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December 5, 2008
Great new song for subjunctive
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I just got this new song, La frase tonta de la semana, by the group La 5a Estación. The woman in the middle does pretty much all the vocals, and the guys play the guitar. The video is pretty good, though not the most interesting in the world. (She likes to change outfits a lot […]
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December 5, 2008
¡Nueva música!
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I bought some new songs yesterday, and mostly they’re really good: Abrázame by Camila No me hagas sufrir by Manny Manuel La copa de la vida by Ricky Martin Aguita de tu boca by Amaury Gutierrez No creo en el jamás by Juanes Pasos de gigantes by Bacilos La frase tonta de la semana by […]
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November 28, 2008
Ever heard of Patito feo?
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Laura Esquivel (left) plays a not-so-attractive girl in a wildly popular Argentinian TV show. She won a contest (I think it was held in Mexico) similar to American Idol, and landed the lead role in this TV show called Patito feo. I think it’s interesting to American teens because of the similarity between this and […]
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November 3, 2008
Song success: Hace tiempo
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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. […]
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October 30, 2008
Song success: Me voy
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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, […]
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October 7, 2008
Pin Pon in Shrek?
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I don’t normally show American movies with Spanish dubbed in, because they’re culturally irrelevant and many times beyond my students, both linguistically and in attitude–they assume it’s the same as the English and tune out the language. But I found this clip of Shrek 2 on YouTube, the torture scene where the prince is dipping […]
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October 2, 2008
Awesome YouTube video
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So, even people who don’t like animated films love the “I want to move it, move it” song on Madagascar. Someone put it in Spanish on YouTube! You gotta check it out. “Quiero” was one of our Spanish 1 words of the week last week, so I’m going to show it this week. My students […]
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