{"id":14697,"date":"2021-01-07T10:23:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=14697"},"modified":"2021-01-08T04:32:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T09:32:34","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-school-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-school-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Talking about school in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice talking about school in Spanish. First we will learn some relevant vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish. The transcript to the audio will be given at the end of the post but please try not to look at it until you have tried playing and understanding the audio a few times. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14698\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14698\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Talking-about-school-in-Spanish-350x235.jpg\" alt=\"Talking about school in Spanish\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Talking-about-school-in-Spanish-350x235.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Talking-about-school-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking about school in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El rotulador: marker pen<br \/>\nEl cartel\/p\u00f3ster: poster<br \/>\nEl pupitre: student\u2019s desk<br \/>\nLa carpeta: folder<br \/>\nLa carpeta de anillas: binder<br \/>\nLa taladradora\/perforadora: hole punch<br \/>\nEl celo: sellotape<br \/>\nLa calculadora: calculator<br \/>\nEl uniforme: uniform<br \/>\nEl recreo: break, recess<br \/>\nEl horario: schedule, timetable<br \/>\nLa mochila: backpack, rucksack<br \/>\nEl laboratorio: laboratory<br \/>\nEl corrector: corrector pen<br \/>\nAprobar un examen: to pass an exam<br \/>\nSuspender un examen: to fail an exam<br \/>\nLa matr\u00edcula de honor: A+<br \/>\nSobresaliente: A<br \/>\nNotable: B<br \/>\nBien: C<br \/>\nSuficiente: D<br \/>\nInsuficiente: F<br \/>\nLa clase de pl\u00e1stica\/arte: art class<br \/>\nLa clase de ciencias naturales: science class<br \/>\nLa clase de ciencias sociales: social studies class<br \/>\nLa clase de historia: history class<br \/>\nLa clase de educaci\u00f3n f\u00edsica\/gimnasia: physical education class<br \/>\nLa clase de matem\u00e1ticas: mathematics class<br \/>\nLa clase de geograf\u00eda: geography class<br \/>\nLa escuela: school<br \/>\nLa clase: class<br \/>\nLa mesa: table<br \/>\nLa silla: chair<br \/>\nLa ventana: window<br \/>\nEl bol\u00edgrafo: pen<br \/>\nEl l\u00e1piz: pencil<br \/>\nLa goma: eraser<br \/>\nEl diccionario: dictionary<br \/>\nEl papel: paper<br \/>\nLas tijeras: scissors<br \/>\nLa regla: ruler<br \/>\nEl libro: book<br \/>\nEl cuaderno: notebook<br \/>\nEl estuche: pencil case<br \/>\nLa tarea\/Los deberes: homework<br \/>\nLa puerta: door<br \/>\nEl reloj: clock<br \/>\nLa pizarra: blackboard, whiteboard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now play the audio to listen a conversation. Can you understand what is being said? Play the audio a few times before you look at the transcript. Don&#8217;t worry if you don&#8217;t understand every single thing the two people are saying. Try to catch whichever words you can and then try to piece things together to work out what is being said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d7aaf1b09d35.09826017\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d7aaf1b09d35.09826017','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Talking-about-school-in-Spanish.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d7aaf1b09d35.09826017');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d7aaf1b09d35.09826017\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d7aaf1b09d35.09826017','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d7aaf1b09d35.09826017');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Silvia: \u00bfC\u00f3mo le va a tu hijo en la escuela \u00faltimamente John?<br \/>\nJohn: Bien. Podr\u00eda irle mejor, pero tambi\u00e9n podr\u00eda irle peor. \u00bfY a tu hija?<br \/>\nSilvia: Mar\u00eda est\u00e1 muy triste. No ha ido a la escuela en dos semanas.<br \/>\nJohn: Qu\u00e9 l\u00e1stima. \u00bfQu\u00e9 problema tiene?<br \/>\nSilvia: Presi\u00f3n. Se siente muy estresada por los ex\u00e1menes y todo el trabajo que tienen que hacer.<br \/>\nJohn: Mi hijo no es tan estudioso como Mar\u00eda. No creo que sienta mucha presi\u00f3n porque no le importa si aprueba o suspende.<br \/>\nSilvia: Mar\u00eda siempre ha sacado sobresalientes, pero ahora tiene mucha menos seguridad en s\u00ed misma. Se preocupa por muchas cosas. Es perfeccionista.<br \/>\nJohn: Y adolescente.<br \/>\nSilvia: Exactamente. Tienen mucho en la cabeza a esta edad.<br \/>\nJohn: En la escuela de primaria solo les preocupaba el color de su estuche o de su goma.<br \/>\nSilvia: En el instituto hay mucha presi\u00f3n sobre los estudiantes. Demasiada presi\u00f3n. A Mar\u00eda le encantaban todas sus asignaturas en primaria ahora odia todas: matem\u00e1ticas, ciencias, historia, geograf\u00eda&#8230;<br \/>\nJohn: Es normal odiar esas asignaturas, \u00bfno? A m\u00ed solo me gustaban la clase de educaci\u00f3n f\u00edsica y la clase de pl\u00e1stica.<br \/>\nSilvia: Pues a Mar\u00eda le encantaba todo. Es muy triste para m\u00ed que haya perdido su pasi\u00f3n por la educaci\u00f3n. A\u00fan m\u00e1s triste que est\u00e9 deprimida.<br \/>\nJohn: \u00bfHas hablado con el director?<br \/>\nSilvia: S\u00ed, en varias ocasiones. De hecho, tengo otra reuni\u00f3n con \u00e9l esta tarde. Mar\u00eda va a venir tambi\u00e9n.<br \/>\nJohn: Espero que puedas encontrar una soluci\u00f3n. Mis mejores deseos para Mar\u00eda.<br \/>\nSilvia: Gracias John.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if you didn&#8217;t understand that much, keep reviewing the vocabulary and phrases and you will soon be up to speed and ready for the next lesson in this course. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Talking-about-school-in-Spanish-350x235.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Talking about school in Spanish\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Talking-about-school-in-Spanish-350x235.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Talking-about-school-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial vocabulary and phrases related to talking about school in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":14698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14697","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-2","category-culture","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14703,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions\/14703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}