Clases de Español
Comments(14) There are 5 groups here: A, A+, B, C and Lit. I’m in C, which is the most advanced grammar class before lit. We’re not exactly sure how they split us up; some people in my class should be taking mid-200 level classes, while some should be in 102, 201 or 202. It may have been based on language skills (our first day of classes, Jan. 4, we had to take written, oral and aural placement exams).
We have classes Mondays through Fridays from 8:30-10:30 and 11:00-1:00. From 2:00-6:00, we’re supposed to be free to work on our proyectos, but more on that later. My professors, Juan and Belén, switch off who teaches first. Juan mainly focuses on grammar, while Belén teaches us about the history and culture of Mar del Plata. Our proyectos are a mix of both lessons: they’re week long projects on some aspect of Mar del Plata that culminate in oral and written presentations in which we’re supposed to use grammatical structures Juan’s taught us. We meet with our asistentes (one per group) after class to discuss the projects and work on them. On Fridays, we present in front our our teachers, the asistentes, the program administrators, our peers, and oh, right. A camera. Yep, they film us giving our presentations. Soooo embarrassing and stressful. During the final Friday presentation at the end of the program, each class presents in front of our entire group.
Last week’s project was on learning more about a certain place in MdP and compare it to another similar place, so my group looked at los centros comerciales, or places to shop. People here don’t really shop in malls. There are tons of stores everywhere in certain areas and that’s where people primarily shop. This week, we need to do interviews. We’re trying to interview Daniel Gil, the man who brought surfing to Mar del Plata. This afternoon, we’re free to brainstorm interview questions. Tomorrow, we’ll meet up to go over the questions and logistics of the interview, and then on Wednesday we’re going to meet him. Thursday will be spent consolidating our information, going over our oral presentation and writing our paper.
The classes aren’t too bad. Last week we did an exercise where we listened to a certain type of tango song (zamba), filled in the missing words in the lyrics in our workbooks, and then analyzed the poem. I’ll post the portion of the zamba that was in our workbook and try to find the song online. It’s super pretty.
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