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Hablando con las manos
by Diego on 5/19/2016
Lauris nos habla de la importancia de la enseñanza de la expresión gestual.Hace unos años, bastantes por cierto, algunos periódicos españoles publicaron una fotografía en su primera página. La foto no era de una… more »
Decálogo del profesor de ELE
by Lauris on 10/29/2015
Está claro que para ser profesor de ELE, y durar, hace falta ser de una pasta un tanto especial. Como titulados en Filología y/o orgullosos poseedores de un Máster y de una buena cantidad de participaciones en… more »
El día E se dedica a la paremiología
by Lauris on 6/25/2015
Este año, el 20 de junio se ha vuelto a celebrar, como viene haciéndose desde hace seis años, el Día de la Lengua Española, más conocido como el “Día E”. Esta iniciativa, que partió del Instituto Cervantes, se ha… more »
The Difference between POR and PARA
by Salomé Torres on 3/12/2015
Understanding the difference between por and para can be a constant challenge for students learning Spanish. Even students at high levels continue mixing up the two prepositions that have caused so many headaches for… 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 »
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 »
Don’t Tell My Mother...
by Lauris on 9/11/2014
... that I’m a Spanish TeacherWhen you finish high school and you must cross that Rubicon that used to be known as the selectividad, the university access exam that defines your future and which is now known simply as… more »
The Courtyards Festival of Cordoba
by Lauris on 5/1/2014
In the Spanish language classroom one thing that we can and should do more often is to utilize cultural events and topics as subject matter. If we use texts that are more or less journalistic in nature along with… 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 »
Cross Cultural Communication
by Salomé Torres on 3/26/2013
As Fray Luis de León once said: “as we were saying yesterday”… A few weeks ago, I finished my post with: “Today I’m at the bookshop, and I don’t see any popular new methods. Everything I do see however contains… more »