Write about your favorite subject this term. Among others, include:
> Name
> Describe what you do in classes
> Mention the main contents you have seen
> Explain why you like the subject
> Word Count: 180
> Make comments on 3 of your patners' posts + a comment on the teacher's post
Hey!
Well since I am not studying now, I have decided to talk about one of the subjects that I had in 2016. I was studying a Master in Education and during the second semester I had one class that I really liked. That class was English grammar and phonetics versus Spanish grammar and phonetics.
While I was studying to become an English teacher I had 3 semesters of phonetics and also 3 semesters of grammar. I also had 3 semesters of academic writing. That happened about 10 years ago. So when I started with this class I thought lucky me! I have learnt a lot about these topics so this class is going to be sooo easy!
I couldn’t be more wrong!
It was one of the most difficult subjects that I have ever had!!
All the contents related to English were fine; I mean I had to study most of them again. Because in this class we had to analyze each part of a sentence, describe it, change it and compare to Spanish sentence. That part was really hard. Spanish is much harder than English. Talking about grammar.
For example if we want to talk about habits and routines in English we would say:
I – You- We-They take the bus every morning
He – She takes the bus every morning.
Now Spanish:
Yo tomo la micro cada mañana
Tú tomas la micro cada mañana
El – Ella toma la micro cada mañana
Nosotros tomamos la micro cada mañana
Ellos - Ustedes toman la micro cada mañana
So as you can see in English there are only 2 options while in Spanish we have 5 options.
That is how the verb changes depending on the subject but I do remember that when we want to express ideas in the past in Spanish there were 10 options!
Even though it is my first language, believe me when I say that it was really hard. We had 3 tests and all the questions related to English grammar and phonetics I knew the answers. To be honest it was not that way when I had to work on the exercises that were about Spanish.
Most of the classes the teacher started explaining the contents and then individually we had to work on a handout. Then we compared our answers with a partner. Finally we shared our answers with the whole class. Sometimes all of us made mistakes! And that happened when the teacher asked us about Spanish grammar or phonetics.
Well I really liked this subject because it was a huge challenge, and also I learnt things that I did not know in Spanish!
Really Spanish is more difficult because of the options!, In other languages, not only English, there are also fewer options than with Spanish!!! Spanish grammar is really hard!
ReplyDeleteWow it's a bit ironic that in english classes is more difficult learn spanish content. We always talk spanish but we do not know the theory. I admire your ability!
ReplyDeleteEnglish phonetics is something that I would like to learn anyway, I think it is something I would like to acquire in order to be able to pronounce much better.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn some day to be bilingual and speak english lenguage, like you!! ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jorge, jajaja, I would like to learn english someday! (right)
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ReplyDeleteMany people have told me that for them it is much more difficult to speak Spanish than other languages such as German or French.
I've always heard how difficult is Spanish compared to Ensglish. I can only imagine how hard is for someone to learn it!
ReplyDeleteI think that is so interesting learn English but your subject sounds very hard haha
ReplyDeleteMy best friend studying for becoming a teacher and the phonetic and grammar is the most difficult to her.
ReplyDeleteHi teacher! In spite of being difficult, it is interesting to hear that subject.
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ReplyDeleteAt the some point i wanted to study pedagogy in eglish, but it does not give me :( but i would like to learn english
ReplyDeleteWell, I had heard that Spanish was more complicated than English, but with her experience while I was studying I find it more amazing.
ReplyDeleteI think is very interesating se the differences in lenguages, in there we can found the differences in the cultures.
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