“Picking up word meanings through reading is ten times faster than intensive vocabulary instruction.” – Stephen Krashen We all know and understand that READING is a fundamental practice to acquire vocabulary in context and understand how target structures function....
When I first began teaching, conjugation charts were part of what “I did” because I had learned Spanish grammar in a memorized way. I believed it was vital for students to copy down charts and change verbs from here to there, forward and backwards, practically in...
Silent Films: Yesterday, my students watched a clip of “Mafalda”- a popular cartoon from Argentina. Not only was the video completely appropriate to their unit of study but it was also funny & interesting. I found the video thanks to Pinterest....
