Attending conferences where other teachers share what’s working for them is always exciting and enriching, right? Today and tomorrow I’m in Dayton at the regional conference of the Association of Christian Schools International (incidentally, the first organization I’m approaching about publishing the Musicuentos curriculum). Tomorrow afternoon I’m giving a presentation on the moral choices teachers […]
Another song that my students beg for is ‘Hace tiempo’ by Fonseca. We call it “the dancing firemen song” and the video will show you why. They think it’s funny that the song isn’t really a happy one, but it sounds so cheerful, and while he’s singing it in the video he looks so cheerful. […]
Another song that has been highly successful in my class is Me voy by Julieta Venegas. I’m excited to see what she’ll do on the Latin Grammys next month. My students LOVE this song. I use it primarily for the phrase me voy, with some random vocab thrown in. The video is funny and interesting, […]
I’m working on a media list to share with teachers, specifically for the ACSI regional conference in Dayton next month. You’re welcome to view it here. I teach at a private Christian academy, and my audience at the conference will be other teachers in similar situations, so I have a separate column specifically for moral […]
By far one of the most popular songs in any of my Spanish classes is La llave de mi corazón, by Juan Luis Guerra. No wonder he won so many Latin Grammys last year! Target features: Subjuctive for reason of influence, tiene, soy de/es de. Video: Available on YouTube. High interest, upbeat, great!! Questionable content: […]