Not a Great Start
This week I focused on learning how to say the alphabet in Spanish. I found it to be quite difficult to do based on the online tools I used. I used images off google to see the whole alphabet as well as google translate to learn how to pronounce the letters. I found google translate to go too fast for me to comprehend how to say it. I found the google image of the alphabet to be useful as I looked at it and went through it multiple times a day based on the way it says to pronounce them. I found having a page with the alphabet to be useful and somewhat easy to use. If I were to do something different, I would watch a video on YouTube of someone teaching the pronunciation. I think a well-made video will be clear and the pronunciation will be clear enough for me to understand and be able to say it back. I would use google images again to see the words in front of me in English and Spanish as I find that to be helpful.
Spanish Alphabet
Next time, I am going to focus on learning how to say the numbers from 1-10. I am going to do this by once again having a google image to look at as well as I will find a video on YouTube that goes through the pronunciation slowly. I hope to have this conquered by the end of the week and begin learning some small words the following week.
Hey Kelsey, I think you are not the only one to find the first week a bit difficult! I think it is great that yore trying out Spanish. This can be useful in the future as a traveler, educator or global citizen. I have heard that “Babble” is a good app for learning Spanish, however I have never used it myself. Languages can be difficult so do not be too harsh on yourself in your first few weeks!
Hello Kelsey,
I was very interested to read about the launch of your learning project. I think it is great that you have chosen to learn Spanish. Many people that I know that have chosen to learn another language choose French or an Indigenous language.
I appreciate that you were honest about your struggles this week. Social media often shares only the best portion of people’s lives, but it is so unrealistic. Do not worry about this week not going as you had planned. If there is one thing that I have learned from this project it is that it is just as much about assessing the resources as it is about learning a new skill. It seems that although you may have struggled to learn the alphabet in Spanish you were able to assess the reliability and accessibility of a resource.
Look forward to learning more about your journey!