Popular Demand. Is there any for an Urban Spanish class?

[mango5]

Interest so far...

Learners
Mango5
MonkeyGrinder'sOrgan
Donna Ferentes
Zenie
Red Jezza
Maddalene (online participation?)
wiskey?

Teachers
votisit?
gaijingirl (?)

Keep 'em coming and/or clarify your interest please. I'll ask around the German anf French lot to check out what works for them, then will put some proposals here to chew over. If all goes well maybe start in January?

 

[chilango]

Learners
Mango5
MonkeyGrinder'sOrgan
Donna Ferentes
Zenie
Red Jezza
Maddalene (online participation?)
wiskey?

Teachers
votisit?
gaijingirl (?)

Keep 'em coming and/or clarify your interest please. I'll ask around the German anf French lot to check out what works for them, then will put some proposals here to chew over. If all goes well maybe start in January?

Put me down for a bit of both?

 

[perplexis]

Lo me gusteria mucho, pero desgraciadamente no puedo participar en el curso de Espanol por que no vivo en Londres.

Me gusta tratar de escribir en espanol (no he ijamas aprendido, por eso hago muchas faltas); seria possible de hacer algo aqui mismo- como, por ejemplo, hablar espanol sobre este "thread" (hilo? jiggered if I know what the Spanish for "thread" is in this context) de vez en cuando?

 

[Biddlybee]

Count me in for a learner... been trying to learn on and off since I left school many moons ago.

No es maricon!

Que signifique maricon?

 

[perplexis]

Count me in for a learner... been trying to learn on and off since I left school many moons ago.Que signifique maricon?

Maricon is a rude word...

"queer"/"puff" that sort of thing, AFAIK

 

[mango5]

Put me down for a bit of both?

Brill - I reckon we'll all have something to contribute before long but we'll need some strong starters

Learners
Mango5
MonkeyGrinder'sOrgan
Donna Ferentes
Zenie
Red Jezza
chilango
Maddalene (online participation?)
wiskey?

Teachers
chilango
votisit?
gaijingirl (?)

Keep 'em coming and/or clarify your interest please. I'll ask around the German anf French lot to check out what works for them, then will put some proposals here to chew over. If all goes well maybe start in January?

 

[gaijingirl]

I don't think that my Spanish is strong enough at the moment to teach anyone advanced... French or Japanese maybe... I'd certainly like to come along though - I'm currently doing classes at the Cervantes Institute and I could help out with beginners no problems.. hell I have a zillion lesson plans already done!!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I think it might be good to have some sort of idea of how good people are. I went to the French one last night, and I was by far the worst French speaker there (which I expected) and most of it just went straight over my head. Now my Spanish isn't really any better, so I think it would help to have someone on a similar sort of level.

 

[Biddlybee]

well my reading and writing is probably only just post GCSE at a push (tried night classes last year).... but when it comes to speaking I'm not so good.

 

[mango5]

I've done the first four weeks of a course twice. Once in Spain but the last time I even thought about it was August. But it's surprising how quickly we can progress from "The cat sat on the mat type stuff" and have fun even at beginner level as long as at least one person know's what they're doing I reckon.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Sounds more like my level than the French then.

 

[Biddlybee]

but I'm not on the list of learners yet

adios todos... tengo ratones en mi cocina y tengo comprar *traps* (?)

(humane ones, not killing the little blighters, but fed up of tiny black mierdas everywhere)

 

[mango5]

Sorry! Feel free to add yerselves

Learners
Mango5
MonkeyGrinder'sOrgan
Donna Ferentes
Zenie
Red Jezza
chilango
BiddlyBee
Maddalene (online participation?)
wiskey?

Teachers
chilango
votisit?
gaijingirl (?)

 

[magneze]

I might be up for this, time permitting. I really wish I'd learnt a useful language like Spanish.

 

[piratetv]

I really need to learn Spanish , have been trying but am totally useless

Please can i go on the list?

 

[_angel_]

I am a complete beginner! I only know a few words!!!

 

[chilango]

Maricon is a rude word...

"queer"/"puff" that sort of thing, AFAIK

Yup.


Pinche maricon

(f***ing puff)

It can be used in jest - often sung at football shouted at wrestlers etc.

Another good one:

culero

(he who takes it up the ass)

Used agianst politicians during cermonial spaeches here!

Neither need to be homophobic btw.

