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AVISO IMPORTANTE
SOCIEDAD HISPANA DOYLESTOWN OFRECE
BECAS ESTUDIANTILES
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Para
estudiantes de último año de secundaria
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Que han
completado o se han matriculado en el nivel más alto de español que ofrece su
escuela
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Con un
promedio ponderado acumulado (GPA) mínimo de 3.5
¡Envía una solicitud lo antes posible!
Siete becas serán otorgadas.
Fecha límite para entregar la solicitud y los documentos necesarios es
22 de febrero del 2018
Visita www.sociedadhispanadoylestown.org/becas.html para obtener
IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
DOYLESTOWN SPANISH SOCIETY OFFERS STUDENT
SCHOLARSHIPS
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For High School Seniors
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Who have
completed or have enrolled in the highest level of your school’s Spanish
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With a minimum cumulative weighted
GPA of 3.5
Apply soon!
Seven scholarships will be awarded.
Deadline to submit the application
and necessary documents is
February 22nd, 2018
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Sociedad Hispana Doylestown es una organización sin ánimo de lucro, fundada en 2007, en el Condado Bucks, Pensilvania, y aprobada por el IRS 501(c)(3). La organización está dedicada al estudio y valoración de la cultura ibérica y latinoamericana, incluyendo el idioma español, su literatura y sus artes. Nuestro objetivo es promover su conocimiento transcultural.
Becas Estudiantiles
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martes, 26 de diciembre de 2017
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jueves, 1 de marzo de 2012
County Theater Doylestown 2 de mayo 7:30pm
El Condado publicó la revista en la cual incluyó el resumen de la película seleccionada por Sociedad Hispana: "También la Lluvia." ¡Gracias a los miembros que previeron todas las películas! Ojalá que los miembros y amigos de Sociedad Hispana Doylestown puedan asistir a ver a la película. Ademas esa noche será la entrega de la primera beca de la Sociedad a un estudiante de Central Bucks West High School.
The County Theater has published the spring schedule including the summary of "Even the Rain." This movie, in Spanish with English subtitles, was selected by Sociedad Hispana Doylestown. Thank you to members who helped with the prescreening process. We hope that members and friends can be present to see the movie, and to be part of the brief introduction of the recipient of the first Sociedad Hispana Doylestown high school senior Spanish language achievement scholarship award.
The link/ el enlace:
County Theater Magazine
miércoles, 8 de febrero de 2012
Ana Maria Matute o el Arte de Escribir.
Cuanto nos gustaria leer algun libro escrito por Ana Maria Matute...!
Solamente hemos oido hablar de ella cuando le fue entregado el premio Cervantes de literatura en Alcala de Henares, hacia fines de 2010, todo gracias a Tve.
Kindle no puede ayudarnos (no la conocen), por lo que trataremos con Amazon a la brevedad. Si alguien nos llega a leer, agradeceriamos un consejo sobre esta simpatica escritora nacida en 1925.
Ana Maria Matute
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pequeno-teatro-ana-maria-matute/1005672172

Solamente hemos oido hablar de ella cuando le fue entregado el premio Cervantes de literatura en Alcala de Henares, hacia fines de 2010, todo gracias a Tve.
Kindle no puede ayudarnos (no la conocen), por lo que trataremos con Amazon a la brevedad. Si alguien nos llega a leer, agradeceriamos un consejo sobre esta simpatica escritora nacida en 1925.
Ana Maria Matute
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pequeno-teatro-ana-maria-matute/1005672172

sábado, 31 de diciembre de 2011
Que es el Camino de la lengua castellana?
Desde unos meses estamos hablando de la idea de ir de peregrinación por el camino a la catedral de Saint James en Santiago de Compostela. Claro que me gustó tanto la película que Hollywood se emitió hace unas semanas "The Way."
