Spanish lessons with a UCES tutor focused on conversation, culture, and personal growth

The Student and Tutor engaged in a Spanish language lesson, starting with a vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about highways like Route 66 and the Pan-American Highway. The main academic focus was on understanding and applying the Pretérito and Imperfecto tenses to express emotions and mental states in the past. They discussed specific verbs and rules for when to use each tense for ongoing states versus changes in emotion, with plans to continue practicing this topic in the next session.

The session focused on reinforcing Spanish vocabulary related to accidents and extensively reviewing past tenses, specifically *imperfecto* and *pretérito*. The Student practiced describing accident scenes by identifying differences between images and creating narratives, with the Tutor providing real-time feedback on grammar, verb conjugation, and vocabulary. The next session will continue working on these concepts and potentially introduce new comparisons between past tenses.

The Student and Tutor continued their work on Spanish past tenses, specifically focusing on the distinction and application of the preterite and imperfect. They reviewed concepts through text analysis and practiced conjugating verbs in various scenarios, including describing images and narrating past events. The Tutor advised the Student to review past tense conjugations, including irregular verbs and endings, in preparation for continued work on these tenses in upcoming sessions.

The Student and Tutor practiced forming and using the present perfect tense in Spanish through various activities. They started by discussing Latin American celebrities and their accomplishments, then moved on to constructing sentences about global warming and current events. The session concluded with descriptive storytelling based on images, reinforcing vocabulary and grammatical structures, with plans to continue with new vocabulary next class.

Student and Tutor reviewed Spanish vocabulary related to celebrations through fill-in-the-blank exercises. They discussed cultural aspects of carnivals and fairs in Latin America, read a text on the topic, and identified cognates. The session ended with an introduction to Uruguayan Murgas, with a video planned for completion and discussion in the next class, connecting it to grammar concepts.

The Student and Tutor continued their study of the Spanish present perfect tense, reviewing its formation and usage, particularly for experiences and recent past events. They practiced completing sentences and translating a descriptive text, focusing on correct verb conjugation and understanding idiomatic expressions. The session concluded with the Student starting an exercise to create personal sentences using the present perfect and environmental vocabulary, which will be finished next time.