Resources in the ILC

Spanish 121-122-123

For listening comprehension…

  1. Invitaciones Audio Do the listening activities on the supersite. They the ones with the headphones symbol beside them.
  2. Invitaciones Video Watch the episode of the video from the current chapter.
  3. watch the episode without looking at the transcription
  4. watch the episode while reading along in the transcription
  5. watch again, again without the transcription

For vocabulary…

  1. Invitaciones Flashcards From the Supersite, click on “Flashcards” (located under “Vocabulario.”
  2. Select a deck of cards
  3. Click through the pack from Spanish to English until you get them all. Repeat in Spanish after each one.
  4. Click through the pack from English to Spanish. Repeat in Spanish after each one.
  5. Select another deck and repeat the process
  6. Before You Know It Select one of the vocab lists from current Episodio.
  1. Recognize it. Look at the Spanish words and say the English equivalent
  2. Know it. Look at the Spanish words and type the English equivalent
  3. Produce it. Look at the English word and say the Spanish equivalent
  4. Own it. Look at the English word and type the Spanish equivalent
  1. Idiom Software – Spanish Workshop Choose one of the games to play
  1. Body Builder—parts of the body and face

1)Tutorial 1—learn the words for parts of the face

2)Tutorial 2—learn the words for parts of the body

3)Activity 1—assemble and draw a human face/body

4)Activity 2—assemble and draw the face/body of a monster

  1. Dress Me—articles of clothing

1)Tutorial—learnthe words for names of the clothing

a)choose one of six places (different sets of clothes vocab)

b) see at article of clothing, hear it pronounced, see the word, type it

c) make it harder by hiding the words or turning off the sound

2)Test—test yourself on the words for the articles of clothing

a)choose to test yourself on all words, random 10, or by category

b) Review—see the article of clothing, hear it pronounced (optional), see the word (optional)

c)Test—see the article of clothing, hear it pronounced (optional)

3)Activity 1—dress (or undress) a boy/girl, choosing from a list of vocab

4)Activity 2—dress (or undress) a boy/girl, without a list to choose from

  1. House Key—rooms of the house, furniture, prepositions

1)Vocab Tutorial—learn the words for rooms of the house, furniture

a)Review—choose a room of the house, see an arrow point to a piece of furniture, hear it pronounced (optional), see the word (optional)

b) Test—see the piece of furniture, hear it pronounced (optional)

2)Preposition Tutorial—learn the prepositions

a)Review—see the key in a picture, see/hear (optional) a sentence, type where they key is

b) Test—see the key, hear a sentence, type where the key is

3)Activity—look for 5 keys hidden all over the house

a)Guess where the key is by typing in a sentence

b) Computer tells you if you’re hot or cold

c) After 10 guesses you can ask for the answer

d)Once you know the answer you go to the next room

  1. Mystery Family—family vocab

1)Tutorial—learn the words for the family relationships

a)Three different perspectives

b) Computer shows a relation

c)You hear (optional) & see (optional) a sentence telling the relation

2)Test—learn the words for the family relationships

a)Review—computer shows you a relationship, you hear it (optional) and see it (optional) and type the word

b) Test—computer shows you a relationship, you hear it (opt.), type it

3)Activity—20 questions to guess the identity of three mystery questions

a)First look at Rogelio’s family tree, read about his family

b) Ask questions to the mystery person to find out his/her identity

  1. Time Teller—time vocab

1) Tutorial: select numbers (1-10, 11-20, 21-30) or time (on the hour, after

the hour, times of day, at the hour)

a)Review: see the number or clock, hear it, see the word or sentence, type it

b)Test: see the number or clock, type it

2) Test: test yourself on time-telling

a)Review: see clock, hear (optional) and see (optional) sentence telling time, type it

b) Test: see clock, type time

3) Activity: you work an information kiosk, consulting various schedules to

answer people’s questions

a)after three attempts you can ask the gerente (manager) for theanswer

b)after 10 questions you will receive a paycheck according to your skill

For practicing grammar while learning vocabulary…

  1. EduOle
  2. Select a particular activity that will be pertinent to your studies
  3. Click the audio lessons usually located along the top or left hand side
  4. Once you’re comfortable with the lesson select one of the ejercicios such as pon el verbo etc.
  5. At any time, click the verbs button in the bottom right hand corner to view verbs in the conjugation you are practicing.
  6. Or, click the vocabulario button to view relevant vocab words and information about their gender etc.
  7. Click menu at any time to go back to the home page of any activity
  8. Click salir to exit the activity when you are finished

For grammar…

  1. Idiom Software, GT (Grammar Tutor)
  1. Select an area of grammar you would like to practice
  2. Answer questions about the area of grammar you have chosen
  3. Play tic tac toe against a friend or against the computer

Reference…

  1. Atajo
  2. look a word up in the dictionary
  3. look up common words / phrases by topic
  4. read a grammar explanation with examples
  5. MS Word Do word processing in Spanish, use Spanish spell check

On the class website…

  1. SPAnish – LEarn it Online
  2. select a verb tense and verbs (by type or individually)
  3. fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb
  4. click on the buttons below to skip a word, to check your answer, to see the answer, to find out your progress, or to see all the forms of this verb
  5. studyspanish
  6. to practice verbs, click on Verb Drills
  7. select verb tense and type of verb
  8. click on Generate Unique Quiz
  9. indicate the number of questions and whether you want to practice vosotros
  10. fill in blank with the appropriate form of verb
  11. click on Grade my quiz
  12. colby
  1. select an area of grammar you would like to practice
  2. fill in the blank as directed
  3. press the question mark to find out if your answer is right
  4. when you see a word in bold, you can click on it to find out more
  5. some exercises include video clips or music
  1. quia
  2. select an area of grammar or vocabulary you want to practice
  3. select the game you would like to play
  4. languageguide
  5. select an area of vocabulary you would like to hear pronounced
  6. move your mouse over the object or word to hear its pronunciation