Foreign Language Fair

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Foreign Language Fair

• Presented by BYU

http//spanport.byu.edu/hispanet/spanfair
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What?

• The graduating students of the Foreign Language
  Departments at BYU put on a fair for foreign
  language students in the second year or higher
  from all over Utah.

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When?

• This year the fair is scheduled for Thursday,
  April 19th, 2007. It is a Reading Day for
  students preparing for their final exams.

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Where?

• The Spanish Fair is held at the Wilkinson
  Center, which is a large, centrally located
  building on the BYU campus. There is an arcade,
  bowling alley, food court, juice bar, and a huge
  book store with souvenirs

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Why?

• The Department deans and students of BYU want
  to do something fun and educational for young
  language learners.
• It is an awesome opportunity to use what you
  have learned.

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How?

• Our fourth term project presentation will
  double as an audition. There will be an optional
  sign-up sheet for those of you who are
  interested. After everyone has presented, those
  of you who will represent South Davis Junior High
  School well, will be invited.

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Choices
Humorous Story
Show and Tell
Skit Performance

• Prepared Talk

Poetry Recitation
Language Bowl
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Humorous Story

• Students will perform individually
• The story idea may be taken from any source, but
  must be told by the student in his or her own
  words and within his or her own range of language
  ability
• Teachers may help with grammar, vocabulary, and
  expression

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Humorous Story

• The story is to be memorized
• The story should be 2 - 3 min long
• Students will be judged on projection,
  pronunciation, ability to put over punch lines
  effectively, conformity to time limit
• There will be no questions from judges

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Humorous Story

• There is an old story of the teacher preparing
  her students for a visit by a school official who
  will talk to them in Spanish. The teacher primes
  a student to answer anticipated questions in the
  following sequence
• 1. How old are you? 14 years
• 2. How long have you studied Spanish? 2 years
• Which do you like most, conversation or grammar?
  Both
• Of course, the official asks the questions in
  another sequence
• 1. How long have you studied Spanish? 14 years
• 2. How old are you? 2 years
• 3. Either you are taking me for a fool or youre
  pulling my leg! Both

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Prepared Talk

• The student must select a topic and prepare a
  talk in Spanish
• The teacher may correct the grammar or suggest
  vocabulary
• The talk is to last from 2 to 3 min
• The talk is to be memorized
• Students will be judged on content,
  pronunciation, expression, time limit, and
  responses to questions

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Prepared Talk

• A Latin American liberator
• Indian influence in Mexican life
• Movies or television?
• Can this happen here?
• Spain a modern democracy
• Terrorism in the world today
• The value of studying a foreign language
• An underdeveloped country of Latin America

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Prepared Talk

• The student should introduce themselves and
  announce the subject of the talk. For example
• Soy Juan Monopatines y voy a hablar sobre la
  influencia de lo indígena en la vida mexicana.

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Poetry Recitation

• Students are to select a poem from those in their
  level
• They must have the poem memorized

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Poetry Recitation
VERSOS SENCILLOS I II por José Martí Yo soy un
hombre sincero de donde crece la palma y antes
de morirme quiero echar mis versos del alma. Yo
vengo de todas partes, y hacia todas partes
voy arte soy entre las artes en los montes,
monte soy. Me dicen que del joyero tome la joya
mejor, tomo a un amigo sincero y pongo a un lado
el amor. Con los pobres de la tierra quiero yo mi
suerte echar el arroyo de la sierra me complace
más que el mar.
CANCIÓN DEL JINETE por Federico García
Lorca Córdoba Lejana y sola. Jaca negra, luna
grande, y aceitunas en mi alforja Aunque sepa los
caminos yo nunca llegaré a Córdoba. Por el llano,
por el viento, jaca negra, luna roja. La muerte
me está mirando desde las torres de Córdoba. Ay
qué camino tan largo! Ay mi jaca valerosa! Ay
que la muerte me espera antes de llegar a
Córdoba! Córdoba, Lejana y sola.

• VERSOS SENCILLOS
• por José Martí
• Cultivo una rosa blanca,
• en julio como en enero,
• para el amigo sincero
• que me da su mano franca.
• Y para el cruel que me arranca
• el corazón con que vivo,
• cardo ni ortiga cultivo
• cultivo la rosa blanca.

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Poetry Recitation

• Students should begin by introducing themselves
  and the name and author of the poem they will
  recite
• Me llamo Manolo Metepatas, y voy a recitar...
  Canción del Jinete por Federico García Lorca.
  

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Show and Tell

• The student will bring an object to talk about.
  It can be a piece of realia (an authentic
  object from the foreign culture), a picture, a
  model, an object the student has made, a sandbox
  city, a game or any other object

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Show and Tell

• Students will introduce themselves
• The presentation is to be memorized
• It should last between 2 3 min
• The student will be judged on projection, self
  expression, time limit, content, pronunciation,
  and responses

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Show and Tell

• Show a corn tortilla and tell how it is made and
  how it is the base of many Mexican dishes. Show
  how it can serve as a bread, a spoon, a napkin,
  etc
• Show a model or floor plan of a Spanish home and
  point out how it is arranged

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Skit Performance

• Any number of students may participate
• The total presentation should not exceed 10
  minutes
• One student should introduce the group and title
  of the skit at the beginning

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Skit Performance

• The skit group will be responsible for bringing
  all props, costumes, and any other equipment
  needed
• Skits will be judged on staging, time,
  proficiency, projection pronunciation
• Parts should be memorized

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Skit Performance

• Some skits you may choose from
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• Hansel and Gretel
• Red Riding Hood
• Rumplestiltskin
• Snow White
• Or write your own!

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Language Bowl

• A team consists of five members
• All questions will be asked in Spanish and will
  be appropriate to each level
• It is a tournament-style competition
• There are no materials to study

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Language Bowl

• 40 grammar
• Ex. --Ponga esta frase en el futuro Ando hasta
  la plaza. (Ans. Voy a andar hasta la plaza.)
• 30 geography, history, culture, current events
• Ex. --Cuál es la capital del Perú? (Ans. Lima)
• 30 vocabulary, refranes, modismos
• Ex. --Cómo se dice en español the umbrella?
• (Ans. el paraguas)

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Españolandia

• Using the Visitors Guide, pretend you and your
  friends are visiting a Spanish-speaking country
  where you must not speak English
• You must use official currency to buy things
• You will need to complete at least 7 activities

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Españolandia

• ADUANA
• BANCO
• METRO
• KIOSKO
• RECUERDOS
• ROPA
• HOTEL

RESTAURANTE CORREO FARMACIA MUSICA FOTOS FRUTERIA
PANADERIA
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To the bus!

• After you and your friends have completed your
  short presentation and visited Españolandia, you
  may eat, shop and visit other areas of the
  Wilkinson Center
• It is your responsibility to get back to the bus
  on time!

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What to do now

• Sign your name for the activity you are prepared
  for
• If you want to perform a different activity, talk
  to me
• When invited, get an info packet
• Return with the signed permission slip and 4.00
  ASAP!

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Credit

• You must return with
• a certificate of completion and
• a stamped Passport from Españolandia