Mi Vida Loca

Hoy, we watched the first episodio of Mi Vida Loca en el club. If you'd like to do some of the review activities for the episode, or learn more about Mi Vida Loca, you can go here.

Bienvenidos al club de español, y nombres españoles

As part of learning more about Spanish culture, I give students the opportunity to choose a Spanish name to use during our club. Of course, if you are more comfortable with your English name, you may use that instead. You need to decide your name by Tuesday the 27th. Here are a few links for those who are still undecided:

Spanish names for boys and Spanish names for girls, with the meanings of some of the names included.

Much more comprehensive list with names' origins: There are definitely more creative names on this long list. I'd recommend looking at the other lists first, then taking a peek here if you don't see anything you like.

Also, if you do choose a name on-line, write it down so you don't forget what it is before club! If you'd like to hear how a name is pronounced, go to Google Translate, choose Spanish to English in the language options, and copy the Spanish name into the translation box. Once you do this, clicking on the speaker that appears in the Spanish box will allow you to hear how the name is pronounced.

If you'd like to learn more about greetings and customs in Peru, you can watch the full version of travel advice for Peru here.