SPANISH 134 – ORAL EXAM II ORAL CONVERSATION ABOUT A

SPANISH 134 – ORAL EXAM II ORAL CONVERSATION ABOUT A

SPANISH134–ORALEXAMII
ORALCONVERSATIONABOUTASPANISHSPEAKINGCOUNTRY
PURPOSE
You and one of your classmates will take part in an oral conversation mediated by your
instructor that will last for about 10 minutes. The purpose of this activity is to evaluate your
spontaneousconversationalspeakingabilityandyourinvestigationoffunandinterestingfacts
aboutapreviouslyselectedSpanish-speakingcountry.
YouwillbeevaluatedinpairsduringthelastdayofPartIIIofthecourse(day5ofweek9).Your
teacherwillgiveyouatimeslotfortheexam.Youneedtochooseyourpartner.
DuringtheconversationyouwilltalkaboutaSpanish-speakingcountry.Youandyourpartner
will talk about the same country and your choice needs to be approved by the teacher.
Therefore,youneedtoletyourteacherknowwhichcountryyouwanttotalkaboutatleasta
weekbeforetheconversation.
Ifthereisatopicrelatedtothiscountryyouareparticularlyinterestedabout(ahistoricalevent,
afamouscharacter,acity,anartistandhis/herwork,etc.),youcanchoosetotalkaboutthis
topicratherthanaboutthecountryingeneral.
Thisactivityrequiresyoutofindoutinterestinginformationaboutyourcountryandbeableto
explainanddiscussitinaninformativeandconversationalway.Yourteacherwillwanttoknow
where you found the information to prepare for the conversation so please come to
conversationdaypreparedtoshowalistofbooksorwebsitesthatyouhaveconsulted.
Sincethisisaconversationyoushouldnotjustwaitfortheteachertoaskyouquestions.You
canaskquestionsyourself,toyourteacherand/ortoyourpartner.
PREPARATION
Eventhoughtheconversationisspontaneous,practiceandpreparationareessential.Youneed
to look for interesting information about the country you have selected and prepare the
vocabularyyouneedtotalkaboutitsmusic,food,cities,monuments,etc.
Theseareexamplesofsomeofthequestionsyoumaybeaskedduringtheconversation:
• ¿Quépaíseligieron?¿Porqué?
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¿Dóndeencontraronlainformaciónparaprepararlaconversación?
¿Han estado alguna vez en este país? ¿Y en algún otro país de habla hispana? ¿Qué país
dondesehableespañollesgustaríavisitar?¿Porqué?
¿Cuálessonlascosasmásinteresantessobreesepaís?¿Quéconocensobrelasfiestas,las
ciudades, la música, los museos, los lugares turísticos, la naturaleza, la comida, el cine, la
literatura,laspersonasfamosas,lapolítica,lahistoria…deesepaís?
Si fueran a ese país, ¿a qué ciudad irían? ¿Con quién irían? ¿Qué harían? ¿Dónde se
quedarían?¿Quécomerían?¿Québeberían?¿Quécomprarían?¿Quélugaresvisitarían?
¿Quémerecomendaríassiyoquisieravisitaresepaís?¿Quélugaresturísticosdebovisitar?
¿Enquéciudadesdeboquedarme?¿Quédebocomer?¿Quédebobeber?
Etc.
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NOTE:thisisjustaguideanddoesnotincorporateallpossiblequestions;itsimplyshowsyou
thecontentandformatoftheactivity.
Rememberthat:
- youshouldNOTmemorizesentences.
- youareNOTexpectedtorecitespecificdates,numbers,etc.
- youwillNOThaveaccesstonotecardsoranywrittenmaterialduringtheconversation,so
trytofocusongeneralinformationthatisinterestingandeasytoremember.Althoughyou
areencouragedtobringpicturesorotherpropsto“illustrate”whatyouaretalkingabout.
GRADING
Thisactivityisworth2%ofyourcoursegrade.Eachmemberwillbegradedindividuallybased
on both individual contributions and interactions with the group. Each member must
participate!Pleaseseeevaluationsheetforgradebreakdown.
IMPORTANTINFORMATION
Youmustbepresentandreadyatyourassignedtime.NOMAKE-UPSALLOWED.
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