August 11, 2016
It is time to kick-off another school year! Just think of all the wonderful, world language teachers in UCPS and the amazing amount of resources and information that there are to share with you. The Polyglot Press attempts to share relevant and timely messages with UCPS World Language teachers. Please share your new discoveries. This newsletter is archived at http://polyglotpress.blogspot.com/
BRAVO
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Effective Practices - New teachers will
begin their UCPS journey next week at Effective Practices. Welcome! Feel free
to reach out to them with hints and tips by tweeting to #UCPSeffectivepractices
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FLANC
has Mini-Grant$$$ for up to $1,000 http://www.flanc.org/membership-benefits/mini-grants
Deadline November 15, 2016.
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World Affairs of Charlotte Council Scholar Award has grants for up to $2500.
Applications must be received by 4pm on Monday, October 31st, 2016. http://worldaffairscharlotte.org/2016-2017-council-scholar-award-program/
Professional Development
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Thursday,
August 18 – Friday, August 19, 2016 UCPS K-12 Kick-Off 2016 8:00 – 3:00
Hosted
at Porter Ridge High School. There will be great sessions by UCPS WL teachers
for UCPS WL teachers and some Podgorny sessions on ASW as well as a ‘plethora’
of other options. Choose from world language topics and any others that
interest you. Bring your own lunch or plan to buy lunch at the food trucks. There
will time to plan, collaborate and catch up with your UCPS WL colleagues.
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Consider the power of video for teacher self-reflection. Set
a goal for yourself or your department to videotape 5 – 10 minutes of
instruction weekly. Watch the video and reflect on what you did well and what
could be improved on. Video reflections are a common practice in the new EdTPA
teacher evaluation process http://smartbrief.com/original/2016/07/tech-tip-using-video-support-teacher-training-programs edTPA is a performance-based, subject-specific assessment
and support system used by teacher preparation programs throughout the US.
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August 25, 2016 Tea with
BVP Season 2
starts again! Bill Van Patten (Professor of Spanish & Second Language
Studies at Michigan State University), along with Angelika Kraemer (Executive
Director of CELTA) and Walter Hopkins (Asst. Director of Spanish Language
Instruction at MSU) return to the radio studio for weekly call-in discussions
about language teaching and language acquisition. If you missed any of Season
1, you can catch up here https://soundcloud.com/teawithbvp Topics include:
Principle 1: The Nature of Language, Principle 2: The Nature of Communication;
Principle 3: Constraints on Acquisition; Principle 4: Instructors as Input
Providers: Principle 5: The Nature of Tasks; Principal 6: The Nature of Form.
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Monday – Thursday, September 26-29, 2016. NCCAT
Course 14206 - Success From the Start: How to Survive and Thrive Your First
Three Years in the Classroom in Ocracoke Island, NC Open to teachers in their first, second, or third year of
teaching, this program supports motivated beginning teachers by strengthening
their knowledge base and classroom expertise. Through experiential learning,
teachers will explore pedagogical concerns including differentiated
instruction, brain-compatible teaching, assessment, the effect of poverty on
achievement and behavior, and classroom management. Come prepared to build
professional competence and confidence, improve student achievement, and
reinforce your commitment to this critically important profession. Participants
are responsible for travel costs and substitute teacher fees. For more
information, contact Teacher Services at 828.293.5202 or 800.922.0482 or email
registrar@nccat.org. http://www.nccat.org/programs/application-instructions
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October 6 –
November 16, 2016 World View Global Education and 21st Century Skills –
Online Course $250 / $300 http://worldview.unc.edu/our-programs/online/online-course/
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Friday – Saturday, October 7 – 8, 2016 FLANC Conference - CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF FLANC! (Foreign Language
Association of North Carolina) Durham, NC http://www.flanc.org/fall-conference
o Two full days of
conference on Friday, October 7, and Saturday, October 8, will offer over 120
sessions on many topics, including: Assessment/ASW, Culture, Student
Engagement, FLES/Immersion, Methods & Activities, Social Justice, Service
Learning, Advocacy, Technology, College/University Teaching, Research, and
Language-specific sessions including Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin,
and Spanish.
o A beginning teacher /
pre-service teacher strand on Friday, including sessions on classroom
management, building relationships with students, and networking.
