A friend recently wrote asking, "What resources would you recommend for someone who is trying to learn Spanish? My barista's boyfriend's family speaks exclusively Spanish and she's trying to fit in. She's using Duolingo currently." Here is my response: In my opinion Duolingo is not the best resource for [...]
Bill, a reader of this blog, writes: I am writing to ask if you offer short stories that are designed to expose students of the Spanish language to the usage of the many and varied subjunctive "triggers". I am aware that there are many books out there on the [...]
Bill, a reader of this blog, writes: I am writing to ask if you offer short stories that are designed to expose students of the Spanish language to the usage of the many and varied subjunctive "triggers". I am aware that there are many books out there on the [...]
I did a demonstration for teachers this week. The students were from a 7th grade middle school Spanish I class. All of the middle school world language team leaders in the school district observed. The students were in the middle of a unit that focused on: Greetings Classroom expressions [...]
This is an excerpt from my book Hi-Impact Reading Strategies Ping Pong Reading (AKA Volleyball Reading) This is a reading and oral interpreting exercise that you can do every so often as a review. I would not do this every day, maybe not even every week, because so much L1 [...]
Teachers often ask me why I feature verbs so prominently in my training and materials for beginning students. It's because that's where the action is! And using verbs over adjectives can make for compelling storytelling. I try to follow the storytelling advice from the creators of South Park: the [...]