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Movies are a great way to teach culture. They can also be helpful when we take a day off, and we want our sub to have an easy day. Or you may want to use them as a reward to celebrate your students’ achievements. Whatever the reason, here’s a list with of our 10 favorite movies for your Spanish classes. … Read More
El personaje misterioso 1
What do you talk about with your students?Once that we get to know them, and we ask them about their names, likes, favorite colors and so on, most of the spontaneous and real conversations will be about things they did.We may ask them how their weekend was.How they celebrated their birthday.If they liked the movie they went to see at … Read More
La carta a los Reyes Magos
The Three Wise Men is such an important tradition in the Hispanic world. It makes the Christmas holiday more than a week longer. In our country (Spain), students don’t go back to school until, at least, 8th January. That means the Christmas break usually lasts 18 days, and it could be more depending on the day of the week 6th … Read More
El diseño de La Catrina
Laura worked with her students on one of our Bablingua projects the other day. The one about making a photo frame about a Hispanic champion. The activity went great, but Laura was surprised most of the kids didn’t know any of those champions. Not even Frida. Or Picasso. Do your students know them? And in any case, how can we … Read More
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La celebración del Día de Muertos
If you’ve seen the movie Coco, you may remember the scene in which Abuela Elena breaks Miguel’s guitar. Miguel’s family is ready to celebrate the Day of the Dead at home, where they’ve built a beautiful ofrenda. Then Miguel’s grandma breaks his guitar, and Miguel runs away. He ends up going to the cemetery to steal -or borrow- the guitar … Read More
Hacemos una ofrenda
I’m sure we all agree that learning by doing is one of the best educational strategies. So if you want your students to learn about El Día de Muertos, making an ofrenda is clearly the thing to do. It sounds simple. But hold your horses! If you decide to build an ofrenda, there are 2 risks you need to get … Read More
¿Qué es el Día de Muertos?
This is what you’ll see by the end of this super engaging lesson about the Day of the Dead: Your students will make beautiful photo frames to decorate the class. They’ll also describe those frames in Spanish. They’ll know what Day of the Dead is about: when, where, how and why it’s celebrated. They’ll learn the basic vocabulary related to … Read More
Excursiones en el eje cafetero
When tourists visit our home country (Spain), they don’t need to use big numbers. Most of the things they buy -train tickets, souvenirs, meals- cost less than €1,000. Unless they buy several expensive tickets to see Real Madrid or spend many days at a fancy hotel, bills will stay in the dozens or hundreds. Colombia, and most Spanish-speaking countries, are … Read More
15 sueños – Playlist
15 sueños is an engaging Spanish reader that uses comprehensible language, easy to understand for Novice level learners and above. It features 15 short stories that honor the achievements of fifteen inspiring Hispanic and Latino champions, such as Sonia Sotomayor, Celia Cruz or Diego Rivera. We’ve created a playlist that connects each of those champions to a song. In the … Read More