Entry 1:
Date: 12/30/2014
Language: Spanish
Site: http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/letter_d.htm
Content: Narrator is giving instruction to make sure that you put your tongue touch the back of the front teeth. Consonaunt :d had two different sounds used to them in the Spanish language. In the first part using words dar, cuando, dos, dia, donde, falda. At this time for the next part the narrator gives the instruction that the d sound is soft and sounds more like a th then a d. The voices start using the words nada, adios, estudiar, vida, lado, ciudad. Now the narrator instructs that the two d sounds will be put together in the following words delgado, debido, decidio, dedal, dudar, descarado. All of these words are given in slides to there in English counterpart in addition to the voice actors.
Time: (35 minutes)
Entry 2:
Date: 12/31/2014
Language: Spanish
Site: http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/letter_r.htm
Narrator is giving instruction to make sure that the Spanish r sound more like an English d. Consonaunt :r had two different sounds used to them in the Spanish language. In the first part using words pero, caro, cero, hablar, comer, triste. A reminder is given that the Spanish sounds nothing like the Spanish r. Another voice goes on to say the same words just preciously listed. Next phapse of this exercise is where a native Spanish speaker says the correct pronunciation of the words vs an English speaker who says the incorrect pronunciation of the same Spanish word. Words are as followed pero, caro, cero, hablar, comer, triste. In the last part of this exercise the narrator gives instruction that following words do not have an r sound. Words as followed pero, caro, cero, hablar, comer, triste. All of these words are given in slides to there in English counterpart in addition to the voice actors.
Time: (30 minutes)
Entry 3:
Date: 01/02/2015
Language: Spanish
Site: http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/letter_rr.htm
Content: The consonant: rr is similar to the consonant: r in the aspect that both Spanish letters have a “vibrating, or thrilling sound”. The lesson starts off as the native Spanish speaker saying words such as perro, carro, zorro, cerro, aburrido, arriba. The next section goes on as the narrator say these following words have both the single r and double rr sounds, the words are raro, romper, carrera, corer, cerrar, carretera. The following section is show on how the menaings change based upon the sounds, the words for this are pero, perro, caro, carro, cero, cerro. About half way thought the lesson, the narrator simple is telling me to say and repeat the following words perro, carro, zorro, cerro, aburrido, arriba, raro, romper, carrera, correr, cerrar, carretera. The last part is the narrator telling me to perform this tongue-twister or Spanish for Trabalenguas. R con R cigarro, R con R barril, rapido corren los carros cargados de azucar al ferrocarril. All of these Spanish words are presented with their English counterpart in slides.
Time: (35 minutes)
Entry 4:
Date: 01/03/2015
Language: Spanish
Site: http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/stress.htm
Content: This lesson is staring with the narrator instruction to put the correct stress or loudness of a syllable. This is important for the correct stress and incorrect stress can change the meaning of a word completely. The lesson goes to start the following words papa, papa’, esta, esta’, pico, pico’. The second part of the lesson is given instructions to pay attention to which syllable in a word is given stress. The list starts again with papa, papa’, esta, esta’, pico, pico’. This lesson is short when compared to the previous three lessons.
Time: (25 minutes)
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