Have you ever found that your work as a Spanish teacher is sometimes misunderstood by your professional community? Teaching Spanish may be your passion and your life’s work, but the reality is, most members of a school’s faculty and administration are unlikely to understand exactly what your school day looks like, feels like and sounds […]
Passive Voice SER + Past Participle Spanish Class Activities
1. Lesson Plan – Passive Voice SER + Past Participle: Rights and Responsibilities [MEMBERS] – Introduce vocabulary related to the rights and responsibilities of citizens with an exercise in which they can relate expressions with their definition to prepare them to watch a video of the subject. Students will have the chance to ask questions and […]
These Kids Explain 13 Puerto Rican Spanish Words
My mom sent me this video recently. These are the 6-years-old vloggers Andres and Lucas showing us a great sample of Puerto Rican Spanish words. Irresistible to watch! The Puerto Rican Spanish words and phrases featured are: jincho: fair skin zafacón: trash can al garete: without direction jicotea: turtle mapo: mop jugo de china: orange juice ¡Qué jartera!: so stuffed (of food) […]
3 Spanish Class Activities for Outdoor Classroom Day
In some parts of the world, a beautiful spring day in May usually means wistful and wriggly students, itching to look out the classroom window, longing for some time outdoors. One day in May, why not take your Spanish class outside for some outdoor learning to celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day? What is Outdoor Learning Anyway? […]
Quick Grammar Review for Spanish Teachers: 10 Ways to Use Your English to Teach Spanish
Here you will find 10 basic English grammar lessons that might be helpful to you and your students as you introduce your students to similar or equivalent grammar concepts in Spanish. The explanations are short and straightforward, as they are intended more as memory prompts for you and your students than actual lesson plans. How […]