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 [...]
“Y ahora, pon un círculo rojo alrededor del triángulo. Mira, ¡ya llegó tu comida.” (And now put a red circle around the triangle. Look your dinner is here!) I used to entertain my kids waiting in restaurants or before appointments with drawing games where we gave Spanish instructions to each other. All we needed was paper and pencils and the game passed the time quickly and fairly quietly. Below you will find a couple of [...]
This counting activity with Spanish audio is perfect for little ones. In Cuenta con Manitas children count the bees around a hive. It is part of the Manitas website that has a variety of games and activities for kids. Manitas is a children’s magazine published by the newspaper Prensa Libre of Guatemala. The Spanish audio in this counting game makes it a good language learning activity. Kids hear a short sentence and instructions in Spanish. [...]
Can you guess this word? Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a very common place. 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 children describe a common place. At [...]