Upgrading Spanish I Lesson Plans for my students....

Question

Hi y'all, I need some help from some of the younger generation. I am upgrading my lesson plans for my basic Spanish I students. From my basic 100 verb list I am taking out "to type." However, his leaves me with the dilema of what to replace it with. Since most of my students would not know a typewriter if it fell on their head, what is now the common use verb for working with a keyboard? Remember this is basic and I want to use a verb that will assist with their communication. They have just this semester started verb conjugation. Any and all help and or advise appreciated.

Thanks, Vance >

Answer 1

Let me see if I understand correctly, you want to remove the word type? Teclar? Why would you do that? Teclar in no way has become antiquated or obsolete. Teclar is a very very broad general word used when you type at a computer, text into a phone, hell a keyboard is a direct variation from the verb, el teclado. There are no substitutes; it would be a mistake to remove the word.

Answer 2

Thanks for all the assiatance, it seems that it may be best to just leave it in. I always associated it with typing, but texting is the same. again, thanks for all the replies and the help. Vance

Answer 3

Creo que debes usar este verbo. . .¡es muy facil! Like other people have said, it comes directly from "la tecla" or "el teclado." And if you taught them "la tecla" it would be even easier for them to understand since "teclar" is just "la tecla" with an "r" at the end. ¡Espero que sea gran ayuda!

Answer 4

Our grade schools now teach "keyboarding" instead of "typing." This is defined in Wiktionary as "the act of typing at a keyboard."

But Wikipedia says "Typing is the process of inputting text into a device, such as a typewriter, cell phone, computer, or a calculator, by pressing keys on a keyboard."

So I think you could use either term and be correct.

Answer 5

Is it teclar or teclear? Maybe they both are used? We had this word of the day a while back: "escribir a maquina" for type, which probably does sound antiquated now.

word of the day: escibir a maquina

Answer 6

I agree with Daniel-Josep. If anything more people are typing now than before.

Answer 7

Entrada de datos = data entry

There has to be something better.Whats worse, I don't know where to look up an answer for you.It has to be somehting like thumbing- you know how people entry data in to their phones- they do it with one thumb.