Wednesday 20 October 2010

The other me

What a wonderful tool. Either for the camera-shy or for those who want to listen to the pronunciation of Spanish words, Voki offers a great opportunity for the language learner and teacher. You can record yourself, but use an "avatar" and send it to your instructor; write a sentence and have an avatar say it out loud for you; or, as a teacher, create different avatars with different voices, accents and gender, to spark up your teaching. Visit www.voki.com and have a great time. Here are two of my experiments. Enjoy!




Hola amigos. Bienvenidos a Mi Mundo. Me llamo y Isabel y tengo catorce años. Soy española y vivo en Madrid. Me gusta leer, cocinar y pasear en bicicleta. Hablo español y un poquito de inglés. ¿Qué tal tú? ¿Que te gusta hacer? ¿Cómo es Chelmsfod?


Hello friends? Welcome to My World. I am called Isabel and I have fourteen years. I am Spanish and live in Madrid. I like to read, cook and go bicycle riding. Speak Spanish and a little English. What about you? What do you like to do? How is Chelmsford?


Note= the translation is a literal as possible so you can see the logic and works of the Spanish language


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Hola, me llamo Jorge. Soy de Mexico y soy profesor de español. Me gusta jugar tenis, leer y nadar. Tengo 47 años y estoy casado. Mi esposa se llama Linda. Tengo dos hijos, Roberto y Pedro. Roberto tiene 15 años y le gusta mucho jugar al futbol. Pedro tiene ocho y a el le encanta jugar video juegos.

Hello, I am called Jorge. Am of Mexico and am a Spanish profesor. I like to play tennis, reading and swimming. I have 47 years and I am married. Mi wife is called Linda. I have two sons, Roberto y Pedro. Roberto has 15 years and likes to lot to play football. Pedro has eight and he loves to play video games.