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Hi, I'm Anne. I live in Valencia, Spain. I'm looking for language partners to help me get off this B1 plateau! I can help you with your English in return. I have a PhD in inter professional working, MSc and MA in Psychology. Have an interest in German Philosophy, animals, aikido, Batman and Wolverine comics, Japanese movies, Eastern religious thought and civilization; and learning Spanish.
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Daniel Minayo
Spanish
Aug 27, 2015
Mil gracias por tu comentario: voluntad y esfuerzo, naturalidad y sentimiento... Tenemos que dar cremita a muuuchos granitos gramaticales: ayudar a, ser fácil, usar sin pensar, aprender, ..... tengas una clase con él ) me siento happy!!!!!
Daniel Minayo
Spanish
Aug 23, 2015
Y eso que no hemos empezado con las pócimas y brebajes ;) Muchas gracias!!!!!
Daniel Minayo
Spanish
Aug 19, 2015
seguro que lo tienes estoy siendo exigente y tu respuesta es muy positiva, con muchos aciertos, mucha intuición y gran destreza me alegra mucho que sea así!!!!!!!!
Daniel Minayo
Spanish
Aug 15, 2015
Muchas gracias, tu habilidad en castellano es elevada, y solo necesitamos un poco de trabajo para ordenar toda esta información, nada más... espero que mi ayuda sea ese trampolín desde el que hacer piruetas en castellano.... mil gracias!!!!
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    Welcome to Mexico: Tacos

     

    Today I was cooking Tacos. Do you know what it is? I didn't know till yesterday:)


    Tacos are a traditional Mexican dish composed of (made of) ground meat, fruit (such as avocado and apples), vegetables (tomatoes), different greens and a great amount (lots) of spices.

    So, to cook it first you need special Mexican flat cakes (bread) made of corn grits called "Tacos". Then you need ground beef, canned black beans (but I used red ones), salad (do you mean lettuce?), olive oil, garlic, fennel seeds (I didn't add them though since I can't stand aniseed), ground caraway, green onion, sour milk or yoghurt, sweet chili sauce, avocado, apples, cherry tomatoes, lime, soy sauce, sweet pepper, ground parsley and chilli peper. Can you image having (putting) so many ingredients in one dish? :) 

    To prepare the filling, first you fry the beef with olive oil, sweet pepper and fennel seeds. Then add the garlic, olive oil, green onion and ground caraway. Finally, add the beans and then simmer, until everything thickens.

    Chop up your lettuce and parsley. Cut your avocado, tomatoes, apples and chili pepper into small pieces. Mix everything together and add lime juce and soy sauce.

    Finally, on your taco put some ground beans with onion, then add your meat and salad. You can add sour milk, yoghurt or sweet chili sauce. Finally wrap it all together and eat.

    Bon appetite!

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    August 25, 2015
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    Ah ok now I understand; ok - books the kids liike here:

     

    Publisher: El Barco de Vapor - have short readers that are pretty challenging to begin with but not so to melt the brain

     

    Includes Pupi (some alien type thing); Morris (a badger that has adventures); Pepe (his is for social development), Capitan Calzoncillos (Captain Underpants); my favourite 'Otra Vez Gustavo' (about a vampire and his friend).

     

    Mortadelo y Filemon - cartoon book about 2 guys who change shape - was a film recently - very popular

     

    Sam Sam - he's for younger kids and is a little space guy

     

    Geronimo Stilton - Mouse detective/reporter who has adventures or re-enacts famous stories like Robin Hood, treasure island

     

    Futbolini series - football team that have adventures

     

    and yes Greg :)

     

    amazon.es is the place to look for spanish kids books. You'll find traditional tales available there as well.

     

    Hope it helps!

