Friday, May 11, 2012

Un viaje a México



This is a video I made while practicing for my Spanish 102 final exam, an oral presentation in Spanish (of course).  I picked the topic of our trip to Mexico in 2004, because I could incorporate a lot of vocabulary from our textbook.  I practiced about 8 or 10 more times after this, but I didn't record again because I was standing up, since that's how it would be done in the classroom.  It took me about 8 hours to write this.  I posted the written presentation on Lang-8, where my friends Daniel from Argentina, Aldem from Spain, and jdinunci from Venezuela helped me with grammar corrections (thanks guys!).  I made index cards with the main words and starter phrases, and I practiced many times, sometimes using hand motions to help the class understand me.  You can't see these very well on the video.  Please note that I cannot speak like this in real life (yet), although I hope to be able to some day.  Enjoy!