What I Did This Week 5/12

Esta semana decidí ver 55 minutos de videos de maquillaje en español, donde usaban vocabulario que no conocía. Dado que era un video, podría asumir lo que decían las chicas porque sostenían los productos que usaban. Durante los últimos 20 minutos, decidí escuchar la lista de reproducción de Latino en Spotify. Las canciones eran muy agradables pero no eran tan divinas como las otras listas de reproducción que escuché.

What I Did This Week (In Spanish)

Esta semana decidí trabajar en mi progreso en Duolingo. Hice mis lecciones habituales durante 7 días seguidos y pasé los niveles que me dieron. Otra actividad que hice fue ver la segunda "lista de latinos" porque estaba aburrido y me lo recomendaron en Netflix.

Q4 Reflection

Over the course of the year, I have become more proficient in my use of vocabulary and have been able to create complex sentences in order to express my thoughts in Spanish. I have also gained the ability to hold a long conversation in Spanish with follow up questions. I hope to grow by making my sentences and questions more elaborate and I hope to be able to have a better understanding of Spanish tenses to use in my future.

Activity Log 2/17

This week I decided to watch some more videos about makeup in Spanish since they were at my accessibility. I also worked some more on my abstract on poverty, crime, and pollution in Madrid, Spain. I also had my friend explain to me words in Spanish that are unknown to me because I want to be able to use these words in Spanish. I started a DuoLingo account just to fill in the spaces class time lacked or when I want to practice.

CNN Video

The video was basically about Argentina and its economic problems with poverty. The video consists with facts about how the statistic of poor people and poverty has risen. It also questions whether or not the government's fiscal and economic policies that that impliment are effective. The news reporters talk about how the main causes of this rise in poverty is probably do to government deficiency and inflation and how that those factors effect people on an economic level. The two reports both talked about the effect of government deficiency on the people which leads to poverty.

Activity Log 2/10

My Summary of the Article I Read:

Este artículo es sobre cómo el alcalde del Ayuntamiento es reducir velocidad de rhe que coches pueden conducir a tan sólo 70 km un ij hora para disminuir la contaminación del aire en Madrid, España. Esta semana varias estaciones medidoras marcaron niveles de dióxido de nitrógeno considerados dañinos para la salud. Por ello, el equipo de Carmena aplicó medidas previstas en el protocolo municipal anticontaminación, como la prohibición de circular a la mitad de los coches por la almendra central y de aparcar en la zona SER. La primera de ellas se aplicó por primera vez en España el pasado jueves.


After this research I realized that Madrid's air pollution is extremely. Their poverty levels are high, probably due to factors like lack of government control and money.

Activity Log 2/3

This week I worked on my article on problems in a Spanish-speaking city. My group chose Madrid, Spain and its problems with poverty, pollution, crime, and other things close to that. I summarized an article in Spanish that talked about how the city council had to limit the speed of the tragic to around 70 km an hour because of the high levels of air pollution. This was found through the extremely high nitrogen monoxide levels. 

Another thing I did was that after school when I walked with my Cuban friend, I would force her to speak strictly in Spanish to me about any subjects. So, we talked about new kpop music videos that were released and about our favorite new songs. We usually walk for about 10 minutes everyday to our designated areas.

Activity Log 1/27

This week I decided to watch 45 minutes of makeup videos in spanish, where they used vocabulary I didn't know. Since it was a video, I could just assume what the girls' were saying because they held up the products they used. The videos I watched were: https://youtu.be/OdK6gx8fe6M  and https://youtu.be/RUnN0PMAyXc . I rewatched each video many times and attempted to apply it on my face. For the last 30 minutes, I decided to listen to the Latino playlist on Spotify. The songs were extremely nice but weren't as god as the other playlists I listened to.

Having No Friends Article Summary

Este artículo explica cómo no tener amigos o la falta de interacción social es casi tan malo como tener una adicción al alcohol o las drogas. El artículo entra en detalles sobre cómo no tener amigos es malo y cómo si alguien tiene mucha interacción social y está involucrado, entonces funcionarán mejor en la sociedad. El artículo también dio estadísticas sobre cómo las personas sin amigos mueren más rápido y son más propensos a contraer enfermedades.

Hipster Article Summary

Este artículo fue principalmente sobre hipsters y su estilo de vida. El artículo procede a hablar sobre la creación de un hipster y por qué son tan populares. Una cosa que hace un hipster un hipster es su gusto de artículos y de accesorios del vintage. Otra cosa es su participación en las redes sociales. Otro elemento que es popular en hipsters es un bigote. Sus bigotes son a veces rizados en los extremos y son muy espesos.

Q3 Reflection

Over this semester I've learned how to depend more on the knowledge in my brain rather than a dictionary. I also learned how to breakdown a sentence in order to comprehend its meaning when I am in a situation where I don't fully understand all the words. I hope that by the end of the quarter I will be able to comprehend a more extensive vocabulary and verb tenses.

Activity Log 1/20

For a good 60 minutes, I convinced my Cuban friend to speak to me in Spanish while we were waiting for her ride to come pick her up after school. Most of our conversations consists of details involving KPOP so my statements were in the area of, "Yo prefería canción de EXO sobre la canción de Got7" , which caused her to hit me and say something very fast in Spanish which I couldn't quite catch.
I decided to spend the rest of my time watching more episodes of "Maria La Del Barrio" in order to catch up from where I left off. I really really really do not like Soraya!!!

Activity Log 1/13

This week I watched even more Maria la del Barrio since I was behind on my episodes. Another thing I did was change the English translations on a K-drama I have seen before (Goblin) to Spanish to see if I would still be able to understand the plot of the story even though it was in a different language than English and Korean. It worked out pretty well to where I knew enough words to understand the story line but some words I was confused on so I looked those up myself.

Activity Log 1/6

This week I decided to watch various amounts of makeup tutorials but only from Spanish speaking youtubers. It was very nice to know the products I use are able to be used by people in different countries. It was also interesting to see the way they use the product. I also learned many words for products and how to apply these different products in Spanish.