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    August 16, 2015
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    Mi clase de prueba con Daniel Hoy he tenido un clase de prueba con Daniel. Él vive cerca de mi en Alicante y como yo, hacía al interior. Él ha explicado que me ha pensado deber hacer. Primero, él ha sugerido que yo practico mi pronunciación por lo que podría mejorar mi habilidades de escucha y habla. Ahora, tengo muchos problemas cuando una persona habla muy rápido y me parece que ellos dicen sola una palabra muy larga. Con el ejercicios de fonética, espero que desorillaré. El me ha dado algunas tareas para practicar. Unos hacer en el baño, cuando no hay nadie cerca! Tranquila! Hay solo ejercicios que digo las silabas con voz alta. Si, en general me he gustado este clase y profesor. Ya voy a hacer mas clases con él.
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    I just noticed...

    I just noticed that on italki it has my language identified as Valencian instead of Spanish, which is pretty sweet (USA-neat; UK-cool; sweet works but tends to be used by either surfers or for describing little girls, puppies, cute things).

    To be honest, here in the city, the language isn't very appreciated as it's barely spoken and people mostly 'find it unfair' (complain) that we (?they? - are you identifying yourself with them or not?) are forced to learn it in the first place.


    I still remember when someone first told me that they found the language ugly. I had just moved from a small town, not far from Alicante, where everyone loved the language and were proud of learning it, so this person's comments really caught me off guard.

    I, too, really like the language, even though I'm not so good with it anymore. I'm actually forgetting it, because I don't have a chance to speak it.

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    August 14, 2015
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    missing linking sentences...couldnt put it in one go as too many words...so had to cut and paste...her's the missing sentences

     

    What I found initially (when I had no Spanish knowledge) was that the stories assumed native knowledge - vocab, all verb tenses, idiomatics - and even a basic story was a bit

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    August 14, 2015
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    of a nightmare. Now, I have better Spanish I can understand the stories but tbh there are better resources for adults (only so many stories about frogs I want to read).

     

    However, there are kids books that do English-Spanish stories side by side they are quite good. 'Diario de Greg' is pretty cool and an easy read. Superdrago is a second language learning series for kids but you'll need a Spanish teacher to help you with it.

     

    I'll be honest I've tried the' learning like a child would' route and it didn't really work (for me), mainly as I didn't have a 'Spanish mother' to correct pronounciation and tell me stories, scaffold my language like they would if I was a child. That's not to say every little doesn't help - it does but I found even basic kids books (for pre-schoolers - Mika series - she has a friend who is a mouse) stumped me to begin with; so if I were you, I'd go with on-line free video classes to begin with and graded level texts. It'll save you a fortune and help you not to feel like a total language loser - at B1 I still struggle with Peppa Pig!

     

    Good luck

     

    Anne

     

     

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    August 14, 2015
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    My little boy goes to school in Spain (Valencia) and he uses the books by Santilla. You can find their catalogue online. There is also Anaya.

     

    I'm not sure what use they will be though because depending on your level they will either be too easy and babyish or too difficult....they assume a native speaker is helping the child answer the questions...and no point does it tell you how to speak, read or write Spanish; these books are to help children in the classroom and the children are already very sophisticated mother tongue users by the time they start working with these books.

     

    So for example, it will give you a story about something - eg a mother finds a horse shoe and then sells it and her and her son buy bread and are happy - obviously its more in detail than that. Then the child is asked comprehension questions: who, what, etc. Then some pronounciation and basic grammar, like how to use a punto (full stop). The exercises are then write basic sentences to answer questions about the story, grammar, etc.

     

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    August 14, 2015
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    what kind of pets do people have in your country?

     

    Actually, having (better is: owning) pets is very rare in Sudanese culture (OR simply: Sudan). However there are some families which have dogs but these are often kept only 'for guarding purposes' (OR: as guard dogs). Moreover, there are a lot of cats which hang around houses but don't belong to anyone in particular. They (OR: These cats) have no-one to care for them, but anyone can feed them.

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    August 14, 2015
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    August 14, 2015
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    Improve.

    Help me please! I HAVE TO IMPROVE MY ENGLISH!!!!

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    August 14, 2015
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