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Now they need a task while watching the movie. A character map worked perfectly this time for my classes. Furthermore, ... Continue reading

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First of all, I apologize for the long break. My paying job is working at a summer camp so summer is one of my busiest times of the year. Hopefully in a couple of weeks, I can start writing blog posts on a semi-regular basis. (By the way, we have had three campers from Spain and one from Mexico, so I have been able to use my Spanish a little.)I started listening to a new podcast (new to me at

As usual, I ran across this resource as I was spending a bit of time this morning on Twitter. Happy Hour Spanish is a fairly new site (2011) that features videocasts, podcasts and exercises to help you learn Spanish and about the Spanish culture. Hayley, a California native, was a student of Maider who was teaching classes in Bilbao (her native city) when they decided to start the Happy Hour

El mundo con eñe is a new free magazine available online. The first one is about Argentina – covering topics such as literature, music, movies, recipes and more. Each article is given a reading level from A1 to C1. (Look for the number of aliens near the top of each page… yes, aliens.) Also throughout the articles certain words are highlighted which can be found in the glossary section near the

I ran across this resource via Twitter. Es de la página del Departamento de Español de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Coruña. En la página hay tres secciones: 1) Para comenzar a saber el español2) Para reforzar el español que aprendemos3) Situaciones más específicas Y no dejan de echar un vistazo a los enlaces en la lista de blogs y sitios a la izquierda de la página.

On Kids Do Ecology you’ll find information about biomes (aquatic & land), marine mammals, endangered animals, the scientific method and much more. I think this would be a good source for a unit study.

I love this! Two groups of high school Spanish language students in northern Kentucky are using their growing language skills to help the needy in their community. Here’s an excerpt from the article: Aside from helping local families, the students are also improving their Spanish, according to Cobb. "They're learning so much, not just about the language but also about the culture," said Cobb. "

Quick post to let you know that so far, close to 900 Khan Academy videos translated into Spanish have been uploaded on YouTube: I ran across this piece of news on Facebook.