Vocab Lesson 13
Part 1: Dictation
Play the recordings and write down the sentences that you hear. You can play the recording multiple times. Once you have finished, check your answers by opening the box below the recording.
Part 2: Repetition for Pronunciation
Play the recording from part 1 again and repeat what you hear out loud. You can do this with the Dictation Key open or closed. You will need to pause the recording to have time to say each phrase before the next one starts.
Do each phrase twice!
Part 3: Listening for Information
As you listen to the following recording, listen for the answers to the following questions. Don’t worry about the parts you don’t understand. Instead, focus on what you do understand, and try to answer the questions in Spanish.
Once you have done your best to answer the questions, please use the button to check your answers.
- ¿Es grande o pequeña la familia de Penny? ¿Qué tiene y qué no tiene en su familia?
- ¿Cuándo se reúnen las personas de su familia? (juntarse = reunirse)
- ¿Cuál es el plato típico que ella prefiere? (plato = dish, type of food)
- ¿La paella es más típica en la región atlántica o la región mediterránea de España?
- En la opinión de Penny, ¿es sana la paella?
- ¿Prefiere cocinar paella o prefiere comprarla en un restaurante?
- Ella dice que lo único difícil de cocinar paella es controlar la medida (measurement) de un ingrediente. ¿Qué ingrediente?
- ¿Hay regiones donde la gente usa la carne en paella?
- ¿Alguna vez probó el mate Penny?
- ¿Come flan ella?
- ¿Cuáles son algunas variaciones de flan que ella menciona?
Part 4: Follow along
Use the arrow buttons to open the Spanish and English scripts. Use the following steps:
- Read through the script with English and Spanish side by side, so that you understand what you heard.
- Close the English script, and listen again to the recording from part 3, following along with the Spanish version.
- Close the Spanish script, and listen once more with no script. Do your best to distinguish the words and phrases you are hearing. Focus on understanding the main ideas, not every detail.