La Bicicleta

Today is Day 11 of our 90 day challenge and our second Zoom meeting. It was fun to put faces to names after interacting with them all during the week. We practiced introducing ourselves using "Me llamo .... y me gusta ...." We have one classmate whose name is Shakira, which our instructor, Ismar couldn't help but ask if she was named after Shakira the latin singer or if Shakira is a popular name in different countries. As it turns out, it is a popular Arabic name. 

Afterwards, I attended Spanish Zumba class, which since I love to dance and I love Spanish music, it's like a tri-fecta for me! The last song was La Bicicleta, by Carlos Vives and ..... wait for it ... Shakira! Coincidence? I think not.

It's a vallenato, which my Columbian language partner, Isabel says is a very popular type of music in her country. I understand about 60% of the lyrics, which is less than the 70-80% Ismar recommends. But I'm willing to struggle through it. I love the song and I trust that will get me past the 10%.

Plus isn't culture and music part of learning a language? I think it definitely adds to your understanding. What do you think?