Fun speaking task in Spanish.
This week, in Spanish, we worked on a conversation between a mum and his son about his new girlfriend. The mum wants to know about his son's new girlfriend and keeps asking him how she looks like...
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The joy of recording!
This simple device is becoming a "staple" in my lessons. I plug it to my computer, open Audacity (a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds) and I start recording my students. they...
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Reciting a poem in Spanish.
In a previous post, I wrote about how recording students is a great way to get them speaking. They love to listen to their own voice and are quite happy to be recorded again if they did some mistakes...
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To improve listening skills: Audio-Lingua.
This is an excellent website to practice and improve your students' listening skills in another language. Audio-Lingua is a collaborative bank of authentic audio resources for a freely pedagogical or...
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Collaboration project with a school in the USA, Part 2.
A few weeks ago I embarked on an exciting project with a North American school. My Spanish students in grade 9 (14-15 years old) were able to connect with other Spanish students across the Atlantic....
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Sing to learn a new language.
As you may have noticed, I am very much into songs and singing at the moment. I find it is one of the best ways to teach new vocabulary and most importantly for students to memorise it. Younger...
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Teaching Spanish: successful sequence of lessons related to TV
I already mentioned the brilliant Spanish textbook entitled Gente Joven 1. I like this textbook because each topic is linked to the Hispanic culture and the exercises are fun, engaging and...
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As you may know, I have had a baby boy a month ago and therefore I have been quite busy. In fact, my little Augustin has taken me all my time and I have just had enough time in the day to check my...
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