1st Quarter
A lecture about the benefits of learning another language, a Spanish diagnostic test, a Spanish language learning attitude survey.
What did we do the first week in Spanish class?
This ancestral language is spoken in many Andean (Andes Mountains) towns.
What is Quechua?
Pantalla, carcasa, botones de encendido y apagado all have to do with this object.
What is a cell phone?
This language learning app has a cute green owl that will aggressively remind you to do your work.
What is Duolingo?
An award given on a high school diploma in recognition of students who have studied or attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.
What is the Seal of Biliteracy?
Someone who compiles dictionaries for a living.
Who is a lexicographer?
The Spanish title of this story we read in class, “When I used to call my little/dear grandma”.
What is, “Cuando llamaba a mi abuelita?”
The English translation of the word “cuarentena.”
What is quarantine?
The most in-demand language (other than English) reported by US employers.
What is Spanish?
This is what we call a word in Spanish that comes from Quechua.
What is a Quechuism/Quechuismo?
A verb tense for an action in the past that no longer happens in the present.
What is the imperfect tense?
The Spanish song by the Mexican artist Thalia, which means, “Who cares?”
What is “¿A quién le importa?"
El cuchillo, la cuchara y el tenedor are examples of this in English.
What are utensils?
Una cantimplora, una navaja y un saco de dormir are all things to bring while doing this activity.
What is camping?
The three-letter suffix for -ar verbs in Spanish for the imperfect tense.
What is -aba?
The “campaña de alfabetización” happened in Cuba because farmers couldn’t do this activity.
What is reading?
Tarjeta de crédito, efectivo y cheque are forms of this in English.
What are forms of payment?
This is what you call a verb when you do the action to yourself.
What is a reflexive verb?
The one-word verb to say, “he used to live”.
What is “vivía”?
The Spanish name of the fictional character, a young boy who never grows up, that is used to label the US State Department and Catholic Church operation to facilitate the clandestine mass exodus of Cuban minors.
What is “Pedro Pan”?