http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages.aspxenhttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/6269.aspxMon, 31 Aug 2009 07:51:05 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:6269tricornio357This lesson plan is good for the first or second day of class. It is designed to dispell two miconceptions (1) "Spanish is the easy language" and (2) "Spanish pronunciation is phonetic." Teachers can show students that the letters of the Latin alphabet in Spanish have different sound values. Teaching the Spanish Alph...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/39168.aspxSat, 20 Jun 2009 21:57:06 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:39168hmkosurThe following article outlines a general lesson plan for teaching second-year Spanish students to use infinitives as nouns. The nominal functions on which the article focuses are subject, subject complement, direct object, and prepositional complement. Just as verbs can perform nominal functions (functions prototypically performed by nouns) in Engl...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/38862.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 21:21:51 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:38862cjsmothersEasing new Spanish students into learning a new language can be challenging. Most students respond well by building on their knowledge of English and seeing the similarities and differences between English and Spanish. This article suggests a "first-day-in-class" approach to begin learning Spanish. Background This article is a suggested “fi...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/media/p/38774.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 03:16:07 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:38774hmkosurThe following download is a supplement for the article "Lesson Plan for Teaching First-Year Spanish Students to Use Infinitives in Nominal Functions." This printable download lists some common Spanish verbs that are followed by the preposition por and then an infinitive functioning as a prepositional complement. The sheet also lists the E...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/media/p/38773.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 03:11:55 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:38773hmkosurThe following download is a supplement for the article "Lesson Plan for Teaching First-Year Spanish Students to Use Infinitives in Nominal Functions." This printable download lists some common Spanish verbs that are followed by the preposition con and then an infinitive functioning as a prepositional complement. The sheet also lists the E...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/media/p/38772.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 03:06:57 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:38772hmkosurThe following download is a supplement for the article "Lesson Plan for Teaching First-Year Spanish Students to Use Infinitives in Nominal Functions." This printable download lists some common Spanish verbs that are followed by the preposition en and then an infinitive functioning as a prepositional complement. The sheet also lists the En...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/media/p/38771.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 03:02:58 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:38771hmkosurThe following download is a supplement for the article "Lesson Plan for Teaching First-Year Spanish Students to Use Infinitives in Nominal Functions." This printable download lists some common Spanish verbs that are followed by the preposition de and then an infinitive functioning as a prepositional complement. The sheet also lists the En...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/media/p/38770.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 02:56:58 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:38770hmkosurThe following download is a supplement for the article "Lesson Plan for Teaching First-Year Spanish Students to Use Infinitives in Nominal Functions." This printable download lists some common Spanish verbs that are followed by the preposition a and then an infinitive functioning as a prepositional complement. The sheet also lists the Eng...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/media/p/38769.aspxMon, 15 Jun 2009 02:52:39 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:38769hmkosurThe following download is a supplement for the article "Lesson Plan for Teaching First-Year Spanish Students to Use Infinitives in Nominal Functions." This printable download lists some common Spanish verbs that are followed directly by an infinitive functioning as a direct object. The sheet also lists the English translation.http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/35280.aspxSun, 17 May 2009 04:43:21 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:35280alawtonGet your students forming and pronouncing sentences to express the date in Spanish. Through this activity your students will work together in groups to express the appropriate numbers and months to state the month, day and year in Spanish Teaching your students how to say the date in Spanish lends itself to many possible interactive communication e...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/34999.aspxThu, 14 May 2009 18:04:36 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:34999alawtonThis activity gets your students saying the date in Spanish while using previously learned vocabulary to describe holidays. One student will describe a holiday in Spanish while the rest of the class listens and attempts to come up with and state the appropriate date in Spanish. When you teach your students to express the date in Spanish you will mo...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/28561.aspxSun, 08 Mar 2009 04:38:07 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:28561alawtonGet students working together in groups to form sentences using direct and indirect object pronouns. Each group will use manipulatives as they discuss the correct word order of each sentence. One of the more difficult concepts of Spanish grammar for students is learning indirect and direct object pronouns. It gets even tougher when you introduce se...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/28349.aspxThu, 05 Mar 2009 03:46:44 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:28349alawtonThis activity gives your students an opportunity to practice their Spanish conversation skills while responding to questions using "porque" or "para". Each student will form several different questions in Spanish using the vocabulary from the chapter. After you teach your students present tense verb conjugation you will want to prov...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/24848.aspxFri, 20 Feb 2009 00:48:27 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24848alawtonThis article presents an interactive group activity to use for reading passages in Spanish. Advanced students will work with struggling students to read and understand the content. Students will then present their findings to the rest of the class in Spanish. In most Spanish text books there will be at least one reading passage that relates to the ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/25986.aspxMon, 16 Feb 2009 04:42:41 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:25986alawtonThe interactive Spanish classroom activity presented in this article will let your students identify Spanish speaking countries and capitals while practicing Spanish conversation skills in a question and answer format. Use estar plus prepositions of location. Spanish teachers from middle school to high school will at some point teach the Spanish co...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/24847.aspxSun, 01 Feb 2009 04:30:12 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24847alawtonThis article presents a classroom activity to teach family member nouns while reviewing and using previously learned basic verbs. Students will form sentences and converse in Spanish about their family. Most Spanish I instructors will teach the different titles for family members at some point in the semester. These are usually taught after student...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/23888.aspxWed, 28 Jan 2009 06:54:59 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:23888alawtonThis article describes an activity that lets students practice present tense verb conjugation skills while reading a passage in Spanish that includes vocabulary from the current unit. When teaching present tense verb conjugations in Spanish you will want to do some exercises that combine the target verbs with the unit’s vocabulary. No matter what t...http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/22901.aspxFri, 23 Jan 2009 17:00:14 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:22901alawtonThis article talks about some interactive classroom activities that can be used when teaching the Spanish alphabet. These activities can be used anywhere from a college classroom to students in any grade. One of the first topics that a Spanish I teacher will cover is the alphabet. This is true for an elementary school teacher all the way up to a pr...