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Some examples of lesson topics are: greeting each other using Spanish names; conversation using the days of the week and other related material; classroom objects; weather conditions; introduction and oral practice of the verb "estar"; places in Mexico, Spain, and republics of Central and South America; classroom command forms; and arithmetic ...
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REACH Web site, a Web-based resource for the teaching of Spanish and Hispanic and Latino cultures to heritage Spanish speakers, under development by the NFLC and AATSP. www.eric.ed.gov ERIC Custom Transformations Team Page 2 of 8 ED464516 2002-05-00 Selecting Materials To Teach Spanish to Spanish Speakers. ERIC Digest.
British Journal of Language Teaching, v23 n2 p99-108 Aut 1985 Discusses ways to teach critical reading skills and writing production to adult learners of Spanish who already have a basic command of the essential grammatical structures, some aural comprehension and reading ability, and adequate capacity to communicate orally.
Since the late 1970s and early 1980s, the practice of teaching Spanish to Spanish speakers has achieved wide recognition. During this period, increasing numbers of students from Hispanic backgrounds began enrolling in Spanish courses at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Teachers trained to teach Spanish as a foreign
classroom or reading teacher, (2) intensive and ongoing training for tutors, (3) well-structured tutoring sessions in which the content and delivery of instruction is carefully scripted, (4) careful monitoring and reinforcement of prog-ress, (5) frequent and regular tutoring sessions, with each
In this paper, we discuss the benefits of using online translators in the foreign language classroom. Specifically, we discuss how faulty online translator output can be used to create activities that help raise metalinguistic awareness of second language grammar and of the differences between grammatical constructions in the first and second language, which can help with the language learning ...
I agree, Susie, about the problems in using the native language in a literacy-level class where there are multiple native languages. On the flip side of that possible issue is the fact that students from various language backgrounds who work together to learn English, acquire content, and solve problems in the ESL classroom must communicate with one another in English and that makes the ...