53: 15, 18; p. 54-55: 19, 20, Note Culturelle, 21; p. 56-57: Panorama Culturel, a la francaise, 24, Note Culturelle; p. 59: Prononciation

    16/11. Chapitre 2. p. 60-64: Lisons!, Mise en pratique, Que sais-je?; Chapitre 3. p. 68-70: Mise en train, p. 71: 6, p. 72-73: Note Culturelle, Grammaire, 9; p. 74: 12, Vocabulaire a la carte
    16/11. L'examen 2 - emailed on 16/11/11 w/3 listening files.

    30/11. Chapitre 3. p. 75: Panorama Culturel; p. 76: 14; p. 77: 15, The demonstrative adjectives ce, cet, cette, and ces; p. 78: 19, Les couleurs; p. 80: Review of numbers to 1.000.000, 23, 25; p.82: 27; p. 83: Prononciation; p. 84-85: Lisons!; p. 86-87: Mise en pratique; p. 88: Que sais-je?
    30/11. L'examen 3 - emailed on 30/11/11 w/3 listening files.

    7/12. Chapitre 4. p. 90-93: Québec; p. 96-98: Mise en train; p. 99: Rencontre Culturelle; p. 100-101: 6, Contractions with à and de, 7, 8; p. 102-103: 9, Question formation, Vocabulaire à la carte; 104-105: The verb faire, de before negatives; All remaining sound files for Chapitre 4.

    Vocabulaire



Target Spanish for Customer Service

    Speaking/Listening - Dialogos / la Guía de pronunciación

    Reading/Writing - (use wordreference.com to translate any directions you don't understand)
    Clase 5/7/11. p. 1-7
    Clase 7/7/11. p. 4, 6, 8 - Apuntes
    Clase 12/7/11. p. 9-11, 27 - Apuntes
    Clase 14/7/11. p. 11, 20 - Apuntes, incl. form translation and easy pharmacy transaction
    Completado 14/7/11. Bring in 1 form used in day-to-day business that you need to work with to better assist Spanish-speaking customers
    Completado 14/7/11. Translate 1 paragraph of necessary disclosure information used with your clients using only wordreference.com or a dictionary (i.e., your refund policy)
    Clase. 19/7/11. p. 12, 14 (Hours of Operation), 18 (Appointment to talk to someone who speaks Spanish), 19, 20 - Apuntes, incl. cell phone dialogue, tax prep dialogue
    Clase. 21/7/11. p. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 - Apuntes

    1. Review pages already completed above
    2. p. 30-31: Complete to go over on Tuesday.
    3. Write out a common transaction dialogue you use every day with customers and make a copy to use in class with partner.
    4. Bring screen shot of common customer account page and a brochure you use in selling.

    Próximo. Concepts - articles, more real-live dialogues
    Repaso. Concepts - days of the week, ABCs, gender of nouns, numbers to 1000s

    Vocabulario - Helpful additional vocabulary you might want to know
    • Review textbook vocabulary with CD-ROM at home
    • Review on the go with the listening CD
    • Check out our Links page and email your instructor any additional sites you find of interest for your target language.



Level II beginning July 18, 2011

AT&T Basic Spanish for Customer Service II




To be continued, August 2011

French III

UPDATE! We will meet at my house at 9:15 am on Saturday, April 2nd to fly to Paris. Jamie can drive us and receive a partial rebate of the trip price toward gas/parking. Please confirm with me by Friday. All payments have been received: 2/25 (rec'd on 03.01.11, fut dated 03.10.11), 3/11 (rec'd), 3/25 (rec'd).

    Speaking/Listening - Ecoute! (*E)
    • Deuxième étape: Lis les lectures de l'étape

    Reading/Writing - Les tests pour pratiquer
    (Note: Different activities on the same page are listed below separated by a semicolon.)
    Devenu avec Test de Vocabulaire. **Extra Credit** (10 points) - Write what you would say to someone in the US who is FAMILIAR to you about your trip to Paris. Then write what you would say to someone who is a STRANGER to you in Paris about your trip.
    1. Pratique avec le test pour pratiquer de cette étape
    2. p. 30-31: B, D: 1-10, E:1
    3. p. 46-48: A-D
    4. p. 28-29: Lis
    5. p. 32-34: Lis
    6. Prepare copies of your travelers checks (if any), passport, and cards you will be taking with you in case of loss or theft. Bring your passport and luggage ready to go, and meet at my house by 9:15 am on Saturday, April 2nd.

