Spanish Language Meetup Survey Results

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Spanish Language MeetupSurvey Results

• January 2009

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Activities of Interest
What types of events will there be? Future events
will be diverse, varied, interesting, and
fun. Some events will specifically for improving
proficiency in Spanish. Other events will provide
entertainment while showing Hispanic
culture. Suggestions for activities are always
welcome.
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Suggestions

• Spanish movie with sub-titles

A day of total immersion while hanging out,
doing something fun!
Over coffee covering predetermined topics of
conversation.
How about a game night.
Thank you for the suggestions. I am keeping each
and everyone of them for future reference.
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Where to have meetups?
We will have meetups all over Houston and the
surrounding area.
In total 74 individuals participated in the
survey. The numbers above each letter reflects
the number of people who choose a particular area
of Houston.

• Here were the Top 5 Areas
• Midtown 54
• Heights 47
• Galleria 44
• Rice Village 41
• Downtown 40

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Where did you learn Spanish?
A lot of people have learned Spanish in class or
through friends and family. Nearly 60 have
taken a course college on Spanish. More than a
third took a Spanish course in high school. 21
learned from Family Friends 9.6 learned before
high school 27.7 learned in high school 37.4
learned in college 3.5 learned in grad school
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Current Level of Spanish Proficiency
Intermediate Spanish speakers make up more than
half. I think it would be beneficial to have
intermediate Spanish speakers interacting with
advanced and beginners, to learn and to practice
respectively.
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What to improve?
Other Areas of Improvement dealt
with Occupation-based Spanish Comprehension of
conversations
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Days to Meet
I will keep this in mind as events are planned
and opportunities present themselves.
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Time of Day for Meetups
Nearly 60 prefer meetups that take place in the
evening.
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Purpose

• Mission
• The mission is two-fold
• To help others learn Spanish
• To experience the culture of Spanish speaking
  countries
• Vision
• To become the best social group for learning
  Spanish
• Where members feel accepted and mentally
  stimulated
• Where events are fun and informative

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Values
The group values can be summarized in the acronym
FIFTH.

• F riendly
• I nformative
• F un
• T houghtful
• H elpful

Our events will expose you to friendly helpful
people, the Hispanic culture, and fun activities.