Tag Archives: música

English Pop Music in Spanish

Posted on September 8, 2015 by

What’s better than taking songs that your students already know and enjoy in English and listening to the Spanish version? Your students will be fascinated listening to the Spanish version of Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off or other current popular … Continue reading →

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Music Recommendation

Posted on June 16, 2015 by

Last week, Raquel Sofia released her first album, Te Quiero Los Domingos. If you are looking for some good music to listen to this summer, then you need to check this out. You may have heard her song “Agridulce” that … Continue reading →

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Lyrics Training

Posted on January 13, 2015 by

If you like using music in your class as much as I do (13 posts tagged Música), then you may be interested in checking out LyricsTraining.com.  It’s essentially an online cloze activity that uses the music video in the background. … Continue reading →

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Raquel Sofia

Posted on December 13, 2014 by

If you have not heard any music by the talented boriqua Raquel Sofia, you are missing out. She has toured as a backup singer to Colombians Juanes and Shakira and is now breaking out onto the scene as a solo … Continue reading →

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Querido Tommy

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

Here’s another great song to add to your Spanish class collection. This song is great for early level Spanish class because the pace is slow and very easy to understand. Of course, you can use any authentic media, such as … Continue reading →

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Paul McCartney in Mexico

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

I love the Beatles and it was a thrill to see Paul McCartney rock out Chicago last summer at Wrigley Field. Since then, Paul has stopped at a few Hispanic countries including taking his “On the Run” tour to México. … Continue reading →

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De Que Me Sirve La Vida

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about “Tengo Tu Love,” today we listened to Camila’s song “De que me sirve la vida,” a single from their 2010 album “Dejarte de Amar.” It worked as a great activity for students to … Continue reading →

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Canciones de Sie7e and Camila

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Today in class, we started with the song “Tengo tu love” by Puerto Rican artist Sie7e (Siete). To start off, I had the students listen to the song and try to write down any names of Spanish or English language … Continue reading →

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Music Bulletin Board

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

In conjunction with one of my recent assignments, which students seemed to enjoy, I decided to put up a new bulletin board on the theme of music. I play música quite a bit in my classes and dedicating a tablón … Continue reading →

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Exploring Spanish

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

We often listen to Spanish music in my classroom. As students come into class and start on their bellwork or as they are working on certain activities, I will frequently have the CD player with some Juanes or Jesse & … Continue reading →

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