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Posted by Sergey Kuznetsov in Spanish 3 - Gierke on

o   Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner

The girl’s name was Astrid, and I talked to her because she actually responded!

o   What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

We didn’t get a chance to finish our conversation, but I know that she is about my age, a bit older, and she is learning English on her own, which is really hard!

o   How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

My new goal is to find out about people’s abilities to speak languages that are not their own (having me as the test subject as well) I am pretty happy with this discussion.

o   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)

o   I am pretty sure that if I could do this again, I would do it the same way.

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The American Dream (50 years in the future)

Posted by Symone Smith in American History - Laufenberg on
​Our (Imani and I) poster essentially is split on a diagonal to show a comparison of what will be apart of the American Dream in the future and what will not be. The bottom half shows our main idea of what the future American Dream will be, having the perfect online life instead of the perfect reality. The upper half shows the things that are part of our American Dream today that will fade as the American Dream in the future.
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Spanish Blog

Posted by Anonymous on
For my second blog post, I talked to Estafan again.  This time we talked about parties and going out on the weekends.  I asked him some questions like, what he likes to do on the weekends, who he likes to hang out with, where he likes to go, and what’s his favorite thing to do.  He told me he loves going out to parties, and playing soccer.  He told me where his mom was from and whose his favorite player in soccer is and who his favorite team is.

Hohenstein Art Negative Space

Posted by Margaret Hohenstein in Art - 9 - Hull on
A. Negative space is the space around an object. So if there was a shadow it would be everything but the shadow.

B. I found the negative space by outlining the object in my stool drawing. This allowed me to see where the stool was and where the negative space was. For my cutout I found the negative space by creating a mirror image.

C. It helps an artist to see what is there and what isn't there. To look beyond just what you see with your eye.

D. No, because if you see in only negative space you can't see the details of the object itself.
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Blog #3

Posted by Chelsea Smith in Spanish 3 - Gierke on

  • Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner

    - I can't remember his name and I didn't take a screen shot of his name but it was something very weird.

  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

    - From talking with this person I learned that a conversation can go either way wether its in a good way or bad way. He did help me how to tell someone that I don't want to talk to them and be just fine with that

  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

    -In general my personal goals are to improve my spanish and I believe the more people I talk to the better my spanish does seem to get. 

  • 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)


    - As usual just being able to keep the conversation going is one of my strong spots.
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Msanders blog post 4

Posted by Michael Sanders in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
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  • Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?

    I spoke with girl name Araceil from Peru. I chose her because she was nice and understanding that I'm not a native speaker.

    My goal was asking what activities she does.

  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

    What I learned are some interesting things to do like how guys flirt en espanol. She mostly said that they say Tu hermonse. She also said she doesn't want to get into it. So I also ask what she does for fun in Peru. She plays volley ball and watches la television. I lear

  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

    It helped me learn what people in Peru do to have fun. It was great. Now I can talk about volleyball to Peru people. She also helped me with conjugation and spanish slang like q = que.

  • What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

    I did well maintaining my conversation goals. I also did well on my mental goal and limiting my word reference/ Spanish Dict. Until she started using slang. Then I was lost. But making questions before really helps with the understanding until you ask the wring question.

  • 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)

    I still need to work on not using WordRefrence as much. I need to conjugate better. Finally I need to learn some spanish slang so I don't get lost again. 
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Turning Off the Translator Part 3

Posted by Kamilah Hudson in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
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  1. Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner:

    1. - SharedTalk; Alberto

  2. What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

      - I learned that Alberto is 17 and is in high school. He's good at math and wants to study computers. His mother tried to get him to draw and do architecture but he didn't like it because he wasn't very good at it. I also learned that he's been studying english for two years and wants to continue learning. 

  3. /How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

      I think this was helpful to me because I got to practice my conversation skills more. I used the translator only three times and two were just to make sure I was understanding completely what he was saying. This helps me in my goal to stop using the translator because it proves my idea that if i keep practicing talking to people, phrases and words will stick to memory and then I won't have to look them up as often. 

  4. What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations? What specifically to you need to improve on?

    - I think specifically i made sure I only used the translator as a last resort and I didn't try to say things that were too hard for my vocabulary. From this though I realized that I need to further expand my vocabulary. Because of this I plan to continue using sharedtalk and learn from experience. 
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LA COMIDA OH LA LA ~

Posted by Pauline Garcia in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
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  • Who you spoke with and why you chose that partner

    I spoke to Martin and I forgot where he's from. I think he's from Texas, well near Texas. I didn't actually choose him. He just asked me to chat with him. I'm also kind of practicing to be open and not get stuck of being scared to talk to guys. It went well and he's not creepy at all! So that was a nice experience :) 

  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

    I learned that he's from somewhere near Texas. He likes chinese food and he loves sea food. He barely eat crabs because it's really expensive and rare in their place. 

  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goals?

    It's not really in my list but I finally have the guts to speak to guys online. My shyness and thinking they're creepy is out of the line. So hooray! Oh and I finally had the chance to speak okay-ish. 

  • 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)


    I think I did well this time. We have a flowing conversation but I noticed that he mostly speak and ask questions. I need to ask more questions and speak more. That's my new goal. Speak more! 
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Maggie's 3rd blog post

Posted by Margaret Long in Spanish 3 - Gierke on
  • Who did I speak with and why did I choose that person?
    I spoke with pete. I chose him because he was a native spanish speaker.

  • What did you learn about them? What did you learn from them?

    He was good with spanish and loved the power rangers. I learned how to fix some grammatical errors. 

  • How did this interaction help you move towards achieving your personal goal?

    It helped me have a flowing conversation without translating. 

  • What specifically did you do well according to your goals/expectations?

    I focused on trying to relate to him. I asked simple questions in the beginning and then I opened up to hi mand let him ask questions. 

  • 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)


    I need to improve on my spanglish. I add english into my spanish and i need to speak more spanish
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    Spanish Blog

    Posted by Jakobi Martin-Howard on

    For my blog post, I talked to Estafan, he’s a fluent spanish speaking freshman, we talked a lot about what each of us enjoyed and what we did over the weekends.  The conversation started off a little rocky, It was some what awkward because I didn’t really know how to start the conversation or to really say anything that interesting.  Once we got started things went much smoother though.  I was a little self-conscious when we were talking because I realized how well he could speak spanish and that I wasn’t even close to being as good as him.  He kind of chuckled when I’d say something wrong but he would correct me and tell me what I said wrong, and how to say it right.  We had a few things in common, we both enjoy frisbee, and we both love sports.  We talked a little about soccer since I didn’t really know a lot about soccer he informed me.  The conversation wasn’t for that long but overall it went pretty well.


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