Cuando estás triste, ¿es mejor un gato o un perro?

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Two women holding a cat and a dog, with colorful backgrounds and the text "Cuando estás triste, ¿es mejor un gato o un perro?

As a Spanish teacher, the chances that you’ll have to teach the differences between ser and estar are pretty high. And you surely want to explain it in the most engaging way possible. So your students enjoy it. So it’s meaningful to them. So they say: “Oooooohhhh.” Can you think of a better way than to divide them into two … Read More

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I start my classes asking my students “¿qué tal”? or “¿cómo están?”. Their most common answer is “bien”. If we tell them that they cannot use “bien” to reply, we have a conversation starter. When they choose words such as cansado, aburrido, enfermo, nervioso or triste, we just ask them why and we’re starting the class with a meaningful and … Read More