( http://www.sociedadhispanadoylestown.com/2011/12/el-camino-santiago-la-pelicula.html )
Si nos dejaremos rendido antes de completar los cien millas que anticipo caminando, tal vez haremos una desviación por otro camino. Pienso que aprendiendo castellano pasando por San Millán de la Cogolla, Valladolid (Cervantes), Salamanca, Avila, y Alcalá de Henares constituyan desviaciones atractivas!
http://www.sociedadhispanadoylestown.com/2011/04/alcala-de-henares-una-ciudad-con-mucha.html . Sitios del Patrimonio de la Humanidad desde unos años, y con lugares de las primeras manisfestaciones escritas en Castellano debe de capturar la imaginación.
http://www.caminodelalengua.com/
( http://www.sociedadhispanadoylestown.com/2011/12/el-camino-santiago-la-pelicula.html )
Si nos dejaremos rendido antes de completar los cien millas que anticipo caminando, tal vez haremos una desviación por otro camino. Pienso que aprendiendo castellano pasando por San Millán de la Cogolla, Valladolid (Cervantes), Salamanca, Avila, y Alcalá de Henares constituyan desviaciones atractivas!
http://www.sociedadhispanadoylestown.com/2011/04/alcala-de-henares-una-ciudad-con-mucha.html . Sitios del Patrimonio de la Humanidad desde unos años, y con lugares de las primeras manisfestaciones escritas en Castellano debe de capturar la imaginación.
http://www.caminodelalengua.com/
jueves, 15 de diciembre de 2011
Notes in Spanish -La Navidad-Ben/Marina
Uno de los mejores sitios del web para aprender el idioma es Notes in Spanish. Tal vez los que escuchan los podcasts de Ben y Marina ya saben eso. Abajo hay un enlace que trata con las conversaciones de la Navidad desde Madrid. Hay tres niveles para conectar estudiantes como "beginner, intermediate and advanced" español.
http://www.notesinspanish.com/2011/12/11/feliz-navidad-christmas-sale-and-spanish-christmas-vocabulary-and-phrases/?utm_source=aweber-notesinspanish&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BC111211-navidad&utm_campaign=broadcast-navidad
Para los que quisieran cantar:
http://www.notesinspanish.com/2011/12/13/very-popular-spanish-christmas-carol/?utm_source=aweber-notesinspanish&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BC131211-navidad&utm_campaign=broadcast-navidad
http://www.notesinspanish.com/2011/12/11/feliz-navidad-christmas-sale-and-spanish-christmas-vocabulary-and-phrases/?utm_source=aweber-notesinspanish&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BC111211-navidad&utm_campaign=broadcast-navidad
Para los que quisieran cantar:
http://www.notesinspanish.com/2011/12/13/very-popular-spanish-christmas-carol/?utm_source=aweber-notesinspanish&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BC131211-navidad&utm_campaign=broadcast-navidad
domingo, 27 de noviembre de 2011
Reality Distortion Field-Brief notes on Steve Jobs Biography
Recently, I read the book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Customarily I read bios of people deceased in prior decades or centuries, but couldn't resist the Kindle download price. Perhaps the title of a recent Philadelphia Inquirer book review, "Jobs as wizard and tyrant" is a useful summation, but for me the book was one of the few "can't put it down" books involving technology/biography I have read. For the author's background information be sure and view the videos found on the Amazon link at the bottom of the post.
A few of my takeaways from this book:
1.) Vision. Business books/academics/companies always preach know what your customer wants. Jobs believed he knew what his customers wanted when they didn't know. He was able to marry technology to those future needs. One example from the book relates to rounded corners, and how important they are from a product design standpoint. Whether software or hardware, product completion dates frequently lagged as Jobs insisted on his vision of design which included rounded corners. This was where his total control of Apple Computer differentiated him from other visionaries like Gates. The same applied to factories: layout and design- painting industrial machinery the exact color shade; as well as Apple retail stores, (entrance stairs have a Jobs patent, or two), all were managed to a minute detail level by Jobs.
2. Tyrannical nature: The use of comedy circuit off color language in berating employees, suppliers, and industry stalwarts such as Bill Gates is well known. For me it was his inability to agree with others suggestions, as he preferred to label many new ideas as "shit," while later adopting some as though they were his ideas.
3. Control: "Reality Distortion Field." This term applies to events unable to be controlled by Jobs. He simply ignored them. The best example is an illegitimate child he fathered. He ignored her for several years as though she didn't exist pretending it never happened. Jobs wanted control of everything, and was proved wrong infrequently, given the successes he brought forth, but the reality distortion field dealt with those he couldn't control.