    Vocabulaire
    • Devenu. Le Test de Vocabulaire Étape 1



Completed

Spanish IV/SAT II Prep/CLEP Prep

    Speaking/Listening - Dialogos
    • Podcast 3: Nuestra casa

    Reading/Writing -
    COMPLETED: Took SAT II Spanish with Listening Subject Test on November 7th. See Links page for more info.
    Returned. p. 107-108: Carta de remisión
    Clase. p. 119-122: Los tiempos perfectos; A
    Clase. p. 125-127: La carta de oferta; práctica
    Clase. p. 128-129: A-D
    1. Discussed Final Exam - emailed the article & assignment in question this week

    Vocabulario
    • Collected. Examencito de vocabulario 6

    Lista de repaso
    • p. 30: Mandatos afirmativos con
    • p. 40: Mandatos negativos con
    • p. 44: Mandatos negativos con los complementos directos e indirectos
    • p. 60-61: Mandatos con Ud. y Uds.
    • p. 63: Mandatos con Ud. y Uds.: El uso con los complementos directos e indirectos
    • p. 69-71: El subjuntivo
    • p. 93: El subjuntivo: Verbos irregulares
    • p. 96: Mandatos con nosotros
    • p. 98: Mandatos con nosotros: El uso con los complementos directos e indirectos
    • p. 108: El subjuntivo con expresiones de duda y negación
    • p. 126-127: Uso de los complementos directos e indirectos
    • p. 134: Mandatos con los complementos directos e indirectos
    • p. 138: Mandatos con los pronombres reflexivos
    • p. 158-159: El presente progresivo
    • p. 162: Seguir + el participio de presente
    • p. 170: El presente progresivo con los complementos directos e indirectos
    • p. 186: Hace...que + el presente
    • p. 187: Hace...que + el pretérito
    • p. 189: El pretérito de ciertos verbos que terminan en -ir
    • p. 197: El pretérito de andar, estar y tener
    • p. 206: Comprueba tu progreso 6
    • p. 218: El pretérito de poner y venir
    • p. 220: Nominalización y el uso de lo + adjetivo
    • p. 229: El pretérito de traer y decir
    • p. 231, 232: El se impersonal y otros usos de se
    • p. 246-247: El imperfecto
    • p. 256, 258: El pretérito y el imperfecto
    • p. 280-281: El pretérito de poder, querer, y saber
    • p. 289: Los pronombres relativos: que y quien
    • p. 292: Pronombres relativos: el que, la que, los que, las que y lo que
    • p. 294: El pronombre relativo cuyo
    • p. 310: El subjuntivo con expresiones impersonales
    • p. 319, 322-323: El subjuntivo en frases con ciertas conjunciones
    • p. 342-343: El presente perfecto
    • p. 351: Participios pasados irregulares
    • p. 353: El participio pasado como adjetivo
    • p. 355: La voz pasiva
    • p. 370, 372: El futuro
    • p. 380: El futuro de probabilidad
    • p. 382: Expresiones equivalentes a "to become"
    • p. 402-403: El subjuntivo en cláusulas adjetivas
    • p. 411-412: El imperfecto del subjuntivo
    • p. 430: El imperfecto progresivo
    • p. 439-440: El pretérito de verbos irregulares: Repaso
    • p. 442: El imperfecto del subjuntivo: Los verbos irregulares
    • p. 462, 468-469: El condicional
    • p. 472: La condicional de probabilidad
    • p. 486-487: El imperfecto del subjuntivo con si y como si
    • p. 495-496: El pluscuamperfecto




Spanish II - Private

    Speaking/Listening - Dialogos

    Reading/Writing - Do this on regular paper (not in comp book)
    Returned. El examen 2.
    Clase. p. 112: D (nones)
    Clase. p. 114: B
    Clase. p. 121: E
    Clase. p. 124: A
    Clase. p. 127: Redacción 2
    1. p. 126: 1st y 3rd
    2. p. 128: A-F (nones)

    Vocabulario - put all this in comp book
    • Returned. El examencito de vocabulario 2
    • p. 129: Vocabulario 3
    • El examencito 3 - already emailed home this week

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