Hola, amigos, soy Vanessa y estoy en Guayaquil, para empezar mi viaje con mi familia anfitriona, la familia Quiroga, y mi amiga por correspondencia, Miriam. Yo me siento contenta y ansiosa por esta experiencia nueva. También me siento preocupada porque no sé qué voy a ver en estos países. ¡Hoy hace buen tiempo y hay mucho que quiero ver! Quiero visitar el centro del pueblo y el Museo de Antropología. También, hoy vamos a visitar la ciudad de Salinas. Salinas está al oeste de Guayaquil y es una ciudad en la costa. A mí me encanta la costa y siempre me siento sorprendida cuando veo el mar y la arena; la naturaleza es muy bonita. Me siento un poco nerviosa porque el padre de Miriam va a manejar el carro hasta llegar a Salinas. Yo siempre me siento enferma cuando hago viajes en carro. Based on what you read in the text, how would Vanessa feel if she were at a beach in Ecuador?

Write four complete sentences that tell about places you and your friend go to on the weekend

#1-20 ! worth 25 pts, teacher didn’t explain! answer the following questions using direct or indirect object pronouns 1. les escribes a tus padres mucho? 2. tus padres te llaman todas semanas? 3. puedes guardarme un asiento en la clase? 4. conoces presidente de la universidad? 5. saben uds. cuál es la capital de costa rica? 6. za qué hora haces la tarea? 7. siempre entiendes la gramática? 8. me puedes explicar el capítulo 9. dónde compras tus libros de texto? 10. pagas tus libros con cheque o con tarjeta de crédito? 11. ves al profesor (a la profesora) cinco días a la semana? 12. qué le gusta hacer a tu mejor amigo/a? 13. les prestas dinero a tus amigos? 14. les das tu número de teléfono a los compañeros de clase? 15. cuándo ves a tus amigos? 16. quieres la nueva película de ron howard? 17. illamas a tus amigos por teléfono todas las noches? 18. tus amigos te invitan a comer con frecuencia? 19 preparas el desayuno todos los días? 20. nos invitas a tu fiesta de cumpleaños? 21., me recomiendas la última novela de stephen king? 22. siempre le dices toda la verdad (truth) a tu mejor amigo/a? background info: my school is small, and i have each class 2 or 3 times a week. i know the president.i dont write to my parents i call them sometimes. i do my homework in the evening. i buy my books with credit card. i dont know the capital of costa rica. i like my friends because they give advice i lend money in emergencies. i dont want to see rons new movies. my friends and i eat together a lot i dont make breakfast everyday

Becoming a lifelong learner learning a language opens doors to a world of opportunity. of course, in order to really benefit from your studies, you’ll need to do more than just complete assignments. you’ll need to set habits that will tie you to spanish and its cultures even beyond the classroom. students who become lifelong learners of spanish have some basic characteristics and habits that you should develop if you want to get the most from your experience learning spanish. lifelong learners: have friends with whom they regularly converse in the target language. (this could be friends in school, neighbors or friends in the community.) regularly get information from target language sources (newspapers, magazines, internet spanish related news group (with parent’s approval), tv programs, radio, etc. that are produced by and for native speakers.) participate in activities of the target culture (celebrating holidays, seeing movies or plays of/in the target culture, preparing or eating dishes from the target culture, reading books or magazines from the target culture, etc.) someone who has developed these habits is on the way to becoming a lifelong learner. these types of habits reinforce a strong connection to the language and culture and develop a love and better understanding of that culture. think for a minute about the resources available. do you have friends who are native spanish speakers? do you ever watch spanish channels on television? you can probably think of several online sources. maybe you have some stores or restaurants in your community that are owned or frequented by spanish speakers. also think about when you could participate in spanish-related activities on a regular basis—remember that it’s setting the habits that will make the most difference. using the table below as a guideline, write out a plan for starting new habits. for the language or culture resources column, try to identify three different resources: 1. a friend or contact 2. an information source, and 3. a cultural activity. in the what i will do column, describe as specifically as you can what you will do. and in the when i will do it column, write when you plan on doing these activities. see the sample below to see how you might fill out your own table. you will have opportunities to follow up and report on your regular practice of engaging spanish resources close to home. you will be asked in a follow up assignment to report on what you have done.