King for a day (Rey por un dia)
Here is a song I must have randomly placed on my ipod. I downloaded a whole ton of XTC stuff about four years ago and I have never come across this song until it came up while I was running at the RPAC.
Here is my general outline of how to quasi-self study spanish in two years.
1. Buy sets of sparknotes study cards in spanish.
The first set is in the picture. The next set looks very similar but it instead has "more" plastered on it. 2,000 cards in all. The second set contains many idioms while the first contains more basic vocab. You can easily push 40-50 cards a week. A really important thing to do is to review all the cards you have gone through in regular intervals, say every three weeks or so. This makes it so the ones you have learned won't leave so easily. After you have done both sets start adding your own cards as time goes by and you see more and more new words.
2. Purchase three books from practice makes perfect.
They should included one containing prepositions, one containing verb tenses (shown), and a complete grammar guide. Go through each and review regularly.
3. I haven't bought it yet but I will pretty soon but I have heard amazing things about pimsleur. Pricey but I think many local libraries contain a copy.
4. Start watching as much spanish TV as possible. Also, read many spanish articles CNNespanol and BBC spanish edition. There are tons of youtube channels in spanish. You need to hear the language to get used to it. I didn't realize it until Stacey told me this, but native english speakers focus on different parts of sentences and verbs when they are listening than a spanish speaker would. It takes times to grasp the differences in spanish.
On another note, my cloning worked today. It was awesome. I cloned in a library to the plasmid I wanted. Basically, SICLOPPS is now in pGFPUVBD1! Hooray! Now data collection may begin and hopefully I can move closer to scoring another paper as an undergraduate. That would be pretty awesome. I love how much independence I am given as an undergraduate in Magliery's lab.
Outside my apartment it sounds like someone is setting off huge fireworks. The constant thunder sounds like a civil war cannon blasting off and frankly is is pissing me off.
It has been super nice in columbus this summer. Low humidity and only a handful of times has it been over 90 degrees.
Here is a cool picture of Einstein. Yup.
Click to viewHere is my general outline of how to quasi-self study spanish in two years.
1. Buy sets of sparknotes study cards in spanish.
The first set is in the picture. The next set looks very similar but it instead has "more" plastered on it. 2,000 cards in all. The second set contains many idioms while the first contains more basic vocab. You can easily push 40-50 cards a week. A really important thing to do is to review all the cards you have gone through in regular intervals, say every three weeks or so. This makes it so the ones you have learned won't leave so easily. After you have done both sets start adding your own cards as time goes by and you see more and more new words.
2. Purchase three books from practice makes perfect.
They should included one containing prepositions, one containing verb tenses (shown), and a complete grammar guide. Go through each and review regularly.
3. I haven't bought it yet but I will pretty soon but I have heard amazing things about pimsleur. Pricey but I think many local libraries contain a copy.
4. Start watching as much spanish TV as possible. Also, read many spanish articles CNNespanol and BBC spanish edition. There are tons of youtube channels in spanish. You need to hear the language to get used to it. I didn't realize it until Stacey told me this, but native english speakers focus on different parts of sentences and verbs when they are listening than a spanish speaker would. It takes times to grasp the differences in spanish.
On another note, my cloning worked today. It was awesome. I cloned in a library to the plasmid I wanted. Basically, SICLOPPS is now in pGFPUVBD1! Hooray! Now data collection may begin and hopefully I can move closer to scoring another paper as an undergraduate. That would be pretty awesome. I love how much independence I am given as an undergraduate in Magliery's lab.
Outside my apartment it sounds like someone is setting off huge fireworks. The constant thunder sounds like a civil war cannon blasting off and frankly is is pissing me off.
It has been super nice in columbus this summer. Low humidity and only a handful of times has it been over 90 degrees.
Here is a cool picture of Einstein. Yup.