Mi primera tentativa en un blog de la lengua española. “My first attempt at a spanish blog.”
Quisiera encontrar a gente de habla hispana. Quiero leer literatura española. Me gusta tocar guitarra. Mi guitarra es mi posesión estimada. Quisiera cantar canciones españolas. Esto es una entrada corta de la escritura. Espero utilizer estos blogs para ver cuánto crezco.
¡Corríjame por favor!
I hope to use these blogs to see how much I grow. I have used the internet to decipher every sentence of this blog, so a lot of it may be wildly inaccurate. Please correct me!
Introduction
I am learning spanish because I would like to travel in Spain. Also in many countries in South America. I feel as though learning a new language is like allowing yourself to blend with an entire different culture. I am excited for this to begin, and I believe that I need to start talking to people who don't mind correcting me when I am wrong.
My opinion about education in Spain.
I will appreciate your corrections. A long time since I wrote here last time. Anyway, here I am again.Thank you in advance.
As a secondary school teacher this a very insteresting topic for me.
Firstly, we should ask what the real goal of the complusory education is or what it should be.
In Spain, Education is supposed to focus on creating free, critic and autosufficient citizens. With that in mind, I think that Education should be miexes (boys and girls togheter) and that schools should have mixed ability classes. Maybe this should be, at last, in public schools.
If we want to create the best scientifics, the best writers, etc. then we should reconsider all of that things or allow private schools to do what they want in order to achieve the best academid results. That may leads us to the problem of the richs paying private schools and increaing social differences, but maybe that could be avoided with a good and fair system of grants.
One of the principal problems in nowadays schools is the situation in wich teenagers with no interest and no possibility to obtain officials degrees are put into while they are waiting to be 16 and they can leave school; becouse, until then, they are obligued to attend school.
There are two kinds of those young men or women: the ones who sit at the bottom of the class and do nothing: no work, no speak, no listen, no pay attention... nothing. And just the opposite ones: only disturbing. None of them both take nothing positive of that. Neither the teachers, nor thier schoolmates; only politicians who have an umployee without being listed in the unemployment list and familys who have the kid out of the streets for free.
Another problem is the lack of pedagogical and psicological resources a teacher of secondary school has when she or he first enter in one class.
Thank you.
Fictitious request - Please, correct it
Mr. McCulloug
Westbury House, Queens Lane
Arundel, Sussex BN18 9JN
England
Dear Mr. Mc Culloug
Re: Your advertisement offering “summer on a farm”
Testing writing, Please, correct it
I was getting reeady for work when the bell rang. It was the postman bringing me a very particular parcel…
… I don’t remember well what it was my feeling in this moment, however I had the perception that something special it was just to happen. I didn’t hope anything refered to work because we had never received any parcel, envelope or box from anybody, in fact, it was the first time that I saw the postman. Neither the shape nor the colour of the box gave to me news.
I picked the parcel up from the postman, I gave to him my thanks and I started carefully to open it. My birthday wasn't near and neither anybody was felt in love with me… because of my curiosity, I was quite excited.
My obstacles in English: Top Three
I think that the most of Spanish people who is studying will be agree with me.
Torture nº 1
Prepositions, we love to say/write “to arrive to”...
HOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Hola todo el mundo! Me llamo Adeisha Lyndine Piere y me gustaría mejorar con mi espanol. Tengo dieciseís anos y soy Trinitario. Tengo un gran examen en un mes y yo necesito auydar por favor en grámatica, vocabulario y orales. Yo hablo ingles y yo podría auydarle si te gusta. :)
Finally!
Some days ago I had my first voice chat experience with an American over Skype *sigh*. To my surprise, I realized I wasn't half as nervous as I thought I would be. I think it helped that the girl on the other end, Olivia by name, was really kind and easy to talk with, and most of all...she was very patient! *laughter*.All in all, I guess it wasn't that bad at all for a first time. In fact I'm eager to do it again. We talked for quite a long time and I recorded the call so as to listen to it later and spot mistakes and mispronounced words (by me, of course). I really liked the other person's accent and I hope I can imitate it someday.
Literatura
Los dos libros que hemos leído recientemente son demasiado dificíl para mi. Tanto Caín de Saramago, como El Acoso de Carpintier. Sin embargo ni pude entenderlos en español o inglés!
El próximo será mas fácil- los de abajo escrito por Mariano Azuela!
El español de Colombia es el mejor? Daniel Samper se da a la tarea de responder a esta inquietud
La Feria del Libro de Guadalajara, que acaba de celebrarse en México, tuvo a Colombia como invitado especial; una de sus curiosidades se refiere a nuestro dominio del castellano.
Muy a menudo a los colombianos nos preguntan: "¿Es verdad que ustedes hablan el mejor español del mundo?" Fue, exactamente, el interrogante que me lanzó una revista mexicana a raíz de que Colombia fue el país invitado a la Feria Internacional del Libro que se celebró entre el 24 de noviembre y el 2 de diciembre.
