Archivo del Autor: Sarah

Los líderes no crean seguidores…: Actividad de conversación y/o escritura rápida) (descripciones) (ser) (el presente)

 

los lideres crean «Los líderes no crean seguidores, crean más líderes.» – Tom Peters

¿Cómo interpretas esta frase?

¿Cómo es un buen líder? ¿Qué hace?

 

¿Conoces a un buen líder? ¿Cómo es esta persona?

 

Escribe 5-7 frases para describir a un buen líder.

 

 

Chick-fil-ar: Spanish verb inventing for beginners (metalinguistic awareness activity)

Yo chick-fil-o,

tú chick-fil-as,

él/ella/usted chick-fil-a…

I just came across this hilarious meme and decided to make my own version with an added vaca hispanoparlante. At first it just made me laugh, but then realized it could be a starter for a verb-inventing game for beginners.

The objective, in addition to mastering present verb conjugations, is to develop metalinguistic awareness about how verbs conjugations work and the processes by which new verbs are created/adopted into a language.

Even though «chick-fil-ar» is a silly example, we know that new verbs are created in this same way! Googlear, tuitear, etc.  (To follow this pattern, it should be chicfilear, right?)

Let me know in the comments if your students come up with any good, new verbs!

chick fil a estudiafeliz

…De puro llorar en el baño (chiste) (el presente)

This one is just for the laughs. I think it is a good joke-meme for beginners! 

de puro llorar en el baño

Ensaladas: Así las como yo (pronombre de objeto directo)

direct object asi las como

Mi cara cuando esperan que me lea la lista de términos y condiciones (subjuntivo)

esperan que me lea cropped subjuntivo

Habitación para perro: Bastante mejor que la mía (para) (comparativos) (pronombres posesivos)

para. mejor que.jpg

Mad Libs in Spanish: La fiesta de cumpleaños (Beginner) (Free PDF)

mad libs thumbnailRemember Mad Libs? I used to love doing them as a kid! Now I love using them in the Spanish classroom!

Here is a simple Mad Lib activity that I wrote for my beginner level class.

Click here for 2 page Mad Lib PDF activity sheet.

I hope to share more soon, and there are many other Spanish teachers who have shared their Mad Libs online as well!

If you use this in your classroom, I´d love to hear how it went in the comments!

Video: Spanish Formal Commands: Practice with Memes!

Formal Commands THUMBNAILHere is the latest video in the «Practice Spanish with Memes» series! In this video we start with a quick review of how to conjugate formal (USTED y USTEDES) commands & where to place the pronouns. Then it’s on to the memes!

Here’s  a link to all of the memes categorized to «formal commands» on this site if you’d like more practice! Which one is your favorite? https://estudiafeliz.com/tag/mandatos-formales/

Thanks so much for watching. Any feedback is welcome!

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Video: Spanish stem-changing verbs: Practice with memes!

Stem changing verbs memes THUMBNAILLast week, a student emailed me that she was watching our «Direct Object Pronouns: Practice with Memes» video with her 11-year-old son, and he wanted to know what my very favorite meme in Spanish was! Our email exchange got me excited to make another video with more memes!

Here’s the latest video in the «Practice with Memes» series! It is meant to be a fun way to help students practice with stem-changing verbs, expand vocabulary, and especially to invite them to explore the Spanish-speaking world through the internet!

Many students are surprised to see that there are memes and YouTube videos in Spanish just like the ones they like in English. I hope that the memes video series can be just one way to encourage these sorts of connections between students’ interests and Spanish language learning!

And here’s a link to see all the memes and posts on this site categorized to stem-changing verbs! Stem-changing verbs posts

Enjoy the video! Any feedback is welcome!

Que la paz prevalezca en la Tierra (subjuntivo)

que la paz prevalezca