J.Pullins, Blog #3, Films in Spain
(MORE TO COME ~ 8:48)
First Week: Marley Utzig
Partners Name: Multiple
City y Country: Many
Who
you spoke with and why you chose that partner
I
did not message any of the people they messaged me and I was able to squeeze my
practice in with them but not for a straight five minutes which is why I have
multiple people for the same topic.
What
did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
The
nice thing about talking to so many different people is that I am learning more
about the Spanish culture as a whole, I noticed that a lot of people really
like the Red Hot Chili Peppers which I found as interesting not because they
are not a good band but because there is a large amount of people who like it.
How
did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?
I
am just trying to hold a conversation and learn more and I really like music so
this is helpful in me being interested but also in keeping the conversation
flowing.
What
specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What
specifically to you need to improve on?
I
think I am doing well in the conversations and just speaking in Spanish, I need
to think of new ways to leave the conversation.
What did you learn about your partner?
For this blog post, I added two people instead of one to make the post more insightful. I talked with Christian and Guillermo about the television they watch in Ecuador. Christian talked more of American Series while Guillermo talked more about Spanish series but also watches both. Christian is a fan of "Friends" just as I am and we talked about different episodes.What did you learn from them?
I learned about a comedy show called "Aqui No Hay Quien Viva" which is comedy series. Guillermo watches this series where he lives. He also taught me that "hay" meant there.What did you learn about yourself?
I learned that what I like to watch on television will not always be the same as others. Others might not enjoy these shows like I do.What were you surprised about?
I was surprised at the fact that American series do get watched in other countries such as Ecuador.What are you proud of?
I am proud that I got to achieve my goal of researching what type of television is watched in other countries. I am also proud of the fact that I used the dictionary less this time and I talked more on what I knew.What follow-up questions do you have?
Do other countries watch the same cartoons as Americans?What will you improve on for next time? How? s
Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
I spoke with a guy named Julian. This time, I decided to switch to my Sharedtalk account. So, he requested that we chat, and I accepted.What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
For this conversation, we spoke about music. He was telling me about how he played the piano and the guitar, and what kind of music he liked to listen to.How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
Even though this was the first conversation we've had, I feel like I wasn't as nervous as I was when I did my first chat with the other person on Livemocha. I also think I did better with asking questions, and using Spanish throughout the conversation.What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
I improved with asking them questions, and improving my use of Spanish in the conversation.What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187427-c69822/Spain:Some.Truths.About.Spanish.Stereotypes.html
Many of the general stereotypes that are applied to specific group of people are far from being the truth. Others may have some ties to the past which may lead to the ideas being perpetuated. I decided to pick a spanish speaking country in which many stereotypes are displayed in movies. Americans are generally displayed as a people who are lazy and incompetent. The people of Spain are also displayed as being lazy and love to party. While it can be said that many spanish love to party and part take in the consumption of alcohol, there economic status disproves the "lazy" portion of the stereotype. Also, they are sometimes grouped into the category of being rich and snooty. While some may have the money to flaunt and poor attitudes as well, this cannot be said for an entire country as a whole. It is true that Spain has become one of the more expensive countries to visit , and that they ship quality products, which has helped them become one of the highest rated gross domestic products.
The bull fighting that was once at the heart of Spanish culture, is losing its importance among the people of Spain. Its easy to take something an exaggerate , for films and other media , which leads to more misrepresentation. Many of the people of Spain believe that the bull fights are bad, and that they really shouldn't be continued. In some areas, bull fighting is actually prohibited.
Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?
What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?
What specifically do you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)rc
Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner
- I spoke with Manuel. He was fluent at spanish, he was the one who decided to chat with me and he was willing to help me.What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?
- I learned a lot about him because he was describing how he looked like and such. I learned that he likes to hang out with his friends, watch movies etc. I may have included it in the audio. For the audio, I didn't include the whole thing because originally, it was about 45 minutes and I had to cut it down to 5 minutes.How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?
- To be a little more comfortable with speaking because when he spoke, he was really quickly with it and I don't get what he's talking about so I ask ¿Como? like million times.What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to you need to improve on? (Quote specific things you said or did and what you would have done or said if you could do it again)
- My last week's goal was to have an actual conversation like audio wise instead of IMs because I wanted to improve my pronunciation as well.Last week was about understanding dating in Spanish speaking countries and now it is all about marriage. This week I talked to a 35 year old teacher from Colombia who was very willing to talk to me about marriage. To help understand my conversation, there are a list of vocabulary below.
Vocabulary
Casamiento/Matrimonio - marriage
Pareja- partner/ pair
Vigencia- validity
Cédula- identity card
Juzgado- court
Reclamar- to claim
llenar- to fill out
Coincidir- to coincide
Catolicos- Catholic
Pedir- to ask
Vendidas- sold
Tribu- tribe
Entregado- Selfless
Marido- husband
Summary
If the conversation was to difficult to understand I can give a quick summary.- ¿Cuales son algunos formas de escuchar cortésmente?
- ¿Hay algunos cosas que no son cortés cuando alguien le esta hablando?
- ¿Es difícil a escuchar cortésmente o es facil escuchar cortesmente?
IM and text talk has become increasingly more popular in this generation. For the most part, people are very lazy, and decide not to type out full words or sentences. Personally, I type out full words and sentences when I talk to people online, but abbreviate everything when I text people. My research questions were, "Is there a difference between IM talk and text talk? What are the popular abbreviations?" I talked to a 20 girl, Fatima, from Spain to get her outlook.
Isabella T: Is there a difference between instant messaging and text messaging?
Fatima L: not really. it is all kind of the same.
Isabella T: What are the most popular abbreviations?
Fatima L: a10 and a2 are usually used to say "adios" and aki is used to say "aquí"
Fatima L: numbers are usually used in abbreviations. it is also popular to say b7s which is "kisses". which is said instead of adiós/goodbye.
Isabella T: Haha, that's interesting. In english, people usually shorten words, but it seems like in spanish words are abbreviated by the way the words actually sound. Such as "aki" or "bn"
Fatima L: yeah, that is true. other ones are like "exo" (hecho) or "fsta" (fiesta).
Isabella T: Are there any weird abbreviations?
Fatima L: yeah i guess so. por favor is usually "xfa" and hasta luego is "hl".
Most people don't know that texting and instant messaging started or became popular in Europe before anywhere else. I did find it interesting that they use numbers as apposed to just using letters.
There are many ways to break up with people. There are also many reasons why. Through my research I found out a couple of ways to say it if you want to learn there down below…
Corté con mi novia/novio.
Rompí con mi novia/novio.
Lo dejé con mi novia/novio.
Mi novia/novio y yo lo dejamos.
To Break Up-Separarse
To Break Up-Terminar
To Break Up-Hacerse Pedazos
As you can see there are many ways to let someone down easy. :)