4. "Oh, one more thing" (a favorite finale of a Jobs product intro) Many years ago I had the opportunity to choose whether I wanted to buy a Mac, or stick with the PC platform in a business environment. I felt silly a few years later after opting for the Mac, as Apple declined and Jobs was ousted from Apple Computer. Oh how things change, but not me. I was just a few decades too early!
The Amazon link is here:
http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/ref=pd_ts_zgc_b_books_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&pf_rd_p=475709271&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=283155&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=157AFQ70WADRSED3J34G
A few of my takeaways from this book:
1.) Vision. Business books/academics/companies always preach know what your customer wants. Jobs believed he knew what his customers wanted when they didn't know. He was able to marry technology to those future needs. One example from the book relates to rounded corners, and how important they are from a product design standpoint. Whether software or hardware, product completion dates frequently lagged as Jobs insisted on his vision of design which included rounded corners. This was where his total control of Apple Computer differentiated him from other visionaries like Gates. The same applied to factories: layout and design- painting industrial machinery the exact color shade; as well as Apple retail stores, (entrance stairs have a Jobs patent, or two), all were managed to a minute detail level by Jobs.
2. Tyrannical nature: The use of comedy circuit off color language in berating employees, suppliers, and industry stalwarts such as Bill Gates is well known. For me it was his inability to agree with others suggestions, as he preferred to label many new ideas as "shit," while later adopting some as though they were his ideas.
3. Control: "Reality Distortion Field." This term applies to events unable to be controlled by Jobs. He simply ignored them. The best example is an illegitimate child he fathered. He ignored her for several years as though she didn't exist pretending it never happened. Jobs wanted control of everything, and was proved wrong infrequently, given the successes he brought forth, but the reality distortion field dealt with those he couldn't control.
4. "Oh, one more thing" (a favorite finale of a Jobs product intro) Many years ago I had the opportunity to choose whether I wanted to buy a Mac, or stick with the PC platform in a business environment. I felt silly a few years later after opting for the Mac, as Apple declined and Jobs was ousted from Apple Computer. Oh how things change, but not me. I was just a few decades too early!
The Amazon link is here:
http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/ref=pd_ts_zgc_b_books_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&pf_rd_p=475709271&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=283155&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=157AFQ70WADRSED3J34G
miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2011
El día de los Muertos - Janitzio, Michoacán, México
http://www.lakepatzcuaro.org/DayOfDead.html

Hoy 2 de noviembre es el día de los muertos, un acontecimiento bien conocido en lugares como Oaxaca, y Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. Hace muchos años desde visitamos la isla de Janiztio. Esa isla se encuentra en el lago Pátzcuaro (lengua Purepecha: ciudadad de las piedras) y esta noche pasará un evento celebrando los antepasados. Pátzcuaro me pareció mágico en el año 1975, cuando hemos visitado Janitzio durante la noche cuando bastante personas se quedaron al lado de las tumbas de los antepasados. Ofertas de comida, y La Calavera Catrina forman un gran parte de las celebraciones.
Tal vez los miembros Mexicanos puedan meter baza hablando del día de los muertos!
http://www.lakepatzcuaro.org/
Cualquier conversación del día de los muertos tiene que incluir Catrina!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Calavera_Catrina
miércoles, 19 de octubre de 2011
Zero to fluent in Spanish in 9 months
Since starting work on improving my Spanish communication skills several years ago, one consistent source of learning excellence has been Ben and Marina at Notes in Spanish. Ben is a ten year English born resident of Madrid who has teamed up with a skilled madrileña teacher, Marina. We started by downloading many of the Notes in Spanish Advanced podcasts, and continue to listen to them as we travel in the car. I think this couple go beyond simply being another internet Spanish learning web site, and recommend these folks to anyone wanting to improve such language skills. It is interesting to see how Marina corrects Ben, and how skilled she is with the language. It is also easy to see the large following they have worldwide. After putting the Sociedad Hispana Doylestown web link on the Notes in Spanish forum, our website traffic increased markedly. The Notes in Spanish home page can be found here:
http://www.notesinspanish.com/
Many of the recommendations made in the link below are aimed at those just beginning to learn Spanish, while others are meant for higher ability levels. Can a beginner go from zero to fluent in 9 months?
http://www.notesinspanish.com/fluent_report/zero_to_fluent_spanish.pdf
http://www.notesinspanish.com/
Many of the recommendations made in the link below are aimed at those just beginning to learn Spanish, while others are meant for higher ability levels. Can a beginner go from zero to fluent in 9 months?
http://www.notesinspanish.com/fluent_report/zero_to_fluent_spanish.pdf
domingo, 4 de septiembre de 2011
Meet Bloombito
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No es fácil acuñar una nueva palabra, y la causó: Bloombito. Tal vez fue una palabra inventada por El New York Post.
