SLS 418 - Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
Today we were tasked to listen to a podcast from iTunes. I personally picked learning Spanish from the quick links section under Language Learning. The screen opens up to a list of podcasts to listen to - I chose Spanish Survival. Furthermore, the link offers you more options, specifically what context or situation would you like to learn Spanish; I clicked on "Introducing Yourself". The blog runs for about 10 mins and it was a productive 10 mins. I learned more than I would have on my own, reading from a book. The podcast was effective in that the facilitator (male voice) pronounced each phrase or salutation, broke it down into its individual components - como is how , adios - a : preposition, dios : meaning God - put together - go with God; offering them a blessing or simply farewell. Salutations progressed from introducing yourself in the day time, afternoon and night time and responses to each greeting. Its a really cool program. You should check it out. There's other languages you can also look up so if you find something that interests you - GO FOR IT... CARPE DIUM
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