Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

Module C: Long-term goals  • 417 Otra diferencia que encontré en este país es que aquí he encontrado personas de muchas partes del mundo. Colombia es el país con el menor índice de turismo de toda Latinoamérica, entonces es completamente ajeno a la cultura tratar con extranjeros. Entonces yo nunca conocí a personas de otros países. En cambio, desde que llegué a Estados Unidos, he conocido a personas de todas par- tes del mundo. Eso me ha permitido entender también que hay otras culturas, otros idiomas, otros estilos de vida y otro tipo de comidas. 1. What was the main thing the author learned from his visit to Ecuador? ______________________________________________________________ 2. What expectations did the author have when first arriving to the US? ______________________________________________________________ 3. How did his beliefs about cultural differences change over time? ______________________________________________________________ 4. What did he study at the university? ______________________________________________________________ 5. Why does he mention tourism in Colombia? What point is he making? ______________________________________________________________ Bonus grammar exercise: In the first paragraph, the verbs tenía , sabía , estaba , and había are all in the imperfect tense, since they give background information about what things were like. What additional examples of the imperfect tense can you find? 43. Escuchar: La conversación versus la escritura 45 Ahora escucha. The narration above was modified from the transcript of an interview. Listen to this excerpt of the interview, and write what differences you notice between written language (in exercise 42) and the way the story is told in speech. Also reflect on what this means for you as a language learner when conversing with Spanish speakers. Listen to the interview excerpt here: https://​drive​.google​.com/​file/​d/​1p3JUkCPkHqRroRQvG83nZdQNTqzo49mV/​view​?usp​=​sharing. La reflexión: 45 “Vi que había otras formas.”