Al oír el alcalde - hizo reír a todos. Al final, todos lo entiendieron y creo eso fue su meta. Yo soy un admirador del señor alcalde, pero todo vale en la política y el amor. Tal vez se lo fomentó mas interés en el idioma, de modo que hoy hay gente enviando sus papeles al alcalde para ganar empleo como traductor para el.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/08/31/nr.political.pop.el.bloombito.cnn?hpt=hp_t2
martes, 30 de agosto de 2011
Perceptión visual afectada por lenguaje, o al revés?
Claro que no tengo mucha cabeza del tema del enlace abajo. Sin embargo, hace tiempo que trato de conseguir la fluidez en español. No solamente por que me gusta mucho la cultura hispánica, sino también que asista el proceso mental.......
La investigación realizada en el estudio de University of California Berkeley me parece interesante, y ojalá que las seguidoras con conocimiento del tema (Juana/Gonzalo...?) comentaran sobre los aspectos discutidos.
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/01/31_perception.shtml
La investigación realizada en el estudio de University of California Berkeley me parece interesante, y ojalá que las seguidoras con conocimiento del tema (Juana/Gonzalo...?) comentaran sobre los aspectos discutidos.
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/01/31_perception.shtml
miércoles, 17 de agosto de 2011
Colby College Spanish/word refererence/TV web links.
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
I have reposted the link to a really good instructional website that includes music and the arts, while improving Spanish skills. There have been many inquiries in recent weeks from new people interested in improving their language ability. The Sociedad Hispana Doylestown website archive numbers have grown, making it difficult to locate instructional links. This is a good site for self testing, with immediate grading showing errors.
For those looking for a word definition reference source a good link can be found here:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=Sociedad
MilenioTV is back on the air, live, for those wanting to listen to the language, as spoken by our friends south of the Rio Grande. The link is here:
http://www.milenio.com/portal/tv_live.html
Or for those interested in 24 hour TV from Andalucia, the link is here:
http://www.canalsuralacarta.es/directo/ver/andalucia-television
I have reposted the link to a really good instructional website that includes music and the arts, while improving Spanish skills. There have been many inquiries in recent weeks from new people interested in improving their language ability. The Sociedad Hispana Doylestown website archive numbers have grown, making it difficult to locate instructional links. This is a good site for self testing, with immediate grading showing errors.
For those looking for a word definition reference source a good link can be found here:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=Sociedad
MilenioTV is back on the air, live, for those wanting to listen to the language, as spoken by our friends south of the Rio Grande. The link is here:
http://www.milenio.com/portal/tv_live.html
Or for those interested in 24 hour TV from Andalucia, the link is here:
http://www.canalsuralacarta.es/directo/ver/andalucia-television
miércoles, 6 de julio de 2011
Fiesta de San Fermin-Colby College
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/sanfermin/viva.html
This great website, thanks to Colby College, deals with the festival of San Fermin, otherwise better known in the US as the "Running of the Bulls in Pamplona" which happens today! Be sure to listen to the music, and take the Spanish test!
For true aficionados, watch the running of the bulls live here:
http://www.rtve.es/noticias/san-fermin/
Or watch one from 1997 here:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/television/encierro-pilar-1997/827816/
This great website, thanks to Colby College, deals with the festival of San Fermin, otherwise better known in the US as the "Running of the Bulls in Pamplona" which happens today! Be sure to listen to the music, and take the Spanish test!
