Erin Murphy is from Springfield, Massachussets in the USA ; on the map, it is in the northeast. She's an English teacher assistant at I.E.S. Torre Almenara. She comes to school by bus. She came to Spain in September last year. Her first language is English and the other language she speaks is Spanish. Her birthday is on June 11th. Her favorite number is fifteen.Her favorite colour is blue and her favorite food is potatoes. She lives with three other Americans in Fuengirola and she sometimes goes back to America. She misses her friends and family.She likes Spain because of the weather and the way of life.Her favorite piece of clothing is jeans. Last summer she went to a concert. Her favorite season is autumn and she likes to play football. She has a computer at home and she's good at running. She studied Spanish and Political Science. Her favorite holiday in her country is Thanksgiving. She lived in Leon for one year.She knows how to drive, she has a license but she doesn't own a car. She has two brothers called Paul and Conor and a sister called Brianna. She likes the different cultures in America and plans to move to Boston in America in the future.
Patrick Walsh is from Portage Park in Chicago. He is a teacher assistant in IES Torre Almenara and he takes the bus every day to come to school. He has been in Spain since October, but he is originally from America, from the Midwest. His first language is English and his second language is Spanish. He was born on the 10th of May 1985. His favorite number is 5 and his favorite food is pizza. He currently lives with 3 roommates who are called Chaz, Aaron and Keira. Sometimes he misses America, especially when he first came to Spain. What he likes the most is the weather in Spain. His favorite piece of clothing is his sandals! In the summer, he enjoyed playing baseball and his favorite season is spring. When it´s not raining and not too hot. His favorite sport to play is baseball and he has got a computer at home. He is good at running and he is studying Kinesiology at college. His favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, which is a holiday only in America. He is one of 5 siblings, who are all male, his bothers´names are Tim, John, Kevin and Martin. He plans to go back to America in June and would like to go to Greece for his next holiday.
The 30 “Jackiequestionnaire”
1. What´s your name? Jacqueline Painter 2. Where do you live (in what neighborhood )? La Butibamba en la Cala 3. Do you have a job, and, if so, what do you do? I teach Spanish 4. How do you get to school every day? I walk 5. When did you come to Spain.? At the beginning of Sept. 2007 6. Where are you from originally? Pennsylvania, USA 7. Where in the map is it? In the northeast, near the Atlantic Ocean 8. What's your first language? English 9. What other languages do you speak (in addition to English)? Spanish 10. When's your birthday? February 22nd 11. What's your favorite number? 21 12. What's your favorite color? Blue 13. What's your favorite food? Ice cream 14. Who lives with you currently? (Who do you live with?) A Spanish girl who teaches 15. Do you sometimes want to go back to your home country? Sometimes 16. What do you miss most about your home country? My children
17. What do you like most about Spain? The architecture and the people 18. What's one article (piece) of clothing that you really like? 19. What did you do this summer that you really enjoyed? I took a class on Latin American history. 21What kinds of sports do you like to play or do? Tennis 22. Do you have a computer at home? Yes 23. What are some things that you are good at? (abilities, talents) I play the piano 24. What did you study in school? Spanish 25. What's your favorite holiday here or in your home country? Thanksgiving 26. Have you seen much of Spain? If so, where? Yes, mostly Andalucia, but also Madrid, Toledo and Segovia 27. Can you drive? Do you have a license? Do you own a car? Yes, in the US I have a car, but not in Spain. 28. How many brothers or sisters have you got?. What are their names? I have one sister named Jill. 29. What do you like most about the USA? The wide open spaces and the national parks. 30. What are your plans for the near future? Teaching Spanish to adults and spending time with my children in the USA.