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How to design a syllabus for a Spanish course
by Esther on 10/20/2016
How to design a syllabus for a Spanish courseWe start with an analysis of the students and their environmentSurely we'd all agree that it's not appropriate to prepare the same course syllabus for a Spanish conversation… more »
Cybernauts, Translators and Makers of Gestures III
by Lauris on 10/24/2014
Part Three: Non-Verbal LanguageThere’s a joke that goes: “what do you call a Spaniard with his arms crossed?” After a few seconds of dramatic pause, the punch line comes: “mute!” Non-verbal language, the use of the… 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 »
Language Learning: To Dub or Not to Dub, That’s the Question
by Lauris on 9/19/2013
When working in the classroom with Nordic or Dutch students who are relatively young, under 25, it’s always a surprise to see how multi-lingual they are. It’s not unusual to meet an 18 year old Danish student that can… more »
How to use the dictionary when learning the Spanish Language
by Lauris on 12/6/2012
Frequently, we Spanish teachers encounter students who suffer from a condition known as “dictionary addiction”. I personally like to call it Dictionary-Itis: the unhealthy dependence upon a book as a flotation device… more »
Benefits of Word Clouds in Learning Spanish
by Dilek on 11/19/2012
While studying Spanish, it is not easy to grade the diffuculty of its parts yet vocabulary might be a bit more important issue for language immersion. Outside of school if you don't have too much interaction with the… more »
The Future of Dual Language Immersion
by Dilek on 3/30/2012 12:53:00 PM
Spanish is the second natively spoken language in the world. In most of the countries especially in USA, its importance has risen much lately.In the United States, public schools have increased the number of… more »
Living and Working in Spain: What’s it really like?
by Matthew Leake on 12/14/2011
During the final week of a 6-month work placement at don Quijote’s central promotion office in Salamanca, I find myself in an increasingly reflective mood looking back at the past half a year and wondering how to… more »
Take your class to learn Spanish in Spain!
by Matthew Leake on 10/11/2011 4:52:00 PM
Everyone involved in teaching knows just how important it is to motivate students so that they are actually interested in what is being taught. However, at times trying to create this motivation within a classroom… more »
How long does it take to learn a language?
by Kimberly on 9/15/2011
How long does it take to learn Spanish? How long do I need to stay to become fluent? These are questions we often hear when people are trying to figure out how much time they should spend abroad.My first answer would… more »