For true aficionados, watch the running of the bulls live here:
http://www.rtve.es/noticias/san-fermin/
Or watch one from 1997 here:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/television/encierro-pilar-1997/827816/
sábado, 18 de junio de 2011
Marketing to Hispanics-Interesting article from Ad Age
http://adage.com/article/the-big-tent/a-required-living-list-marketers-targeting-hispanics/227861/
Sociedad Hispana member Amanda referred us to this article based on a question by a Florida State student to the article author. There are a lot of useful links in the article, including the effort for a National Latino Museum in Washington, DC. This latter effort was proposed by President Bush, and later advanced by President Obama. The direct link to this video can be found here: http://myamericanlatinomuseum.org/
Sociedad Hispana member Amanda referred us to this article based on a question by a Florida State student to the article author. There are a lot of useful links in the article, including the effort for a National Latino Museum in Washington, DC. This latter effort was proposed by President Bush, and later advanced by President Obama. The direct link to this video can be found here: http://myamericanlatinomuseum.org/
jueves, 16 de junio de 2011
Unete a El Día E el día 18 de junio
http://www.eldiae.es/
Bien interesante ese enlace, cuyo valor añadido se me queda en el las personas del video. Cuantas personas que hablan en el video pueda reconocer?
Bien interesante ese enlace, cuyo valor añadido se me queda en el las personas del video. Cuantas personas que hablan en el video pueda reconocer?
domingo, 12 de junio de 2011
Test your Spanish level
http://ave.cervantes.es/prueba_nivel/default.htm?Idioma=esp
This self test, from AVE, particularly the oral part seemed difficult. The result can then be compared to the level Instituto Cervantes( and most of Europe) uses for placing students. The latter page can be found here:
http://nyork.cervantes.es/en/Language%20School/spanish_courses.htm
This self test, from AVE, particularly the oral part seemed difficult. The result can then be compared to the level Instituto Cervantes( and most of Europe) uses for placing students. The latter page can be found here:
http://nyork.cervantes.es/en/Language%20School/spanish_courses.htm
domingo, 5 de junio de 2011
Autonomous regions of Spain
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Spanish_autonomous_communities.html
In trying to learn about Spain I have concluded I need more knowledge of the Autonomous Regions. Sociedad Hispana followers looking for such background information, including maps, anthems, brief history, etc., can find it in the link above. Many of the autonomous regions have an extremely long and widely varying history, including language, as documented in an earlier post which can be found here:
http://www.sociedadhispanadoylestown.com/2011/03/languages-spoken-in-spain.html
In trying to learn about Spain I have concluded I need more knowledge of the Autonomous Regions. Sociedad Hispana followers looking for such background information, including maps, anthems, brief history, etc., can find it in the link above. Many of the autonomous regions have an extremely long and widely varying history, including language, as documented in an earlier post which can be found here:
http://www.sociedadhispanadoylestown.com/2011/03/languages-spoken-in-spain.html
jueves, 28 de abril de 2011
Alcalá de Henares: una ciudad con mucha historia
Alcalá de Henares es una ciudad muy querida para mí en la que he vivido 10 años, con una rica historia, y fue reconocida como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por Naciones Unidas en 1998.
Se encuentra a 23 kilómetros de Madrid por la A2, la carretera que va a Barcelona, y está bien comunicada con tren y autobuses con la capital, así que se puede llegar en una hora o menos.
Como ciudad romana se llamaba Complutum, y se pueden visitar sus ruinas, aunque el yacimiento es pequeño porque una parte se destruyó cuando se construyeron unos edificios de viviendas actuales.
Afortunadamente, los mosaicos y las pinturas de numerosos edificios romanos se conservan en el Museo Arqueológico Regional, que se encuentra el Convento Dominico de la Madre de Dios, uno de los muchos edificios religiosos de Alcalá de Henares que habían caído en desuso y se han reutilizado como museos, universidades y hasta hay una antigua iglesia convertida en restaurante.
La ciudad también estuvo dominada por los musulmanes, en esa época la ciudad se llamaba Al'Qual'at en Nah’ar, y queda todavía una torre de una de las fortalezas musulmanas a las afueras.
Tiene edificios muy destacados, como el Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso, la universidad creada por el Cardenal Cisneros en el siglo XVI, con un precioso patio porticado y otro ajardinado y que ha aparecido en algunas películas (Creo que una de ellas es The Return of the Musketeers, con Michael York)
En ella se hace entrega del Premio Cervantes, el más prestigioso galardón literario en España, que recibió ayer, día 27 de abril, la escritora Ana María Matute, coincidiendo con la celebración del Día del Libro.
