I came to ACTFL 2016 with a conference path set for Everything Interpersonal, having had various students freeze up, blank out, and even two start crying during the interpersonal part of the most recent IPA–in spite of low-stress strategies that worked the last two IPAs–just hours before I boarded the plane to Boston. Perhaps Read more…
Image via Jijo Sunny 1. Tweet per pageI presented a page from America (with vocabulary preview), along with this tweet: Escribe un tuit para página 8 y otro para página 9 en la voz de #América #srasxtn #Esp2— Laura Sexton (@SraSxtn) February 24, 2012 We discussed (IN SPANISH!!) the main problems Read more…
I’m trying to design a project that would foster a little introspection while reinforcing the imperfect tense and connecting a little to La llaman America. Almost halfway through the year, we’re on page 4 of the picture book, where America’s behavior in her current setting in Chicago is contrasted with Read more…
I googled Chicago, violencia, and pandillas to find an article to tie to the third page of text from a picture book for Spanish II. La llaman América is about a little girl who immigrated to Chicago from Mexico and her experiences in her home, school, and neighborhood. As authentic Read more…
A la panaderia I have heard it called “the elusive 5th C.” When I started teaching Spanish, I was more than a little put off that I was expected to do something so unheard of in any other discipline. As Skype got fancier, however, and Twitter opened up connections and Read more…
If you have to teach grammar, teach it authentically. Use models by native speakers for native speakers, and break down Presentation. Attention. Co-Construct an explanation. Extension activity. P.A.C.E. kind of reminds me of my English methods class. We learned that isolated explicit grammar instruction was one of THE least effective Read more…