No-Work Spanish recently contacted me about sharing their audiobooks with my readers. These books are designed as a language-learning product, so the format is different than that of a typical audiobook. Each chapter is read sentence by sentence in both languages – first a sentence in English and then the same sentence in Spanish. Then the whole chapter is read again in Spanish. I cannot claim to understand what theory of language acquisition No-Work Spanish [...]
Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a common word and try to guess what it is. This is one of a series of videos called Adivina la palabra de hoy (Guess Today’s Word). Most of the Spanish audio in these short videos is excellent. The series is produced by a private non-profit from Spain that promotes the teaching of Spanish, the Fundación de la Lengua Española. In this video, two children describe a [...]
This set of power point presentations with Spanish vocabulary for first grade is from the website Programa de Doble Immersión de Primer Grado. You can find the link at end of this post. Some of the presentations have audio, while others just have text on the screen that you can read to your child. Most of the presentations use the vocabulary in context, with full sentences and pictures. There are a few exceptions, like Espantapájaros [...]
Can you guess this word? Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a word that we often associate with summer and vacation. This is one of a series of videos called Adivina la palabra de hoy (Guess Today’s Word). The Spanish audio in these short videos is excellent. The series is produced by a private non-profit from Spain that promotes the teaching of Spanish, the Fundación de la Lengua Española. In this video, two [...]