Start Learning Spanish: 5-week Crash Course Start learning Spanish today with this fast 5-week course. How long does it take to speak Spanish take? Quick review- This is a hugely important factor in learning a language, time. To learn basic Spanish (it’s really closely related to English) you can invest between 750 and 1,000 hours… Read More Start Learning Spanish: 5-week Crash Course
World Language Classroom: End of Year Fun I love teaching languages. There are so many things we can do in the world language classroom to bring our lessons to life. With that said, the end of the year can be hard for students to stay focused. Below are some fun activities for your world language… Read More World Language Classroom: End of Year Fun
Study Italian: 5-week Crash Course Study Italian with this fast 5-week course. This is a hugely important factor in learning a language, time. To learn basic Italian (it’s really closely related to English) you can invest between 750 and 1,000 hours of focused, immersive, input and practice, and hit a very basic level of fluency.… Read More Study Italian: 5-week Crash Course
Future Tense Spanish Lessons Future tense lessons in Spanish are some of my very favorites. Students have often tackled many different verbs tenses by the time they have encountered the future. As we know in Spanish, all of the different forms, irregular verbs, spelling changes, etc., can be a challenge for even the most dedicated… Read More Future Tense Spanish Lessons
Language Lesson Plans: Winter Holidays Winter holidays make for the funnest language language lessons. Like many language teachers, I love to use holidays to teach vocabulary, culture, traditions and food while having fun. These, of course, will be different lesson plans depending on the language you teach. Holidays are a great opportunity to infuse some… Read More Language Lesson Plans: Winter Holidays
Perfect your Spanish, Italian or French with these tasks. Use this list to practice talking about the past. Expand your vocabulary and increase your fluency with these practice tasks. Each group is a little more difficult than the previous group. Talk about where you went yesterday. Talk about where you went last weekend. Talk about… Read More Perfect Your Spanish, French or Italian: Practice Narration Tasks
Present Progressive in Spanish Lessons Teaching the present progressive is one of my favorite topics for Spanish lessons. The context allows for a lot of fun activities and engagement. I have created a bundle of activities. Below are some ideas for teaching the present progressive in Spanish in your class: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spanish-Lessons-Present-Progressive-Unit-1615224 Day One. Start with… Read More Present Progressive in Spanish Lessons
Teaching Spanish: Family Unit Learning to talk about family is done in nearly every Spanish 1 class. I have compiled a collection of some of my favorite activities to teaching the family in Spanish. Day One. I’d like to introduce the concept of family with this PowerPoint, telling the story of the family. I then… Read More Teaching Spanish: Family Unit
Spanish Lessons: Emotions I have compiled some of my favorite Spanish lessons for teaching emotions. I created a bundle with ready-to-go resources, but wanted to share some ideas here for you to try. Day One Introduce emotions through the Presentation. Students will catch onto the pattern. Next, read the directions for the Immersive Vocabulary Quizzes.… Read More Spanish Lessons: Emotions