Q: What do a Chilean reality show and Honduran tourism have in common? How about a recipe for croquetas de pollo and a wikipedia article about a Mexican sitcom? A: Interpretation review for Spanish I, of course! Interpretation is but one part of the final project I’m planning for both Read more…
We started with “Poder corrumpe; poder absoluto corrumpe absolutamente.” I took a quick poll of some of the quieter members of class about whether power corrupts saying “¿poder corrumpe?” or “¿cierto o falso?” or “si o no?” and following up with “¿todas personas?” or “¿A veces? ¿Depende?” That way they at Read more…
Spanish I: Clothing Notes on clipart of different outfits Magazine collage of at least 20 words from list Voicethread commenting on famous músicos latinos’ outfits Random outfit interviews with flip cameras Scavenger hunt on Zara’s website Journal on outfits by weather Event invitations with clothing suggestions Interview/voicethread reflection Quiz (left) Read more…
1. Increase target language interaction during Spanish 2 discussionsI need this to happen, in part because National Board certification demands it. According to my new National Board bible: A wisely-selected video segment will show your interaction with the students in the target language. It should not focus entirely on you but should Read more…
Perhaps it was fate that brought us together. Perhaps it was Madame Techie’s post last week. Perhaps it was just time for me to experiment with Voicethread. I wanted students to go from images to meaning, using a real live context. I had already thrown some clipart of various weather Read more…
I had this vision of the kinds of things I wanted to find for a unit on college life, and it looked kind of like a textbook with charts to compare different statistics and pictures of college kids being (model) college kids in various countries. Is it my key words? Read more…
At least one fear has been laid to rest: authentic texts need not be 200 words in order to be effective. The roughly 100-word text we used today was probably ideal for a beginner to sink her teeth into (my German is SO rusty!) Also, the textbook analysis of Realidades Read more…