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Category Archives: Discussion/Methodology
Speaking and Writing Rubrics
In our last post, we offered a short communication rubric to give to students or hang up in your classroom to motivate students to work at a higher proficiency level. Today, we are posting our Writing and Speaking rubric that … Continue reading
Communication Rubric
This year we are adopting a proficiency-based classroom based on the goal of communication. All of our formal assessments will be done using proficiency-based rubrics and standards. This change in format would not have been possible without my colleagues from … Continue reading
Voseo
Yes, we are back! After enjoying a nice vacation in South America, through the tour company Intrepid, which took us to the likes of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, and enjoying the most amazing sights of Iguazú Falls, we are here … Continue reading
Sticking to Spanish
One of the biggest struggles when you have a class of 20-30 students is to engage them in speaking the language. While obviously it would be nice to converse with them one-on-one or pair them up with a native speaker, … Continue reading
Posted in Discussion/Methodology, Resources, Speaking
Tagged communication, oral, partner, speaking
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Why I don’t give my students Spanish names
You won’t find a Lupe in my classroom. You won’t find a Felipe, Margarita, José, Rosa, or even Pedro. That’s because I don’t assign “Spanish names” to students in my Spanish class. So yes, I call on Dylan, Tiffany, Chad, … Continue reading
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Tagged class names, nombres, spanish, spanish class, spanish names
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Vosotros
Zachary Jones @ZJonesSpanish, brought up an interesting debate on twitter, by asking if fellow Spanish teachers teach vosotros and why or why not. Some responses given: @hmwildy: I had a prof say “they only use vosotros in Spain, we won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged flteach, Hispanics, spain, spanish, teaching, US Census, vosotros
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Teachers Tweeting: Free Professional Development
I’ll admit, I used to say I would never get a twitter account. I didn’t see the purpose and besides what did I have to say that would be important to anyone to read? I thought twitter was just for … Continue reading
Posted in Discussion/Methodology, Web2.0 Technology
Tagged edchat, educators, flteach, langchat, PLN, professional development, teachers, twitter
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Make reflexive Verbs fun
When I studied Spanish in high school, I never quite understood the concept of reflexive verbs. Now, as a teacher, its one of my favorite topics to teach! Make teaching reflexives verbs fun, interesting, and engaging for your students. I … Continue reading
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Cinco de Mayo
Oh great, it’s that time of year again. The one day a year Americans pay attention to the Mexican “culture”. It’s the one date your average American can say in Spanish. (Although I’m sure we’ve all had that student who … Continue reading
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