El Blog de Español de Aquinas: September 2010

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September 2010

09/14/2010

'El mejor deportista español de la Historia'

Click here to read more and for more images of this great win.

Posted at 07:09 PM in Deportes | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/12/2010

A little bit of a laugh to start the week.....

Profesor: “ ¿Qué debo hacer para repartir 11 patatas por 7 personas?”

Alumno: “Puré de patata, señor profesor.”

Profesor: “Joaquín, diga el presente del indicativo del verbo caminar.”
Alumno: “Yo camino, tu caminas, el camina…”
Profesor: “ ¡Más deprisa! “
Alumno: “Nosotros corremos, vosotros corréis, ellos corren.”

Profesor: “llovía”, ¿qué tiempo es? “
Alumno: “Es un tiempo muy malo, señor profesor.”

Profesor: “¿Cuántos corazones tenemos nosotros?”
Alumno: “Dos, señor profesor.”
Profesor: “¿Dos?”
Alumno: “Si, el mío y el suyo.”

¡Gracias Pablo!

Posted at 06:59 PM in chistes | Permalink | Comments (0)

Podcasts to improve your listening skills

September is the perfect month to start good habits such as listening to Spanish every day, from a short news video to your favourite song. The more you expose yourself to the language, the more trained your ear will become and also you will broaden your vocabulary, particularly where there is a transcript available with the audio. If there is no transcript.....how about trying your own!! Transcribing what you hear is challenging, but it pays off dividends in the end.

Here are a few free podcasts which would be well worth downloading to your ipod. You can then listen to them in your own time. Search iTunes to download.

Así Se Hace

Coffee Break Spanish

News in Slow Spanish

News Time Spanish

¡Suerte!

Posted at 01:54 PM in A Level, Curso 10, Curso 8, Curso 9, GCSE, Listening | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/08/2010

A really useful site for any keen language learner!

Here is an excellent site which explains all there is to know about the Spanish language. All those questions you wanted to know the answers to, and answers to questions you hadn't even thought about yet! Click here.

¡Gracias, Señora McKendry por el enlace!

Posted at 08:39 PM in A Level, Curso 13, GCSE, Gramática | Permalink | Comments (0)

Year 10 - El Cine

This month you are going to learn about going to the cinema and how to speak about films and give your opinions about them. As part of European Day of Languages, you will get to see El Laberinto del Fauno. Before you watch it, you will do some research into the story behind the film.

¿Qué pasó en España entre 1936 y 1939?

¿Cómo se llamaba el dictador español?

¿Qué tipo de persona era este hombre?

¿En qué año murió?

The history of Spain is a fascinating one, so you will research what exactly happened in the country in the last century. You will begin to understand that Spanish society has changed enormously since this period in its history.

We hope you enjoy the film!

Posted at 08:31 PM in Cine, Curso 10 | Permalink | Comments (0)