Hello all, Chris here. Today I have a bit of news for the 2010 ACTFL convention. The complete convention schedule is now available for view! Please check out the following link for more information:
I would like to call your attention to the XLV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Europea de Profesores de Español: El Camino de Santiago: encrucijada de lenguas y culturas. The conference will be held in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, from the 25th to the 31st of july.
A friend recently shared a pretty cool site with me calledEl Catálogo de Voces Hispánicas, part of the Centro Virtual Cervantes. The site provides a wide selection of videos with samples of different dialects of Latin American Spanish. It not only offers provides linguistic and geographic information about the various regions, each video includes its transcription and is related to the culture and traditions of the specific locality.
El Catálogo de Voces Hispánicas is a great resource for Spanish teachers and students. I have not used the site yet but I plan to use it very soon. Please let me know if you like the site and if you come up with any fun activities for your students! Here are some of the activities I have thought of so far:
- You could use the videos to show your students the different dialects.
- You could use the videos to teach about different regional traditions.
- You could have your students listen and try to answer follow up questions.
- You could use the texts for reading comprehension and complement with the video.
- You could use the information in your advanced classes since it provides advanced linguistic information on the different dialects.
The Congreso Virtual CLED 2010 started today. This is an online conference about free knowledge and education and will be held until july 16th. The Congreso Virtual CLED 2010 is designed to help teachers use online resources in their classrooms and is completely free.
I would like to share a nice video on Argentinian Mate, a very important part of Argentinian culture. I am sure your students would enjoy learning more about this regional tradition.
Hello all, Becky here. Below I have included an activity that you can adapt to get your students to practice any grammatical aspect you may be working on. Divide students into pairs and give them 1 die per pair. Roll the first time and the number you roll determines what form of the verb you will use. Roll the die a second time to determine the verb you will use. Write at least 10 complete sentences using vocabulary from the chapter based on the form and the verb you roll. I like for students to write true, meaningful and/or imaginative, creative sentences about real people whether famous, known at the institution, or known within the class to spice things up. I have also found this activity really helpful to practice commands. Turn in 1 sheet of paper per pair but both members of the pair must write sentences.
Hi everybody, Aurore here! Here is a video expressing the views of a Colombian student living in a French family. It's interesting for the learners because they can hear French spoken by a non-native speaker. It is also useful in terms of culture, since she points out things French people do that are very specific. Then you can launch a debate on the topics pointed out during her talk: how would your students have reacted??? Were they expecting some things that came out more than others??
La France aux yeux d’une étudiante colombienne. Documentaire France 24.
1.Comment s’appelle la jeune fille ?
2.Quelles études fait-elle ?
3.Dans quelle ville se trouve-t-elle ?
4.Quand est-elle arrivée ?
5.Quels sont les avantages de faire ses études en France (aux niveaux personnel et professionnel/académique) ?
6.D’où vient la salsa ?
7.Quel est le métier de Diana ?
8.Quels sont les avantages quand on habite dans une famille française ?
9.Quelle est son expression française favorite ?
10.Connaissez-vous la signification de cette expression ?
11.Quel est, selon elle, un geste que les Français affectionnent particulièrement ?
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