day 5the lecture at the library

unit 1 · language & identity

the lecture at the library

Summarise a lecture for a reader: who spoke and on what, the main ideas reformulated (dicho de otro modo, a grandes rasgos), your evaluation and opinion.

today’s words

tomar nota · to take note, to note down
hacerse una idea · to get an idea, to picture
dicho de otro modo · put another way, in other words
en otras palabras · in other words
mejor dicho · or rather
en resumidas cuentas · in short, to sum up
a grandes rasgos · broadly, in broad outline
a modo de · by way of, as a
hacer hincapié en · to stress, to emphasise
poner de manifiesto · to reveal, to make clear
resaltar · to highlight, to stand out
el apartado · section (of a text or form)
la coma · comma
la claridad · clarity
el párrafo · paragraph
el fragmento · passage, extract, fragment
asentir · to nod, to agree
el énfasis · emphasis
recopilar · to collect, to compile
el extracto · extract, excerpt; (bank) statement
el borrador · draft; board eraser
enumerar · to list, to enumerate
sintetizar · to sum up, to synthesise
la ponencia · talk, paper (at a conference)
el/la ponente · speaker (at a conference)
el coloquio · discussion, question time (after a talk)
reformular · to reformulate, to rephrase
el folio · sheet of paper (A4)
el interlocutor · the person you are talking to
condensar · to condense, to shorten
el proyector · projector
el esbozo · outline, sketch
el/la conferenciante · lecturer, speaker
la mediación · mediation

sentences

La ponente usó el proyector para enseñar un mapa. · The speaker used the projector to show a map.
Tomé nota de cada cifra en un folio aparte. · I noted down every figure on a separate sheet.
Con este extracto te harás una idea de la charla. · With this extract you’ll get an idea of the talk.
En otras palabras, el español no es de un solo país. · In other words, Spanish doesn’t belong to a single country.
Enumeró tres diferencias: el vocabulario, el tratamiento y la pronunciación. · She listed three differences: vocabulary, forms of address and pronunciation.