Crédito “extra”

N.B. Next week’s work involves the BKN unit on “Ojalá que llueva café.” Details forthcoming but if you want to get ahead, you can start working on this song and the related exercises.

Meanwhile, we have an optional extra credit assignment and no, it is not because people did poorly on the quiz – they didn’t – it was planned. It could be a good thing to do, though, for people who have missed class, or who would have liked to do even better on the quiz, or who would just like some more advanced practice.

What: see the film Buena Vista Social Club and write a cogent, typed, 200-225 review, using the present and when appropriate, the past tenses and the present subjunctive correctly, and the verbs like gustar.

Why this movie? Because it has to do with Afro-Cuban music, and because the Spanish in it is very clearly pronounced and relatively easy to understand.

When is this due? Thursday, February 28 or before the following Tuesday class.

Where do we get the film? It is available via all the usual outlets. It will also be at the reserve desk in the library beginning Friday afternoon, one copy for viewing in the library itself, and another on one day reserve.