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1.9: End-of-Chapter “I can” statements, goal-setting activities and vocabulary list

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    Before moving on to Chapter 2, reflect upon what you can do with the language. Check off all of the things on the list below that you can do.

    For any actions you cannot yet do, review the topic and seek out additional resources such as tutoring, extra help from your instructor, online materials, etc.

    After completing this chapter I can:
    •  Understand basic written and spoken greetings and goodbyes
    •  Greet and say goodbye to another person
    •  Apply knowledge of formal and informal situations to treat people I meet appropriately
    •  Understand basic introductions in written and spoken form
    •  Introduce myself and others to another person
    •  Recite the Spanish alphabet
    •  Recognize letters of the Spanish alphabet when they are used to spell words and when they are pronounced within words
    •  Discuss differences between the Spanish and English alphabets and pronunciation of letters
    •  Recall the Spanish words for common class subjects
    •  State which classes I am currently taking
    •  Determine when to use a definite article versus when to use an indefinite article
    •  Recognize patterns that help determine the gender of nouns
    •  Recall nouns related to student life, as well as their gender
    •  Manipulate nouns to make them singular or plural

    ¡A reflexionar sobre los objetivos!

    Goal setting, Paso 1. As we are working to be our best language learners, we need to regularly check in on our progress toward our goals. Use the questions below to reflect upon the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the chapter.

    My two short term goals were:

    1. ________

    · Did you follow your action plan? In what way(s)? What worked? What didn’t work?

    · ________ I have achieved this goal/ ________ I made progress toward this goal/ ________ I have not made progress toward this goal and should make a revision to my goal or my action plan.

    2. ________

    · Did you follow your action plan? In what way(s)? What worked? What didn’t work?

    · ________ I have achieved this goal/ ________ I made progress toward this goal/ ________ I have not made progress toward this goal and should make a revision to my goal or my action plan.

    My one long-term goal was:

    3. ________

    · Did you follow your action plan? In what way(s)? What worked? What didn’t work?

    · ________ I have achieved this goal/ ________ I made progress toward this goal/ ________ I have not made progress toward this goal and should make a revision to my goal or my action plan.

    How do you feel about your initial greatest fear about learning Spanish? Better? Worse? Why?

    ¡A revisar los objetivos!

    Goal setting, Paso 2. Before moving on to the next chapter, take a moment to update your goals and/or action plans. It is okay to keep goals that you set for yourself previously if you are still working toward them.

    My two short term goals with action plans:

    1. ________

    ·

    2. ________

    ·

    My one long-term goal with an action plan:

    3. ________

    ·

    Study strategies I find useful:

    New study strategies I could try:

    Vocabulario del Capítulo 1

    Español Inglés
    Adiós Goodbye
    La administración de empresas Business administration
    Alto Tall
    El arte Art
    Así así So-so
    La biblioteca Library
    Bienvenido/a/os/as Welcome
    La biología Biology
    El bolígrafo Pen
    Buenas noches Good evening/night
    Buenas tardes Good afternoon
    Buenos días Good morning
    La cafetería The cafeteria
    La calculadora Calculator
    El celular Cell phone
    El centro estudiantil The student center
    ¡Chao! Bye!
    El chino Chinese
    Las ciencias Science
    La clase Class
    ¿Comó está? How are you? (formal)
    ¿Cómo estás? How are you? (informal)
    ¿Cómo están? How are you? (plural)
    ¿Cómo te/le/les va? How’s it going?
    ¿Cómo se llama? What’s your (formal) /his/her name?
    ¿Cómo te llamas? What’s your name (informal)?
    La composición Composition
    La computación IT/ Computer Science
    La computadora Computer
    Las comunicaciones Communications
    El cuaderno Notebook
    ¡Cuídate! Take care
    ¿De dónde eres? Where are you from?
    De nada You’re welcome
    El destacador Highlighter

    Español Inglés
    El diccionario Dictionary
    El drama Drama
    El edificio (de...) Building
    El/ La/ Los/ Las The
    Encantad@ Nice to meet you
    El español Spanish
    Extrovertid@ Extroverted/ outgoing
    La filosofía Philosophy
    La física Physics
    Flac@ Skinny
    La geografía Geography
    El gimnasio The gym
    Gracias Thank you
    Grande Big/ large
    Hasta el viernes See you Friday.
    Hasta luego See you later
    Hasta mañana See you tomorrow
    Hasta pronto See you soon
    La historia History
    Hola Hello
    Las humanidades Humanities
    Igualmente Same to you
    El inglés English
    El japonés Japanese
    El lápiz Pencil
    Las lenguas extranjeras Foreign Languages
    La librería Bookstore
    El libro Book
    La literatura Literature
    Lo siento I’m sorry
    El mapa Map
    El marcador Marker
    Más o menos So-so
    Las matemáticas Math
    Las materias Class subjects
    Me llamo My name is


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