 

[mango5]

Learners
Mango5
MonkeyGrinder'sOrgan
Donna Ferentes
Zenie
Red Jezza
chilango
BiddlyBee
piratetv
Maddalene (online participation?)
wiskey?
Magneze?

Teachers
chilango
votisit?
gaijingirl (?)

 

[chilango]

Brill - I reckon we'll all have something to contribute before long but we'll need some strong starters

Learners
Mango5
MonkeyGrinder'sOrgan
Donna Ferentes
Zenie
Red Jezza
chilango
Maddalene (online participation?)
wiskey?

Teachers
chilango
votisit?
gaijingirl (?)

Keep 'em coming and/or clarify your interest please. I'll ask around the German anf French lot to check out what works for them, then will put some proposals here to chew over. If all goes well maybe start in January?

Ooh. Just noticed are you talking about physical as opposed to online?

cos I´m in mexico.....

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Ooh. Just noticed are you talking about physical as opposed to online?

cos I´m in mexico.....

That might be a bit of a problem.

Perhaps we could get you a big Bond-villain style screen you can talk to us through.

 

[mango5]

Well I guess there'd be meetups for Londoners but we could agree topics online and stuff and share tips and resources. I dunno, record the meetups, set homework online that gets checked against model answers after the meet. We can use this thread to kick some ideas around. I'll put you down as online participation if you're still up for it? The internet was made for this type of stuff, no?

I've got some course books and kids books I'm happy to share, and I know you can borrow videos of Barrio Sesamo (Sesame Street) at the Instituto Cervantes, for example.

 

[votisit]

I had a great teachers book a few years back. I actually made some money from teaching with it! Mind you I am talking a few years back.

If I find it in the attic I can write out the lessons and answer questions with the help of the other "teachers"

 

[mango5]

I had a great teachers book a few years back. I actually made some money from teaching with it! Mind you I am talking a few years back.

If I find it in the attic I can write out the lessons and answer questions with the help of the other "teachers"

That sounds great Cheers

 

[votisit]

Ti perro tiene cojones grandes. No es maricon!

Es possible, estaba en el jardin la semana pasada jugando con su hermano, y me parece que le queria joder! Pero tengo que decir que su hermano no tiene cojones asi que es possible que huele como una embra.

 

[votisit]

OK I promise that in my new teacher role I won't teach rude words or talk about my dogs bollocks again.

unless I'm asked

 

[votisit]

Lo me gusteria mucho, pero desgraciadamente no puedo participar en el curso de Espanol por que no vivo en Londres.

Me gusta tratar de escribir en espanol (no he ijamas aprendido, por eso hago muchas faltas); seria possible de hacer algo aqui mismo- como, por ejemplo, hablar espanol sobre este "thread" (hilo? jiggered if I know what the Spanish for "thread" is in this context) de vez en cuando?

Hey no matter that you don't live in London, your Spanish is excellent. I can't make the courses either, I live too far away and have wayyyy too many children!

 

[mango5]

Learners
Mango5
MonkeyGrinder'sOrgan
Donna Ferentes
Zenie
Red Jezza
chilango (online)
Maddalene (online)
wiskey?

Teachers
chilango (online)
votisit (online)
gaijingirl (?)

 

[May Kasahara]

Hey, you can add me to the online learners for sure! I've been taking a once-a-week evening class since September and would love to try and practice more (like most things, it's so much harder on your own).

I've only got as far as learning the basic stuff - talking about family, directions, food etc. - and constructing sentences is something I really need to work on. Anyway, here's a bit about my family:

Hola, me llamo Suzanna. Mi madre es muerte, pero tengo un padre y una madrastra - son casados. Tengo un hermano mayor, si llama Simon y tiene una novia, Nikki. Tengo una abuela, tiene un novio. Primo importante, tengo un novio! Tambien tengo dos gatos.

As you can see, I'm still at the textbook stage and need others to practice with to get my Spanish flowing! I spent some time there when I was little and can understand a bit more than I can speak, which is really frustrating, so I want to brush up and become competent.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Tambien me puedes poner en la lista de estudiantes?...Hablo espanol bastante bien porque tengo muchos amigos de espana y el pais vasco asi que practico con ellos. El problema es que simepre estoy usando los mismos verbos y diciendo las mismas cosas. Ademas, mis amigos les gustan hablar ingles conmigo porque ellos quieren que les digo cuando hablan mal o cuando hacen equivicos.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

And why is the word for seventeen so convoluted?