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How to Adapt a Spanish Book to Your Spanish Classes
by Esther on 9/1/2016
How to Adapt a Spanish Book to Your Spanish ClassesI Don't Like the Spanish Book I Have to Use in My Spanish ClassesSpanish teachers normally use specific language learning books in their classes, either because they… more »
World Book Day in Spain
by Lauris on 4/30/2015
April 23rd is World Book Day. This is a fitting annual commemoration as it is celebrated on the same day that Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare died way back in 1616.It is also somewhat of a coincidence that… 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 »
Cell Phones in the Classroom?
by Lauris on 3/20/2015
Versión española abajoA few weeks ago we took a look at the decision, the dichotomy, the debate, and the duality between paper books and eBooks. My personal inclinations ended up slipping into the discussion as usual… more »
Explaining Ser and Estar
by Salomé Torres on 3/5/2015
Last week I was talking about how helpful a cognitive grammar approach can be for explaining ser and estar, which later initiated a discussion with my colleagues who put forth examples that seemed to refute the… more »
The DELE Renews Itself
by Lauris on 8/14/2014
Sometimes insomnia isn't so bad. I say that because unfortunately, more often than naught, some quality cultural programs are aired during the ungodly hours of the early morning. Even on the public television stations… 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 »
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 »
Gabriel García Márquez (1927 – 2014)
by Lauris on 4/22/2014
One Less Genius In the WorldSometimes a genius hides behind a persona of someone who is always angry or hard to live with. That’s what I think of when I think of Salvador Dalí. When I calmly look at one of his… more »