ESP. 1
CAP. 2A
FERNANDO BOTERO
• Botero is a famous artist from Colombia. His
paintings and sculptures feature people and
objects that are rounded and enlarged to an
exaggerated size.
MOST POPULAR FOREIGN LANGUAGE
English is the most popular foreign language!
Many children begin learning English while they are
in elementary school and continue through high
school.
FROM WHAT LANGUAGE ARE MOST
SPANISH WORD DERIVED?
• Many Spanish words
are derived from
Latin because Spain
was once part of
the Roman Empire.
• Rome occupied
most of Spain from
about 209 B.C. to
586 A.D.
EL RECREO
• El recreo means
receess or break.
• In Spanish-speaking
countries, students
usually have el recreo
in the school patio.
• Students take time to
relax or spend time with
friends, eat a snack or
participate in activities
such as a quick game
of basketball, soccer,
or volleyball.
TIME
• In Spanish-speaking
countries, time is often
showing using the 24 hour
clock on official
schedules. We often know
this as military time.
• Time in the morning is
shown as 00:00 (midnight)
through 11:59 a.m.
• 1:00 p.m. is shown as
13:00.
WHAT IS THE FAVORITE SPORT IN
SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES?
• El fútbol or soccer is the favorite sport in most
Spanish-speaking countries. In fact, it is the most
popular sport in the world.
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULOUS
SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY?
• With a
population of
more than 100
million people,
Mexico is the
most populous
Spanishspeaking
country.
SEASONS
• Seasons for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
are reversed. When it’s winter for us, in the Northern
Hemisphere, it is summer in Chile, in the Southern
Hemisphere.