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There are
also reduced conference registration rates for students and beginning teachers
as well as *TEN* beginning teachers' scholarships.
o Dr. Terry Osborn will
deliver the keynote address during Friday's luncheon. He is an internationally
recognized scholar of critical language studies and author of Teaching World
Languages for Social Justice: A Sourcebook of Principles and Practices.
o A special 50th
anniversary celebration reception takes place on Friday evening.
o Conference registration
includes a boxed lunch on both Friday and Saturday. Parking is also free at the
Sheraton Imperial
o Reserve your room now
at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center to take advantage of the
special room rate of $132 per night. (Promotional rate ends on September 9th)
o #FLANC50 - As we reflect
on our organization’s past, we invite you to participate by uploading some of
your favorite memories from FLANC (any year!) to Instagram or Twitter with the
hashtag #FLANC50. Include a brief caption to explain the photo. We will feature
these memories at our fall conference in 2016.
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Wednesday – Thursday, October 19 – 20, 2016 World View Global Education Symposium: Innovation and Technology to
Drive Global Learning The William
and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, NCSU, Raleigh. Cost: $175 per
person. $600 for a team of four. $150 for each additional member. CEU: 1.5 CEUs
will be awarded upon completion of program study guide. Our K-12 Global
Education Symposium is held each October at the William and Ida Friday Center
in Chapel Hill, NC. This day-and-a-half program explores significant global
issues, offers best practices in global education, http://worldview.unc.edu/k-12-global-education-symposium/
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Tuesday – Friday, November 1-4 NCCAT
Course 14259 - 4C-ing a Better Learning Experience: Technology and Tools to
Transform Your Teaching in Cullowhee What can't technology do these days? Unfortunately,
for many of us, technology is something that happens to us rather than a
powerful tool we can use to make our lives simpler and more productive.
Technology can engage our learners and open opportunities for communication,
collaboration and creativity in exciting ways. Come participate in interactive,
personalized sessions that will put you back in control, regulate the deluge of
incoming notifications, and spark new ideas to inspire student learning
opportunities both in and out of the classroom. Our time together will
culminate in a Lesson (re)Design that synthesizes your learning into a tangible
takeaway you can implement right away. NCCAT will cover, housing, meals, and
programming costs. Participants are responsible for travel costs and substitute
teacher fees. For more information, contact Teacher Services at 828.293.5202 or
800.922.0482 or email registrar@nccat.org.
http://www.nccat.org/programs/application-instructions
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Friday – Sunday, November 18 – 20, 2016 ACTFL Conference 2016 in Boston, MA. (ACTFL = American Council on
the Teaching of Foreign Languages) https://www.actfl.org/convention-expo Online Program at http://ww4.aievolution.com/tfl1601/index.cfm?do=cus.pubSearchOptions Pre-conference workshops
on Thursday, November 17.
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Thursday – Saturday, March 16 – 18, 2017 SCOLT Conference 2017 in Orlando, FL "Languages: Your Global
Fast Pass"! (SCOLT = Southeast Conference on Language Teaching) http://scolt.org/
WL Pedagogy
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Know the ACTFL Proficiency Levels? Quiz yourself on this Kahoot by NCSU Methods Professor
Karen Tharrington https://create.kahoot.it/?_ga=1.187077800.1216799116.1444364391&deviceId=bf4bd6dc-07b9-4349-81a6-7bf8b58f405e#quiz/2b86b200-40ed-4e17-a07e-2fe0105ad42a
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10 Beginning of the Year Ice Breakers http://spanishmama.com/10-beginning-of-the-year-icebreakers-and-games/
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Teaching Languages in Urban Schools – A Must Read for all WL teachers… https://martinabex.com/2016/07/28/teaching-languages-in-urban-schools-guest-post
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Play Contacto – an
oral vocabulary game for the classroom; for native speakers and second language
learners. Watch the game in action at https://vimeo.com/140016119
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Text Message Template. Let
students practice written interpersonal communication (Standard 1) with this
text message template. Students pass paper back and forth. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/09/21/27/092127b2ac76ef29796bede9970e133e.jpg or this one https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/42/48/a3/4248a31c6c66ef1f98381e8fab79984e.jpg
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Predict the Future Template – Use this ‘cootie catcher’ template (Did you use these as a
child?) to create an activity where students interact with each other orally.
