Profe Mar
Spanish Native Certified Tutor / Pronunciation Coach
Spanish Native Certified Tutor and Pronunciation Coach. TEFL Certified. 10 years Tutoring Adults Experience. Self-taught English, Japanese and Russian learner. Musician, Podcaster and Content Creator at InsightFools & Researcher. Speakable App Content Creator, Lightning Tutor & STU (Spanish Teachers Unite) Contributor.
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Teaching focused-in-life vocabulary
By Profe Mar
There are many different ways to group vocabulary some make learning more efficient than others.
Mar in Spanish Teachers Unite
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.
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.
Mar’s Thoughtful Approach to Vocabulary
This is one of the questions we, Spanish teachers naturally ask ourselves, especially when starting the process of teaching Spanish to our students. We may instinctively tend to prioritize the teaching of grammar in order to construct sentences correctly; however, these two major aspects share the same raw material, which is vocabulary.
How Karen Inspires Students with Travel
Looking for new ways to have your students explore the Spanish-speaking world? Send them on a trip! Projects are a great way to provide students with a real-life application of the vocabulary, phrases, and skills they are learning in your class.