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The Subjunctive is WEIRD

June 12th, 2011 Comments off

When teaching the subjunctive in Spanish, we need to understand that this mood is very hard to perceive for native English speakers. That being said, native English speakers can still successfully learn the subjunctive with a lot of good input and a basic understanding of its common use. Without going into too much detail, the [...]

Selecting the Right Audio

June 9th, 2011 Comments off

Yesterday I wrote a post about using real-life audio to expose more advanced learners to actual native speakers in everyday situations. This is great for the learner and way more entertaining for you, the foreign language teacher. Today I want to clarify the previous post a bit and so I’m going to talk about the [...]

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¿Qué van a hacer el fin de semana?

June 8th, 2011 Comments off

My favorite kinds of language learning activities are communicative in nature. These activities provide the opportunity for the speaker to communicate some message to the listener, and for the listener to decipher and negotiate the meaning of that message. That being said, this activity is very simple and is ideal for getting the students focused [...]

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Inglés Por Favor

June 8th, 2011 Comments off

Previously, inglés por favor was a personal blog that I used to talk about sports, my life, deep musings, not-so-deep musings, etc. But no longer! Moving forward, this will be one of your go-to references for making your a foreign language lessons communicative in nature. Hopefully, we can help each other make our lessons more [...]

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