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Cybernauts, Translators and Makers of Gestures II
by Lauris on 10/17/2014
Part Two: TranslationItalians say “traduttore, traditore” (translator, traitor?) which in my opinion means, and this is where we already start to see how expression gets lost so easily in translation, that some type of… more »
Cybernauts, Translators and Makers of Gestures I
by Lauris on 10/2/2014
Part One: On the InternetLast week we were talking a little about digital illiteracy and its consequences in the everyday lives of Spanish teachers.One thing that’s important to keep in mind is that problems can be… more »
The Spanish Pronoun SE - Part Three
by Lauris on 9/4/2014
Now that we've jumped head first into this topic, let's see if we can finish it off. Now, that we've gone over with the different circumstances in which this controversial pronoun appears our students we, as teachers,… more »
Games with Spanish Proverbs
by Lauris on 8/7/2014
We left off last week playing around a bit with idioms. I also mentioned that this week I’d propose activities that you could use to get started teaching proverbs and the challenging lexicon these include.One thing I… more »
Language Learning with Spanish Proverbs
by Lauris on 7/31/2014
When Spanish learners reach the intermediate level, let’s say B1 or B2, their progress often begins to slow and it may even come to a gradual halt. This phenomenon has a relatively straight forward explanation: when… 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 »
Spanish Stereotypes: Ocho apellidos vascos
by Lauris on 3/27/2014
I assume that all teachers of Spanish as a foreign language, or all teachers of any language for that matter, feel quite pleased when they come across relevant material they can use in the classroom. We’re constantly… more »
Comics and Spanish
by Lauris on 11/7/2013
When I was a kid, Sunday morning was always a magical time, when my parents would give me my allowance money of a few pesetas, which always made me feel almost like a millionaire – or at least loaded with excitement.… more »
About "Best Dictionaries" and the "Best Spanish Dictionary"
by Lauris on 12/20/2012
Every time that a student asks us to recommend a dictionary, we should bare in mind a series of questions in order to give the best advice each time.For a student of basic level Spanish (A1, A2), having a bilingual… more »
The importance of a DELE course
by Dilek on 1/19/2012 2:16:00 PM
DELE is the official test in Spanish as a foreign language and stands for Spanish Diploma as a Foreign Language (Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera). It is the only certificate for non-native Spanish speakers… more »