Friday April 24th 2020 (viernes el veinticuatro de abril dos mil veinte)

 

This week we will be continuing our review of phonetics and pronunication of the Spanish Language. Our objective now is not only to pronounce words acurately, but also understand words spoken in Spanish by others. Here is the Curriculmn Standard that is met by our weeks lesson

 

WL.7.1.NH.A.8 - [Cumulative Progress Indicator] - Identify some unique linguistic elements in English and the target language AND

 

WL.7.1.NH.A.1 - [Cumulative Progress Indicator] - Recognize familiar words and phrases, understand the main idea, and infer the meaning of some highly contextualized, unfamiliar spoken or written words in culturally authentic materials using electronic information and other sources related to targeted themes.

 

At this point you have all of the  basic phonetic knowledge you need to pronounce and hear words in the Spanish language. Let's apply our knowledge by assesing our recognition of words. You will see two different video in Spanish. Answer the questions for both videos and email the typed responces or a CLEAR picture of handwritten work to [email protected]

 

 

Recognition Video 1: 

 

https://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/vid/beg05d.html

 

 

Questions:

 

1. Is the speaker easy to understand? Why or why not?

 

2. What does she like to do?

 

3. How many Spanish words can you recognize? Give an example or two of the words that were easiest for you to understand.

 

4. Identify 5 congnates that Alejandra uses in her response.

 

 

Recognition Video 2: https://youtu.be/NUsoVlDFqZg

 

 

Questions:

 

1. Are the singers easy to understand? Why or why not? How is thie sample of the Spanish language differ from the first example?

 

2. What is the word (words) that repeats the most during the song?

 

3. How many Spanish words can you recognize? Give an example or two of the words that were easiest for you to understand.

 

4. Identify 5 congnates that are in the song lyrics.