The classroom was empty when I walked in. I checked the time. 8:45am. Normally I would see a couple of sleepy heads discussing last session's notes. But today there was no one to be seen. Was I the only one from the class who wasn't informed about today's session being cancelled? But then the classroom would be closed as well, right? 'Eh, the Spanish class is held in this classroom, isn't it?' someone asked me. 'Yeah, it is. But there is no one.' 'Oh well, someone would come and tell us if it it cancelled' the student said nonchalantly as she walked past me and entered the classroom. Ah, the beauty of being 18 or 19. You have all the time in the world at your disposal. And here I was thinking about the zillion things that I could have got done if the class had indeed been cancelled.
As it turned out, it hadn't been cancelled. As the minutes ticked by, more and more people filed in. Someone came and told us that we were to collect our book. So a bunch of us trouped to the 1st floor, turned a corner, ended up at another classroom full of students, looked sheepishly about and then were informed that we were supposed to head in the other direction. Can someone please hand over a cuppa steaming coffee to me, please? I must be sleep-walking. Move over zombies from 'The Walking Dead'! So we dragged ourselves in the general opposite direction and stood outside a small cabin. When my turn came, I entered, showed the receipt and collected a book - which, honestly, I am yet to take a good look at. But all this walking did me a favor. It woke me up. By the time the teacher walked in, I was all ready for today's lesson.
Today's lesson was about the gender change. I meant about how to change the gender of the nouns. E.g. 'El Hermano' becomes 'La Hermana' because the last 'o' gets changed to 'a'. And 'El Profesor' becomes 'La Profesora' because the last letter is a consonant i.e. 'r'. Piece of cake!
In an earlier class, we had done numbers 1 to 10. Now it was the turn of 11 to 20. After making us recite the numbers 4-5 times the teacher turned it into a game. So people had to say aloud the next number when their turn came. The next time it was the next even number and after that the next odd number.
Next on agenda were the months of the year. The class was divided into two sections and each side had to say the name of a month. The other side had to respond by saying the name of the next month. On the next round, it would be the previous month and on the last round it was the second month after that. Must say it was a great way to remember things without having to learn them by heart. And a lot of fun too!
Can't believe we have already finished 4 classes out of the total 20. 20% done and looking forward to more :-)
As it turned out, it hadn't been cancelled. As the minutes ticked by, more and more people filed in. Someone came and told us that we were to collect our book. So a bunch of us trouped to the 1st floor, turned a corner, ended up at another classroom full of students, looked sheepishly about and then were informed that we were supposed to head in the other direction. Can someone please hand over a cuppa steaming coffee to me, please? I must be sleep-walking. Move over zombies from 'The Walking Dead'! So we dragged ourselves in the general opposite direction and stood outside a small cabin. When my turn came, I entered, showed the receipt and collected a book - which, honestly, I am yet to take a good look at. But all this walking did me a favor. It woke me up. By the time the teacher walked in, I was all ready for today's lesson.
Today's lesson was about the gender change. I meant about how to change the gender of the nouns. E.g. 'El Hermano' becomes 'La Hermana' because the last 'o' gets changed to 'a'. And 'El Profesor' becomes 'La Profesora' because the last letter is a consonant i.e. 'r'. Piece of cake!
In an earlier class, we had done numbers 1 to 10. Now it was the turn of 11 to 20. After making us recite the numbers 4-5 times the teacher turned it into a game. So people had to say aloud the next number when their turn came. The next time it was the next even number and after that the next odd number.
Next on agenda were the months of the year. The class was divided into two sections and each side had to say the name of a month. The other side had to respond by saying the name of the next month. On the next round, it would be the previous month and on the last round it was the second month after that. Must say it was a great way to remember things without having to learn them by heart. And a lot of fun too!
Can't believe we have already finished 4 classes out of the total 20. 20% done and looking forward to more :-)
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