Le expliqué a la revista que las respuestas posibles se clasifican en tres escuelas:
1) La escuela narcicista, que contesta de manera desvergonzada "sí, es verdad". Resulta aconsejable que quienes optan por tan tajante y soberana afirmación procuren ser breves, porque podrían enredarse en las faldas de su propia respuesta. Sé de un antiguo ministro algo pomposo que, enseguida de aceptar con fruición el aserto, agregó que ello se debía en buena parte a la labor educativa de su gobierno, pues antes "hubieron otros que no se preocuparon tanto por el buen uso del español".
2) La escuela de la modesta flor, que niega con sonrojo la pregunta, pues profesa normas de cortesía que impiden aceptar la alabanza en causa propia.
3) La escuela ecléctica, que parece decir que no, pero dice que sí.
Yo pertenezco a esta última. Al oír la pregunta, amago con sorprenderme, finjo un poco de embarazo y ofrezco por todo comentario una sonrisa que pretende ser humilde. Pero que en ningún momento niega el contenido del interrogante.
En realidad, la mejor respuesta la dio hace años José Antonio León Rey, el profesor colombiano que fue delegado por América Latina ante sus colegas de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española.
Español / Ingles
Hola, querro hablar en Español y Ingles en Skype con una persona de Centro America. Yo soy de USA. Estoy aprendiendo Español. ¡No estoy buena a Español pero estoy buena a Ingles!
Club de libros, que libros debemos de leer en los 12 meses que vienen?
La lista completa de los libros leídos son:
La casa de los Espíritus, Demasiados Heroes, Cajas de Carton, En el tiempo de las Mariposas, Cain, Malinche, El juego del Angel, Santa Evita, Cuentos Folklóricos Latinoamericanos, Ficciones, El Acoso, Cronica de una muerte annunciada.
Por regla general, los libros deben de haber publicados primer en español, y cerca de 200 páginas. Cuales son los libros que debo de recomendar al grupo por los doce meses entrante?
gracias
Terry
Hi everybody!
Hi... I´d like to meet someone with whom to practice english.... please can somebody help me..;??
Hola
Buenos tardes! Me llamo Kelly y soy de los estados unidos. Deseo mejorar me español y tambíen es necesario que completo tres conversasiones para mi clase de espanol este año. Estudio ingeniero mecánico en WPI en Massachusetts. Practico esgrima, leer, escribir y ver peliqulas. Puedo practicar despúes de la cinco de a tarde y entre la once y la una durante la semaña. Tambíen puedo practicar los fines de semaña. Estoy un poco tímida.
Espero que puedo conocer neuvos amigos aquí.
Kelly
Comenzando...
Hello, I'm a Chilean guy, who wants to practice his english and share my native lenguage (spanish) with english speakers. I'm 34 years old.
Learn english
I am spanish and I would like improve my english. If you are interested I can exchange conversation in Spanish or in Galician. Thank you, Jose
Looking to practise my very basic spanish and help you practise your english
Hola! Me llamo Jess y soy de inglaterra
I’m looking to practise speaking spanish and in exchange help you with your english.
I am an absolute beginner so you will probably need a lot of patience!
Hope to speak soon
Jess
English speaker looking to learn!
Hey im a English speaker and im looking for someone i can practice my spanish, i also want to learn italian, french, and portugese. So if you know any of those, ill be glad to help teach some english if you help me learn one of those!
Spanish People- English People
Hello! my name is Esdras and this blog has been made for people who want to learn English or Spanish, if you want to practice, please put the hour/time period when you would like to do it. Thanks and ENJOY!!
Hola! me llamo Esdras y este es un blog creado para gente que quiera aprender Inglés o Español, si quieres practicar, por favor indica la hora a la cual te gustaría hacerlo. Muchas gracias y Disfruta!!
A letter to a friend
I will appreciate your corrections. Thank you in advance
Dear Mark:
I´m so happy to have received your letter. I think the sports camp is a wonderful idea becouse as you know I love doing exercise and practising sports. Have I ever told you my favourite sport is basketball?
Anyway, my back is thirty-six years old (as me!) and sometimes it hurts me, so I would prefer to sleep in rooms better than tents, if it is possible.
Ah! About the cooking I can say thatit will be an honout to me to cook a delightful spanish ommelette for you. All we have to buy for the ommelette are potatoes, onion, eggs and olive oil. I'm sure you will enjoy that typical spanish course.
Before going to the camp I will like to do some tourism in Toronto. You know I still don't know your city and I guess you will be a terrific tourist guide for me. Only one compulsory visit: an NBA Raptors game, please. I haven´t checked the dates and the scheduled games but it would be incredible to see my fellow countryman Pau Gasol playing with the Lakers in Toronto.
I think that's all. See you soon, I'm looking forward to it.
Cheers!
