Past Tense Spanish Conjugation Lesson Ideas Learners need a lot of practice to master Spanish past tense verb conjugations. While we learn and teach basic past tense conjugation in novice-level Spanish classes, a real mastery of these verbs does not happen until we hit the advanced level. Narrating in the past requires people to know… Read More Spanish Past Tense Verb Conjugations Lessons
Foods in Spanish: Lesson Ideas Teaching foods in Spanish is one of my very favorite themes. With that said, we are busy. Here are some ideas and resources to make your easier. Objectives: in this lesson, students will be able to identify and talk about common foods in Spanish, identify and talk about common fruits… Read More Foods in Spanish: Lesson Ideas
Comprehensible Input Vocab Quizzes Comprehensible Input vocab assessments are the perfect way to begin teaching a language to novice students. They learn how to listen, speak, read, and then finally write-the skill we master last. Select six to eight words from the group of words you’d like to teach. Get the visuals for each. Start… Read More Comprehensible Input: Vocabulary Quizzes
Teaching World Languages: Leveraging Communities ACTFL’s Community Standard From https://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/publications/standards/World-ReadinessStandardsforLearningLanguages.pdf I get so excited when I think about what’s possible in teaching world languages today. Even something as simple as being able to smile and greet someone who speaks another language out in the community is greatly rewarding for students. Imagine being able to help… Read More Teaching World Languages: Leveraging the Communities Standard
Mastering the preterite vs. imperfect is extremely difficult. Being able to narrate in the past is a major feature of the Advanced/C range of language proficiency in any language. While knowing your verb conjugations is an important part of mastering the preterite vs. imperfect, it is far from everything. We tend to start learning verb… Read More Preterite Vs. Imperfect: Narration Practice Tasks
Hispanic Heritage Month Activities I love Hispanic Heritage Month, and love the activities we can do in our Spanish classes dedicated to it. It is a great opportunity to celebrate the fascinating, amazing cultures that speak Spanish. I also love that it is unique, it even gets a special month designation to honor the independence… Read More Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
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Immersive Vocab Quizzes for Teaching a Language to Novice Students Immersive vocab assessments are the perfect way to begin teaching a language to novice students. They learn how to listen, speak, read, and then finally write-the skill we master last. Select six to eight words from the group of words you’d like to teach. Get… Read More Teaching a language: Immersive Vocabulary Quizzes
Netflix is an amazing resource for learning and teaching languages. This post contains affiliate links Binge watching is one of my very favorite ways to learn languages. It takes different amounts of time to learn different categories of languages. As English speakers, the languages that take us the least amount of time to become functionally… Read More Netflix: Learn Languages through Binge Watching