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Un Día En Español 3: Teaching Spanish To American Students
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Episode 3: Teaching Spanish To American Students
Carmela from Spain tells us about her first day teaching Spanish at a college in the United States. She’s nervous about starting this new job and wonders if the students will be able to follow a whole class taught only in Spanish. It turns out, her concerns aren’t completely unfounded.
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Key Vocabulary
| el primer día de trabajo | the first day of work |
| nervioso/a | nervous |
| temprano | early |
| todavía | yet |
| porque | because |
| la clase de inmersión | the immersion class |
| la reunión | the meeting |
| No te preocupes. | Don´t worry. |
| rápido | fast |
| despacio | slow |
| estresante | stressful |
| Estoy seguro/a | I‘m sure |
| un poco | a bit |
| difícil | difficult |
Dynamic Transcript
Show Notes
Un día en español is produced by the language experts at Babbel. The show is hosted by Sebastian Escobar. Editing and sound design by Iván Simonovis Pertiñez. Our producers are Elin Asklöv, Carmela López, Dylan Lyons, Andy Nielsen, and Madeleine Townsend-Clark. Our executive producers are Jen Jordan and Daniel Meehan. Special thanks to our own Carmela López for sharing her story on this episode.
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