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We’re from Spain but we’ve been living in the U.S. for a long while. In many of our daily conversations, we compare the culture of those two countries. It’s not about which one is better because there is not such a thing: it’s just a comparison between two cultures that do many things differently. The way we see it, a … Read More
12 horas en Boca Chica
Boca Chica is a beautiful area in Panama. There are many things to do there, it’s a wonderful tourist destination! 12 horas en Boca Chica will take your students on a virtual tour to the area. By the end of that tour, your students will know: How to tell time. Some of the most common verbs about daily activities, such … Read More
El personaje misterioso 2
This is the second video of our El personaje misterioso series. Students learnt in the first one how to conjugate regular -ar verbs in the past tense, while trying to guess the famous soccer player the lesson focused on. El personaje misterioso is now back to take care of the pretérito conjugation of regular -er and -ir verbs. In this … 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
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
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