World Language thoughts THE VOCABULARY LISTS DILEMMA 30 Aug 202030 Aug 2020 Hola my dear friends and colleagues. Today in my weekly "backwards cap" video I talk about the infamous topic of Vocabulary Lists! Do we really need them? Is this the…
Free resources and ideas CI STYLE MINI “POP UP” GRAMMAR LESSON: EL PRESENTE PERFECTO 27 Aug 202027 Aug 2020 Photo by AbsolutVision While many CI researchers do not recommend "teaching" grammar at the lower levels of second language instruction, at the same time they suggest that short, mini "pop up"…
World Language thoughts READY FOR SECOND WEEK OF INSTRUCTION! 23 Aug 202023 Aug 2020 Last week I blogged about my plans for the first day back and for the first week. I got many kind likes and comments to my video and ideas that…
Activities with songs ROCKALINGUA Y EL INPUT COMPRENSIBLE 22 Aug 202025 Aug 2020 I was invited by the guys at Rockalingua to talk about Comprehensible Input and music in the Spanish classroom and I wanted to share with you the video of the…
AP Spanish Literature LA EDAD MEDIA, AN INTRO FOR THE AP SPANISH LIT CLASS. 21 Aug 202021 Aug 2020 Photo by Artur Tumasjan This is how I introduce the topic of La Edad Media prior to talking about literature and getting into Don Juan Manuel. I believe that giving students…
Activities with songs MAKING THEM SING DURING REMOTE INSTRUCTION 20 Aug 202020 Aug 2020 Photo by Gabriel Benois Dear all, hope your start of the new school year is going well. Yesterday I blogged about how can we make the second and third days fun.…
Activities with songs SECOND AND THIRD DAY FUN 19 Aug 202019 Aug 2020 Thanks to Jason Rosewell Following my recommendation regarding having a fun and “soft” opening week, here I recommend a song based activity that will bring energy, motivation and engagement to your…
World Language thoughts SETTING UP THE TONE VIRTUALLY 18 Aug 202029 Aug 2020 So yesterday, I blogged about the first day/week expectations. You can read that entry here. I explained how sometimes we complicate our lives planning for "the perfect" first class/week and…
World Language thoughts TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 17 Aug 202017 Aug 2020 I have been on Twitter for over ten years and I for sure can say that even though teachers tweet a lot, it's not very common for them to get…
CI book reviews POESÍA PARA LA NATURALEZA 17 Aug 202017 Aug 2020 Saludos queridos profesores. Es con gran alegría y con mucho respeto que quiero presentarles mi nuevo libro de poemas: Acuerdo natural. Este libro es un homenaje a la naturaleza. Cada…