La plaza mayor de Alcalá de Henares es muy amplia y agradable, sobre todo ahora que llega la primavera porque hay un bonito jardín de rosas.
Entre lo más interesante de la plaza se encuentra el Corral de Comedias, uno de los teatros más antiguos de España (1601) y de Europa, que se puede visitar y en el que aún se representan obras. También se encuentra en ella el casino.
Otro edificio destacado de la plaza es la Capilla del Oidor, donde hay una reconstrucción de la pila donde Miguel de Cervantes, autor del Quijote, fue bautizado, y las Ruinas de la Iglesia de Santa María, incendiada durante la Guerra Civil.
De ella sale la Calle Mayor, con bonitos soportales y numerosas tiendas, que lleva hasta la Catedral de Alcalá de Henares, recientemente restaurada, construida en el lugar donde los Santos Niños Justo y Pastor murieron por defender su fe cristiana a manos de los romanos en el año 304 de nuestra era.
Muy cerca, se encuentran los restos de la muralla de la ciudad, construida entre el siglo XII y XIII, y reformada en los siglos XIV y XV, y el Palacio Arzobispal, del siglo XIII, lugar donde los Reyes Católicos recibieron por primera vez a Cristóbal Colón en 1486.
Y estas son algunas cosas sobre Alcalá de Henares que puedo contarles. Pero se podrían contar muchísimas más, porque es una ciudad con una rica historia que espero que un día puedan visitar.
fotos de Alcalá de Henares:
http://www.google.com/search?q=alcala+de+henares&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivnsumo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=cw26Tbb4JI63tgeIgJneBA&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1807&bih=835
fotos de Alcalá de Henares:
http://www.google.com/search?q=alcala+de+henares&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivnsumo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=cw26Tbb4JI63tgeIgJneBA&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1807&bih=835
sábado, 12 de febrero de 2011
Mixer language exchange
http://www.language-exchanges.org/es/content/welcome
I have been testing the last few days this methodology that allows one to speak with others across the globe. It is for all levels of Spanish speaking ability. I have set up skype counterparties in Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina, using this language mixer. We are swapping time so they can practice English, and allowing me time to speak in Spanish. Pardon the overly personal nature of this blogpost, but I am able to understand TV, podcasts, etc. in Spanish, but lack the avenue for speaking in Spanish- hence I know I lack the fluency I would like. I now have a way where I can set up, in advance ( I have 30 minutes tomorrow scheduled with a Spanish instructor in Spain who also wants to speak English), or on an impromptu basis, conversations that allow me to speak in Spanish. At the end of the session, via instant skypechat, the counter party then makes suggestions for improvement. It requires you to set up a site on the main web page saying what languages you are interested in practicing, as well as your native language. The site originator has been, for the most part, successful in keeping it to a language mixer, not a dating site.
The program was started by a professor at Dickinson College in Carlyle PA, and is worth looking into if you feel you aren't getting enough speaking opportunities. If any members of Sociedad Hispana would like to set up an internal mechanism within our organization to do the same thing I would be pleased to assist.
I have been testing the last few days this methodology that allows one to speak with others across the globe. It is for all levels of Spanish speaking ability. I have set up skype counterparties in Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina, using this language mixer. We are swapping time so they can practice English, and allowing me time to speak in Spanish. Pardon the overly personal nature of this blogpost, but I am able to understand TV, podcasts, etc. in Spanish, but lack the avenue for speaking in Spanish- hence I know I lack the fluency I would like. I now have a way where I can set up, in advance ( I have 30 minutes tomorrow scheduled with a Spanish instructor in Spain who also wants to speak English), or on an impromptu basis, conversations that allow me to speak in Spanish. At the end of the session, via instant skypechat, the counter party then makes suggestions for improvement. It requires you to set up a site on the main web page saying what languages you are interested in practicing, as well as your native language. The site originator has been, for the most part, successful in keeping it to a language mixer, not a dating site.
The program was started by a professor at Dickinson College in Carlyle PA, and is worth looking into if you feel you aren't getting enough speaking opportunities. If any members of Sociedad Hispana would like to set up an internal mechanism within our organization to do the same thing I would be pleased to assist.
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