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An Engaging Way to Teach Spanish Grammar
by Salomé Torres on 2/26/2015
It’s been two years since I first read Qué gramática enseñar, qué gramática aprender by Reyes Llopis, José Plácido, and Juan Manuel Real.I’ve reread it three times because I think that the changes it inspires are… more »
Thoughts on this Year's Goya Awards
by Lauris on 2/19/2015
A new mode of writing known as noir fiction emerged in the US during the great depression. Perhaps as a child of the movement, film noir elevated Bogart and his Maltese Falcon to the height of the film genre.The… more »
Can Uppercase Letters be Marked with an Accent?
by Lauris on 2/12/2015
One of the questions that Spanish teachers get asked in class is if the accent mark known in Spanish as the tilde is really necessary (the tilde shouldn’t be confused with the virgulilla [~] which is placed over the… more »
The Subjunctive for the Imperative - Part III
by Lauris on 2/5/2015
We now have a handle on the imperative in both its affirmative and negative forms. We’ve also taken a look with our students at why these forms came to be the way they are. Once we’ve worked a little with exercises and… more »