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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 »
The Subjunctive for the Imperative: An Unorthodox Explanation I
by Lauris on 1/22/2015
When we have to introduce the present subjunctive tense to our students, we notice that the lesson is programmed in many manuals to be taught after the imperative has already been introduced. I’ve heard colleagues of… more »
Spanish Singers: Providers of Teaching Material
by Lauris on 12/11/2014
Joan Manuel SerratSpanish teachers are often looking for activity possibilities that can break up the routine in the classroom: games, role-playing exercises, activities outside the classroom, videos, and of course… more »
The Spanish Pronoun SE - Part Three
by Lauris on 9/4/2014
Now that we've jumped head first into this topic, let's see if we can finish it off. Now, that we've gone over with the different circumstances in which this controversial pronoun appears our students we, as teachers,… more »
The Spanish Pronoun SE - Part One
by Lauris on 8/21/2014
After giving some thought to some common issues and questions that often arise among the collective of ELE teachers, it occurred to me, after speaking long and profoundly with one of my colleagues (It is well known… more »
Language Learning with Spanish Proverbs
by Lauris on 7/31/2014
When Spanish learners reach the intermediate level, let’s say B1 or B2, their progress often begins to slow and it may even come to a gradual halt. This phenomenon has a relatively straight forward explanation: when… more »
Spanish Level Evaluation
by Lauris on 7/3/2014
Evaluating the Language Competency LevelOne of the most arduous tasks that the ELE Spanish teacher takes on is that of correctly evaluating the language competency level of those new students that enter the classroom.… more »
The Spanish Teacher as a Guide
by Lauris on 5/8/2014
A Guide on the Road to Intercultural CompetenceDuring the last few weeks we’ve seen how some Europeans are shocked when they discover the daily schedule of the “average” Spaniard. They frown when they hear that we go… more »
Difficult Topics in Language Classes
by Lauris on 4/10/2014
With the arrival of Semana Santa (Easter Week) cultural issues come up in the Spanish as a foreign language class that usually derive from a lack of information that students have about Spanish religious traditions. I… more »
Spanish - Memorization and Learning
by Lauris on 2/20/2014
As teachers of Spanish as a foreign language (ELE), of whom many of us work with groups of multi-national students, we are faced on a daily basis with an issue that usually puts us in one predicament or another: to… more »