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      EN LA RED

      Prepárate

      1. Fill out this form with your personal information.

      NOMBRE FIRST NAME
      APELLIDO LAST NAME
      CORREO ELECTRÓNICO E-MAIL 
      LUGAR DE ORIGEN PLACE OF ORIGIN 
      PROMOCIÓN CLASS 

      Estudiante de primer año Freshman

      Estudiante de segundo año Sophomore

      Estudiante de tercer año Junior

      Cuarto año Senior

      Otros Other

       

       


      UNIVERSIDAD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY 

      CURSO ACADÉMICO ACADEMIC YEAR 

      Semestre Semester           Trimestre Term-Quarter

      de otoño (Fall)    de invierno (Winter)   de primavera (Spring)   de verano (Summer)

      EN PAREJAS

      1. Complete this introduction and then introduce yourself to the class.
      1. (Yo) me llamo .
      2. (Yo) soy estudiante de .

      Hola. (Yo) me llamo Brendan Kruger.
      Soy estudiante de primer año.

       

       

       

      ATENCIÓN

      To greet:

      ¿Qué tal?
      Buenos días.
      Buenas tardes.
      Buenas noches.

      ATENCIÓN

      To introduce yourself:

      (Yo) soy Brendan. = (Yo) me llamo Brendan.
      Soy estudiante de primero.
      Me llamo es Brendan.
      Mi nombre es Brendan.

      ATENCIÓN

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      EN GRUPO

      1.  Write down the information of two other students in the class.

      Estudiante 1

      1. (Él/Ella) se llama .
      2. Es estudiante de .

      Estudiante 2

      1. (Él/Ella) se llama .
      2. Es estudiante de .

       

       

       

       

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      IMÁGENES

      EN GRUPO

      1. Four people are sharing photos of famous landmarks in their hometowns. In pairs, match the name of each landmark with its corresponding photo.

      Esto es el puente / la playa de...

       El puente de Brooklyn   La Giralda de Kansas City   La playa de Santa Bárbara  

       La Giralda de Sevilla 

      Tower attached to Kansas City Country Club Plaza

      Tower attached to Sevilla's Cathedral

      Suspension bridge

      Beach on a sunny day

       

      1. Use the information provided to write an introduction for each person.

      Sophia

      Kansas
      Estudiante de español

      Marta

      Sevilla
      Profesora de español

      Nat

      Nueva York
      Estudiante de cine

      Emma

      Santa Barbara
      Estudiante de biología

       

      Es de Estados Unidos/Illinois...
      Es estudiante de...
      Es profesor(a) de...

      Sophia es de Kansas. Es estudiante de español.

      1. Find a photo from your hometown and explain where you are from.

      (Yo) soy de Seattle. Esto es el Fish Market.

      ATENCIÓN

      TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONS

      ser + nombre
      Sofía es estudiante.

      TALK ABOUT ORIGIN

      ser de + lugar
      Mark es de EE.UU.

      ASK ABOUT ORIGIN

      ¿De dónde es Sophia?

       

       

       

      PALABRAS CLAVE

      EN GRUPO

      1. Carefully read this list of academic departments and programs. Which English cognates do you recognize? In groups, look up the words you don't recognize in the dictionary. 

       

      A    Antropología
      B    Biología
      C    Ciencias de la Computación
      Cine
      D     Danza
      Derecho
      Derechos Humanos
      E    Educación
      Economía y Finanzas
      Escritura creativa
      Estadística
      Estudios Asiáticos
      Estudios Latinoamericanos 
      F    Farmacia
      G    Genética
      H    Historia
      I    Inglés
      Ingeniería      		 L  Lingüística
      Literatura Comparada
      M   Mercadotecnia
      Matemáticas
      Medicina
      N   Negocios
      Neurociencia
      O   Oftalmología
      P   Periodismo
      Psicología
      Q   Química
      R   Relaciones Internacionales
      S   Sociología
      Salud
      T    Teatro
      U    Urbanismo
      V    Veterinaria
      Z    Zoología

       

      ATENCIÓN

      CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION

      – ¿Qué significa Derecho? (What does Derecho mean?)
      – Significa Law. (It means Law.)

      – ¿Cómo se dice Chemistry en español? (How do you say Chemistry in Spanish?)
      – Chemistry se dice Química. (Chemistry in Spanish is Química.)

       

       

       Antropología es 'Anthropology', ¿no?

      EN GRUPO

      1. What are you studying this semester? Complete the sentence and share with your classmates.

      Este semestre estudio (I'm studying)

       

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      ENTREVISTA: HOLA, SOY MARCELA, MÉXICO, 2019

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      PREPÁRATE

      1. Watch the video. At which university are these three people studying? In which country?

      Estudian en... 

      1. Watch the video again and match this information with the three interviewees.

        Jason   Montevideo (Uruguay)   Santiago de Chile (Chile)   Daniela   Marcela  

       Producción   un doctorado en Historiografía Cultural     Letras Hispánicas   Pasto, Colombia 

      Se llama   
      Es de
      Estudia 

      Se llama   
      Es de
      Estudia 

      Se llama   
      Es de
      Estudia 

       

       

      1. The favorite words of these three people are "coraje", "utopía", and "playa". Find the meaning of each in a dictionary and write it down.

      1. Write down a word that you know in Spanish, along with its meaning.

      EN PAREJA

      1. In pairs, compare your answers to activities 9, 10, and 11.

       

      EN GRUPO

      1. In groups, share the words that you wrote in activity 12.

      LA CAFETERÍA

      What is your favorite word in English? Why?

       

       

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