Introducción: Tú versus usted
| Taxco: The Spaniards found silver just to the west of Mexico City. They colonized the area and employed locals to run the mines. Taxco is such an area. The large church was in large part sponsored by José de la Borda, a man who made a fortune in Taxco and decided to give back by seeing that this cathedral was built here. In Taxco today, there are more than 200 shops where silver jewelry is made. |
¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to Section B!
Now would be a good time for us to talk about things you should do on a regular basis, that is, every time you log in to the course.
- You should do some kind of warm-up activity, just as in a sport. If you think that sounds silly, it really isn't. Some warm-up activities that would be good for you for Section B: recite the alphabet; spell words to someone also in the course; practice the vocabulary you know using the games or other activities you found in Section A. Whatever you choose to do, you will experience a greater level of success if you do some kind of activity to practice.
- You should be taking notes in written form so that you have vocabulary to study when you are not looking at the actual course pages.
- You should be in constant communication with your teacher and checking back after your assignments are graded to see what mistakes you are making that you can learn from.
While we are talking about practice...let's also talk about how you are studying for the Spanish course outside of our class time together. There are a variety of activities to engage you while you are in the course. Are you doing anything to study vocabulary outside of our class time? If not, you need to begin now! What are some things you can do? You can....
- teach a younger person what you're learning;
- make flash cards to practice vocabulary when you are away from the course;
- make a vocabulary list while looking at the vocabulary online, then away from the course, try to fill in the meanings of the words you are expected to know without looking for help.
