UGA Espanol

AMAZING site with so many resources! Lots of news articles grouped by grammar points, etc.

Referenced in Peggy Boyle's presentation at the AATSP conference. This video clip will definitely capture students' attention as it showcases two key elements of Argentine culture.

Referenced in Peggy Boyle's presentation at the AATSP conference. These incredible photographs can be used as discussion/writing prompts.

Songs, sortable by grammar topics, singer, or title! Awesome!

great song for reviewing direct/indirect/reflexive pronouns. I have the lyrics typed up if anyone wants me to send them to you via email let me know.

The Mexican Government has released videos about the "Diez Mitos" in the fight against drug trafficking. This link is to the first video. I thought they were really well made and could be used to discuss in class. Probably more for the upper levels tho.

You guys, USE THIS! this website is amazing!

I love this site! I am going to use the clozline for "Humano" by Lida Pimiento to begin a lesson on nationality. (Soy norteamericano, eres mexicano, es colombiano, somos humanos). Here is a link to a cool remix of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjls_cmV48

Fabulous practice story (Goldilocks & The Three Bears) with great explanations for why it's pret vs. imp

Recommend that students needing review with various grammar/vocab topics visit this site. Go to "Free Spanish Tutorials" where the "Mini Test" and "Basic Quiz" are free to try, and will even give the student feedback about which one is wrong, etc.

Stopwatch to use in Spanish for when they do activities instead of just saying "you have 3 minutes"

i use it siempre

I love this thing. I was using it for oral exams once, though, and it just lagged out and started counting really slowly. We didn't realize until the 2 students had done the loooongest oral exam EVER. It was hilarious.

Mi Vida Loca is a course for beginners, designed to match the Breakthrough Level of the Languages Ladder. There are 22 episodes, themed according to language topics such as directions, shopping, etc. You can check the full breakdown in the syllabus. Each episode is a combination of real-action video with language teaching and practice, focused on developing communicative skills.

a website you can recommend to your students (and put on ELC) for extra practice

Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like.

Bethany I LOVE WORDLE! thanks for adding! It's great to use in class.

cuentos de hadas to use in class

Here's a website about the lastest in Latino music. Great to keep up to date on the music world!

we all know this website, but here it is bookmarked for us! Love that Barbara K Nelson!