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Gabriel García Márquez (1927 – 2014)
by Lauris on Tuesday, April 22, 2014
One Less Genius In the WorldSometimes a genius hides behind a persona of someone who is always angry or hard to live with. That’s what I think of when I think of Salvador Dalí. When I calmly look at one of his… more »
Teaching Spanish - Follow Your Nose
by Lauris on Wednesday, April 16, 2014
One of the issues that arises in the study of NLP (we discussed this subject a few months ago regarding the communication technique known as Nuero-linguistic programming) can actually help us discover a way to more… more »
Difficult Topics in Language Classes
by Lauris on Thursday, April 10, 2014
With the arrival of Semana Santa (Easter Week) cultural issues come up in the Spanish as a foreign language class that usually derive from a lack of information that students have about Spanish religious traditions. I… more »
Octavio Paz - A 100 Years Go By in a Flash
by Lauris on Thursday, April 3, 2014
This week, don Octavio Paz will turn one century old. I mean, he would be that old if cancer hadn’t decided to take him to Mount Olympus of the gods in April of 1998, converting him into an immortal. If he had died… more »
Spanish Stereotypes: Ocho apellidos vascos
by Lauris on Thursday, March 27, 2014
I assume that all teachers of Spanish as a foreign language, or all teachers of any language for that matter, feel quite pleased when they come across relevant material they can use in the classroom. We’re constantly… more »
Cultural Differences - Parts of the Day
by Lauris on Thursday, March 20, 2014
One issue that often comes up when understanding and appreciating cultural differences in the classroom is Spain’s daily schedule, which often doesn’t coincide with that of other countries.To start with it is… more »
Classroom Activities for Spanish Class
by Lauris on Thursday, March 13, 2014
When we come across, in the natural progression of our student’s learning, the need to significantly increase their level of vocabulary to reach B1 level, we often encounter the difficulty of giving an overdose of… more »
How to Give a Spanish Presentation of an Author
by Lauris on Thursday, March 6, 2014
When I was asked this question I was reminded of the fact that while the answer may seem quite simple to those of us who are used to putting together these types of events, it may not be so simple for someone who has… more »
A Movie Game for Spanish Class
by Lauris on Thursday, February 27, 2014
There is a “professional illness” that relentlessly attacks us Spanish as a foreign language teachers and which permanently affects sufferers: our eyes become scanners in search of real life material to use for… more »
Spanish - Memorization and Learning
by Lauris on Thursday, February 20, 2014
As teachers of Spanish as a foreign language (ELE), of whom many of us work with groups of multi-national students, we are faced on a daily basis with an issue that usually puts us in one predicament or another: to… more »
Spanish Movies Awards Pay Tribute to the Work of Teachers
by Lauris on Thursday, February 13, 2014
Living is easy with eyes closedSpanish film’s 2014 Goya awards took place this week and I loved one winner in particular because it touched a soft spot in my heart: the award for best feature length film went to Vivir… more »
Some Fantastic Material for Spanish Classes
by Lauris on Friday, February 7, 2014
The Spanish Film "Amanece que no es poco"The 2014 Goya Awards ceremony is being held this Sunday the 9th and it can be seen at 10 pm (Spanish peninsula time) on TV on channel TVE 1 or on the internet at www.rtve.es.… more »
Spanish Television Online
by Lauris on Thursday, January 30, 2014
For those who want to stay up to date on a certain part of the world, the internet provides an invaluable window that allows users to access information which would otherwise remain practically unreachable.We’re… more »
Graded Readers in Spanish
by Lauris on Thursday, January 23, 2014
It could just be that my vision of the subject is distorted after teaching so many years, but I always have to scratch my head whenever I hear someone talking about the low reading level we have here in Spain and how… more »
The Goya Film Awards
by Lauris on Thursday, January 16, 2014
Spanish film’s Goya awards are right around the corner, and I’m glad to see that despite the fact that everyone keeps talking about Spain’s eternal cinematographic crisis, film exhibitors studying the viewing public’s… more »