Presentational Speaking: Cultural Comparison

Question

So in our Spanish class, we are practicing our presentational speaking. We have to record ourselves talking for 2 minutes. We have to respond to a specific topic while demonstrating cultural understanding of the Spanish-speaking world. The topic is ¿Cómo refleja el arte la cultura de una sociedad?Here's what I wrote

El arte refleja la cultura de una sociedad en muchas maneras. Pero, la manera más importante que he visto en mis observaciones es que pueden describir una historia ricamente. Personas en el pasado no necesariamente tenían que usar palabras para expresar ellos mismo. Hay un baile que se llama “Tinikling“ que significa mucha historia en las Filipinas. Muestranos las historias sobre los nativos que estuvieron castigados en las plantaciónes. Pero en otras cosas, Pablo Picasso una pintura española tan famosa, respondió al guerra civil y Francisco Franco con “Guernica“. Había un pueblo pequeño y describe las experiencias espantosas. Sin embargo, arte tiene este qualidad magnífica que expresa emociones y describe una historia ricamente.

Do you think I will be able to say this in 2 minutes? Should I add more detail? Thanks

Answer 1

As far as saying this in two minutes, the only way to know really is to time yourself.

When I and fellow classmates have done this, I have noticed to frequent, but opposing reactions that are common.

1) People stumble and repeat things, and it goes longer than expected.

2) People get nervous and talk fast and go under time.

Just practice it in a measured, paced, easy to understand method, and time yourself.

Now for some feedback:

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es que pueden describir

That seems to refer to either la manera or el arte, and so should be singular -- puede

para expresar ellos mismo

If you´re trying to say express themselves, you can just say ¨para expresarse¨

una pintura española tan famosa

You probably want Pablo to be masculine, thus, Un pintor. (change other words´ genders too)

Sin embargo, arte tiene este qualidad

el arte - When referring to general things like art, or music, Spanish requires the el or la.

It is also La cualidad, so you want to make your este into esta, and your q into a c.

(I still make that latter error all the time)

People better than me can probably find more, but your paper is pretty good, and my few little suggestions will give you a start.