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Spanish Movies Awards Pay Tribute to the Work of Teachers
by Lauris on 2/13/2014
Living is easy with eyes closedSpanish film’s 2014 Goya awards took place this week and I loved one winner in particular because it touched a soft spot in my heart: the award for best feature length film went to Vivir… more »
Some Fantastic Material for Spanish Classes
by Lauris on 2/7/2014
The Spanish Film "Amanece que no es poco"The 2014 Goya Awards ceremony is being held this Sunday the 9th and it can be seen at 10 pm (Spanish peninsula time) on TV on channel TVE 1 or on the internet at www.rtve.es.… more »
Spanish Television Online
by Lauris on 1/30/2014
For those who want to stay up to date on a certain part of the world, the internet provides an invaluable window that allows users to access information which would otherwise remain practically unreachable.We’re… more »
Graded Readers in Spanish
by Lauris on 1/23/2014
It could just be that my vision of the subject is distorted after teaching so many years, but I always have to scratch my head whenever I hear someone talking about the low reading level we have here in Spain and how… more »
Reported Speech in Spanish – Part three
by Lauris on 1/9/2014
We left off last week by first considering the changes made in the past tense when reporting speech and then by asking the question “but what happens in the subjunctive?”Spanish Future TenseBefore diving right in to… more »
Reported Speech in Spanish - Part Two
by Lauris on 1/2/2014
We left off last week with the following question: “What tense is the subject Yo in and how do you refer to the past, present and future in that context?” The answer to that question is “Ahora”. Take a look below to… more »
Reported Speech in Spanish - Part One
by Lauris on 12/26/2013
Repeating what others say or saidWhen faced with the challenge of explaining to students about the use of reported speech (discurso referido or estilo indirecto, whichever you prefer) Spanish teachers often present a… more »
Spanish Language: The Battle of Genders
by Salomé Torres on 12/19/2013
Whenever the topic of Spanish machismo comes up, I’m never sure which position I should take, that of a language specialist or a language user (as a woman and mother of two girls, I’m also a victim of machismo).… more »
Dealing With Sexist Language (or not)
by Lauris on 12/12/2013
Gender Issues in the Spanish LanguageI have on occasion used the following story to remind my students of the importance of gender related grammatical elements in Spanish, especially for English speakers, who don’t… more »
Haste Makes Waste in Spanish Lessons
by Lauris on 12/5/2013
The other day I was in a city in the north of Tenerife, called Icod de los Vinos, and was witness to a tradition that occurs in this city every November 29th: young people riding on greased boards racing down some of… more »