Never Stop Learning

Extra Credit email/leave a comment - What do you learn about when you're not at school? What would be your dream class to learn about?

Be Bilingual - Be Smarter!

Here is an article explaining that people who are bilingual (communicate in more than one language) are smarter!

Extra credit opportunity - read this article and give a summary in your own words.

Text Language in Spanish!

On fb and twitter we type n shorthand all the time, amirite!? SMH, LBVS!

Check out some shorthands for spanish-
x = por -
k = que
xq= porque / Por qué
nls = no lo sé
vdd? = verdad?
a2 = adíos
bs, bss = besos
b7 = besitos
bb= bebé
tq = te quiero
tkm = te quiero mucho
ntp = no te preocupes
nkv= nada que ver
tb= también
+ = más
msj = mensaje
finde, fds = fin de semana
hl= hasta luego
q tl = qué tal?
qt1bd = que tengas un buen día
km= como
pf = por favor
salu2 = saludos
pa = para
xat = chat
tas = estás
mg= me gusta
“=” = igual
cdt = cuídate
bn = bien
ps, pss = pues
kiero= quiero

ways to earn extra credit -

• translate these to English (real English, not text English mmkay?)
• send me a text/email in Spanish using some of these shorthands (312-772-6055)

ttyl, brb, lol, :)

Words to live by

Extra credit opportunity

• Email/comment - What are some quotes you like? Who said them? Why do they speak to you?

música part 3 - Latin Grammys!

En noviembre the Latin Grammys were awarded. Check out this site to see the who was nominated, and who won (bold)

Possible extra credit points (email/leave a comment)

• translate the categories to English
• select one category - listen to each song and describe which one you like best and why
• select one category - tell me what country each nominated group/person is from
• select a group that was nominate in two or more categories - briefly describe their music and a short biography in your own words
• feel free to come up with your own ways to show that you've explored música latina

Below is one of my favorite songs from Los Rakas, "Hip Hop" - you'll probably find the beat familiar!

música part 2 - US Grammys for Latin Artist

The 54th Grammys will be awarded February 12th on CBS. Below is the artist nominated for the Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban album.

Find and listen to their music online. Which one do you like most/why? Who do you think should win/why? What country is each band from? Leave comments or email me for some hot tamale points!

música! part 1 - Alt Latino

Podcasts are free radio-like programs you can download on iTunes. I've been listening to Alt Latino since it started and I love it because I get to listen to music and learn something cool! No me gusta todo la música pero es gratis!

Click here to see the blog of the best songs of 2011.

For extra credit listen to a song and leave a comment here on what you thought about it.