Tech Task #7 Spanish Podcast

Hi amigos e amigas. Cómo es usted? Estoy muy bien solamente un poco enfermo. Aprendí hoy cómo utilizar podcasts. Era una cosa dura a comenzar hacia fuera con puesto que no tenía iTunes, no obstante finalmente la calculé hacia fuera. Elegí una lección de lengua del descanso para tomar café y comencé con la lección 1 hasta que relized cómo es fácil era así que me moví hasta la lección 4.

"Hi friends. How are you? I am fine but a little sick. Today I learned how to use podcasts. It was a hard thing to start out with since I did not have iTunes, however I finally figured it out. I chose a language lesson from coffee break and I started with lesson 1 until I relized how easy it was so I moved up to lesson 4."

With the help of AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation, my prior knowledge, and lesson 4 of this Spanish teaching podcast, I was able to write that above paragraph. I have been fond of Spanish since I met a friend that was from El Savador and her family has made me feel very welcomed. In my internship block I decided to add a twist of teaching Spanish within my lessons and the prek and k children LOVED IT! I had them present songs (Head and Shoulders) to their families as well as including Spanish words in the morning/afternoon messages. Lessons 1-3 teach you the basics such as hi, how are you, goodbye, where are you from, etc. I chose lesson 4 because I have prior knowledge in Spanish thus I needed more of a challenge.

Podcasts are not a bad idea for in the classroom plus they will fit any budget (free). I had troubles listening to mine due to distractions and such, but if you wanted to add a centre to your classroom that is educational you can ask the children to listen to different podcasts and write reflections. I think it could serve as a valuable tool, depending on what podcasts are chosen. For the one I chose I believe it is very educational to me in order to enhance my learning on the Spanish language. I believe teachers could benefit from using this tool in the classroom for sure! In learning another language it is best to be an auditory learner in my opinion. I can learn a language much easier if it is spoken to me so I can work on grammar and how to say it correctly. It can be tricky at times...

Here is a link to the podcast website I have found if you want to further explore the Spanish teachings.... http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/podcast/index.html