Ojalá que llueva café is a classic—an oldie, but a goodie. There are many ways this song is helpful for Spanish teachers. Here is a complete lesson, an example of how to teach and use music in Spanish class. My Spanish students have always enjoyed this song because it's [...]
NOTE: This is from a unit that teaches the subjunctive with a story-based approach and compelling comprehensible input. You can get the entire unit here. The example in from a Spanish 3 class, but the principles apply to any language and any level. FOCUS STRUCTURE: quiere que vaya [...]
The main thing that some students learn in a foreign language class is that learning another language is just way too hard for them. They mainly learn that they stink at it. They think that becoming fluent is beyond them and that they will never get it. But they [...]
Fluency through TPR Storytelling, by Blaine Ray and Contee Seely What It’s About: A well-thought-out method to teach language and not kill the teacher in the process that is thoroughly supported by decades of SLA research and thousands of teachers and their students. Among TPRS practitioners, this book is [...]
This is another story for early Spanish I. Here is the pdf link: LA CHICA FANTASTICA It is based on a story by Mike Coxon and is a continuation of the story from last week. The kids had fun with it. It is filled with high frequency vocabulary and there [...]
I love the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare because I have always considered myself to be somewhat of a tortoise--I may be slow, but I stick with it. Stories like this can encourage us to persist in the face of ridicule, rejection and seemingly overwhelming odds. When [...]