The key to building speaking confidence
Warm students up for class with a speaking exercise
How to make your playlists searchable
Become a Speakable expert in less than 3 minutes
How students can create their own speaking exercises
How I Learned Portuegese
The decision to join a 7-week intensive language program in Brazil opened the door to a new world and culture.
Enjoy the Journey and the Destination?
Teaching internationally, a path you could have never imagined?
A Redditor’s Guide to Mexico City
Spanish Teacher’s Unite Newsletter October 21, 2021. In this issue you’ll find Día de Muertos content, an easy to share pronunciation activity, and more.
How to Teach Smarter (Not Harder)
A PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education answers common questions by unpacking research articles. Mar shares her techniques to help students learn pronunciation by listening to music. Download Kaneesha’s music & pronunciation worksheet
The diphthong “IE” and pronunciation practice for 111 common Spanish words
Mar C (Bogotá, Colombia) created a survival kit to help new Spanish students learn to pronounce 111 of the most common Spanish words.
Teachers share how they use music to help students practice reading
We asked three teacher how they use music be to improve students reading skills. Read their responses here.
Are Celebrity Spanish Critiques Helpful Lesson Content?
The creator of Casa Spanish is taking an interesting approach to getting student’s attention and creating memorable learning moments in the process.
Evita Peron’s Final Speech, a Thought Provoking Listening Activity
Forty-five years after Susan B. Anthony’s death, one women’s fight against the patriarchal establishment for legitimacy was reaching its peak. Hans shares how he uses famous speeches to inspire students.
Historical Context for Vocabulary: The Arabic Influence on Spanish
Searching for ideas for your next lesson? Grab a guitar and indulge your students with some aceitunas and albaricoques, and settle down on an alfombra and set up an ajedrez tournament all the while knowing you might as well be in Al-Andalus.
How Many Spanish Words are Arabic?
Arabic and Muslim influence on Spanish culture provide a wealth of opportunities for teachers to engage students in meaningful and interesting lessons.
Usinig History to Motivate Language Students
Combining historical context with language acquisition undoubtedly motivates students.
Artists of the Mexican Revolution
Placing art in historical context to ignite students’ historical imaginations
Hans Brings Revolutionary Art to the Language Classroom
Teachers are always trying to stimulate and inspire their students. Over the years Hans has found that utilizing visuals can help motivate students. By using art and placing that art in historical context, we can more easily ignite students’ historical imaginations
Hans Recommends Simón Bolívar’s Love Letters for Reading Activities
Fortunately, many of Simon and Manuela’s love letters are preserved, which make for great reading activities for language and history students! Having taught history and occasionally ESL for over twenty years, I have learned that one of the essential starting points for effective teaching and learning is first to engage the student.
A Practical Approach to Teaching Vocabulary
Feel like it’s time to rethink how you teach vocabulary? Take some ideas from my focused-in-life approach.