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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 »
Descriptions in Spanish
by Lauris on 6/26/2014
The Great Inventions of TBOI have always been fascinated by Rube Goldberg’s machines, those complicated and imaginative gadgets that, when interconnected, produce a succession of actions that are fun, extraordinary… more »
25 Years don Quijote Salamanca
by Lauris on 6/12/2014
I can still recall, through the dense haze of my memory, a young, freshly graduated university student brimming with pride over his new Spanish studies degree. He dreamed of becoming a high school literature teacher,… more »
13 Rue del Percebe
by Lauris on 6/5/2014
One learning resource that we have used occasionally to liven up our Spanish language classrooms is the use of comics, especially Spanish comics or "tebeos". The use of these can be a double-edged sword and failure of… more »
Mafalda - Opening the Door to Argentine Spanish
by Lauris on 5/29/2014
This week we received the great news that don Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, an 81 year old Argentine, who on March 22 of this year received the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his lifetime work as cartoonist… more »
Intercultural Conflicts: Practical Questions
by Lauris on 5/22/2014
The other day I was recalling some situations that I have witnessed where my intercultural know-how left me a little short or simply wasn’t there. Those moments have made me reflect on how I can help our students avoid… 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 »
Teaching Spanish - Follow Your Nose
by Lauris on 4/16/2014
One of the issues that arises in the study of NLP (we discussed this subject a few months ago regarding the communication technique known as Nuero-linguistic programming) can actually help us discover a way to more… 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 »
Octavio Paz - A 100 Years Go By in a Flash
by Lauris on 4/3/2014
This week, don Octavio Paz will turn one century old. I mean, he would be that old if cancer hadn’t decided to take him to Mount Olympus of the gods in April of 1998, converting him into an immortal. If he had died… more »