Want to give your Spanish students a shortcut to fluency?
Short stories are the ticket.
Spanish novels are more like meandering, scenic paths to arrive at fluency.
But short stories are the short, direct paths chopped through the hedges.
When …
We are not teaching math class, we are teaching Spanish.
Sure, we use tables, graphs, charts and formulas to teach grammar and other language elements.
But when it comes down to it, you simply cannot learn Spanish by memorizing black …
Hey you, listen up!
You didn’t hear me?
You want me to repeat that and talk slower?
Again?
Wow, I guess you really can’t understand me when I speak.
Let’s not have your Spanish students become that person who can’t …
Once upon a time, there was a Spanish teacher who wanted the very best for her students.
In fact, each and every one of her Spanish students had the chance to become near proficient in the language.
Speaking Spanish proficiently …
“Teacher, can we watch a video?”
Have your students ever said this?
Then give them what they want!
Mine used to suggest it all the time, especially when we were getting close to the Christmas period or just before the …
Old-school. Vintage. Antiquated. Outdated.
What do those terms have in common?
You don’t want them to describe your Spanish teaching methods.
They all refer to something that is past its prime, whether it be in a positive connotation like “vintage …
Group activities have long been in need of a makeover.
They’ve gotten a bad rap.
In the past, announcing group work likely provoked groans from your students.
You’d always see unbalanced workloads amongst group members.
We don’t all play nice …
