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Take Advantage of Spanish Class Summer Vacation
by Esther on 8/4/2016
Take Advantage of Spanish Class Summer VacationJonesing to Teach Spanish Around this time of year, many of you are on vacation, although others are immersed in your summer intensive Spanish courses and you may have… more »
Using the Instituto Cervantes Curricular Plan for your Spanish Classes
by Esther on 7/28/2016
Using the Instituto Cervantes Curricular Plan for your Spanish ClassesWhat is the Instituto Cervantes Curricular Plan (PCIC)?The Instituto Cervantes Curricular Plan "develops and sets levels of reference for the… more »
How to teach and learn vocabulary in Spanish class
by Esther on 7/21/2016
How to teach and learn vocabulary in Spanish classThe old and new ways of teaching vocabulary in Spanish classesWe all know that in order to learn vocabulary you have to use it in an appropriate context, and that the… more »
How to make presentations for our Spanish classes
by Esther on 7/7/2016
How to make engaging and professional presentations for our Spanish classes All teachers have their own little bag of tricksAs teachers, we all like to create our own materials to use in the Spanish classroom. To do… more »
Are you a Teacher 2.0?
by Esther on 6/30/2016
Education Technology for teachersThe field of Spanish as a Foreign Language or Second Language (ELE / EL2) Teaching has evolved, and although many still resist, we must adapt to the times in which we live. It's time to… more »
Grappling with Language During the Campaign Season
by Lauris on 5/22/2015
As teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language we love “authentic materials” and we are always on the lookout for a television or radio advert which fits in perfectly with the topic of a class or we make use of the daily… more »
The Princess of Asturias Awards 2015
by Lauris on 5/14/2015
Sometimes our resistance to change, force of habit and what some people call our “autopilot” mode can play a dirty trick on us. That is what happened to me with the Prince of Asturias Award, which I forgot are, as of… more »
Funny Matters which Cause Us to Stop and Think
by Lauris on 5/7/2015
It is always helpful and advantageous to add a dash of humor to our classes (personally, I like to use examples which “shock” my students because this will make sure that they really remember what I have taught them… more »
A Fun Activity to Practice POR and PARA
by Salomé Torres on 4/23/2015
One thing that all investigations into foreign language teaching and learning agree on is that it is profitable to teach grammar in the classroom. Gone are the days when purists used to deny the effectiveness of… more »
Eduardo Galeano and Günther Grass
by Lauris on 4/16/2015
Sometimes it seems like writers decide to pass away two by two.Sometimes, throughout history strange incidents and coincidences have occurred which seemto have been planned in advance. On Monday, 13th April, (thank… more »