Spanish/Spanish One/SO-Lesson 1

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[edit] Teacher Availability

I am sorry friends, but I have some personal problems and due to it I will not be available for you some time.:-(

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  • March 29 19:00-20:00 UTC

[edit] Request for the Teacher

  • …How do you sign up for a class? I see other students set up in a class; but I don't see anywhere for me to join. Can you help me please? I can access lessons, but nothing else. Manna 11:10, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I see you have found a way. Now if you are so eager as you wrote, lets strart filling up first lesson. Ill be around. There is something already done, but I think we can do it better. Mucha suerte!--Juan 23:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I am also interested in signing up. Are you still available for another student? Ashbloem 09:43, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Sure. When do you want to start?--Juan 19:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm interested in signing up. Will you be available for me?


I am trying to add "juandevwiki" in my Skype contact list. The search is coming out blank. Where am I going wrong?

Umm. Strange! Let me poke around. Maybe, I can find you firstly. Whats your skype name?--Juan 12:12, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I haven't seen the above person online in awhile, I posted something in your discussion page about the same time he did. I would definitely like to meet you online and learn as much Spanish as possible. My skype name is aisrev, and I'm online usually 11:00 - 22:00 +6 GMT, and you can find me hanging out in #wikipedia and #wikipedia-es on irc.freenode.net --ybit 20:34, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
  • Hi Juan... I have sent u a skype request. Please accept it. I need to learn as much Spanish as I can. Can u help me on this and also tell me the timings when I can meet u online..Gracias.

--Albstp 06:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
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Lesson 1: Introduction and Pronunciation → (next lesson)

In this introductory lesson participants will download a version of the textbook and also install skype in order to communicate with an instructor. This will make it possible to meet the instructor on audio Skype. The second part of this lesson focusses on pronunciation and intonation.

[edit] To do (teamwork)

Fullfil points in sequence from the top:

1) Download the pdf version of Spanish here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Spanish.

-->you can also print it like a book

2) Print this text: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

3) Download Skype from here: http://www.skype.org/intl/en/ and install it.

4) Register in skype and try to arrange an on-line meeting with an instructor.


[edit] Introduction

5) Add an overview on Spanish language (150-200 words). Include language family, language history and development, where it is used, how many people use it, influence of other languages on Spanish vocabulary, a comment about Spanglish:




6) Describe the textbook used and methodology promised by instructor (50-100 words):


[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] On-line dictionary

7) Find a useful English-Spanish, Spanish-English dictionary, and list it down:

You think Babelfish is a "dictionary"?--Juan 22:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] For the next lesson (individual work)

  • Fullfil 1-7.
  • Read page 4 and and write an overview on Spanish summary in pronunciation section on your user page (e.g. [[User:E.T./Spanish pronunciation]]).
  • Read pages 8,9.
  • Listen several times to: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with audio.

[edit] Additional resources

Lesson 1: Introduction and Pronunciation → (next lesson)
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