Student 1 asks Student 2 which outer flap s/he chooses when the cootie catcher
is closed (Flaps are named after food, colors, places, famous people, numbers,
etc.) Student 1 then spells out the choice of Student 2 opening and closing the
cootie catcher one time per letter. Student 1 then opens the cookie catcher and
asks Student 2 which word s/he wants from the four choices visible inside (from
choices of food colors, numbers, places, etc.? Student 1 then opens and closes
the cootie catcher one time per letter as the word is spelled out. Student 1
then asks Student 2 which of the four interior choices s/he wants. Student 1
then reads Student 2 his/her fortune about what will happen in the future.
Teacher chooses categories for exterior flaps and interior triangles. Students
write words per category and the fortunes (using the future or simple future
tense). https://cdn.printablepaper.net/samples/Cootie_Catcher_Template.png
Global Resources
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KIVA – is a simple way
for your students to lend a micro-loan of $25 to a small business person
somewhere in the developing world. You can look at the countries where the
language you teach is spoken. French:
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Senegal, Togo, Spanish: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, etc.
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132 different kits from 94 different
countries: Argentina, Chile / Peru, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, European Union, France, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti,
Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Spain,
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Shipping is free both ways.
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Kits available September 6,
2016.Kits must be reserved at least 2 weeks in advance (last year we had around
700 requests!) Keep kits 2 – 4 weeks. Kits will not be sent out during UNC
Summer Break from 4/30/17-9/4/17.
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World Mapper –
Introduce your Student to what the world would look like per country if the
world map represented: 1) population per country, internet use per country,
income of $1 per day per country, animated world map of age of death from
infant death per country, gridded maps of the major cities per country,
animated flash files can be downloaded and used elsewhere if cited. Thanks to
Gabriel and Mariana Oprea, UCPS Global Teacher Leaders for this resource. http://www.worldmapper.org/#
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Disney's Frozen - "Let It Go" Multi-Language Full Sequence includes 25 languages interspersed
line by line throughout the song. This would make a great activity of advocacy
for the linguistic diversity of our planet. This was shared at the summer World
View Teacher-Leader Institute. They asked participants to list the
languages, name languages that weren’t included, reflect on why these 25
languages were chosen and why others were not chosen. Fun, entertaining
resource with the power for some reflective thinking. Note that there is Latin
American and Castilian Spanish. Ask your students why there are two versions? There is Mandarin and Cantonese. Do your students
know why? Thanks to Social Studies ICF,
Jeff Schneider, for sharing this resource. YouTube 3:56 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC83NA5tAGE
Alternate version with 42 languages dubbed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0mIYi1Z9CA
Find the lines alphabetically by language in this version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qq5oNRDm24
Frozen’s Do You Want to Build A Snowman?
in multiple languages YouTube 3:13 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvtB-8hlOs
Disney has a corporate division called Disney Character Voices International.
Check out which languages are included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Character_Voices_International
Find the lyrics at http://www.metrolyrics.com/it-go-25-languages-lyrics-disney.html
Tech Resources
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Duolingo for Schools -
You can now track progress on Duolingo! Many teachers and even entire
governments around the world already view Duolingo as the perfect blended
learning companion for their classrooms. Duolingo lessons give each student
personalized feedback and practice, preparing them to get the most out of classroom
instruction. Now teachers can track all their students in one place through our
brand new dashboard. https://schools.duolingo.com/
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Share to Classroom - Jodi
Robinson (UCPS Global Teacher Leader from Unionville Elem.) shared how to share
links and pages directly out to your students that are enrolled in your Google
Classroom by adding “Share to Classroom” as an extension on your computer. Then
have the students add the extension “Share to Classroom”. Once students open a
new page… your screen can be sent to them by a) clicking the Classroom icon at
the top bar, b) choosing which classroom to share it with.
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Tips on
Gamifying A Class https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/06/01/12-tips-for-gamifying-a-course.aspx
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Office Mix, an
add on to PowerPoint. You can record yourself, voice and/ or video and make a
video of your PowerPoint when finished. .
Chinese Resources
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Chinese New Year Greetings for Year of the Monkey from
Kensington Elementary School – YouTube video 3:11 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SRdMxZvZ_M
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Chinese Poet Li Bai -
Quiet Nights (Jing Ye Si) http://americanliterature.com/author/li-bai/poem/quiet-night-thoughts and http://www.chinesetolearn.com/famous-chinese-poem-%e9%9d%9c%e5%a4%9c%e6%80%9d-jing-ye-si-quiet-night-thoughts-%e6%9d%8e%e7%99%bd-li-bai-lyrics-pinyin-english-translation-bright-moon-mountain-moon-shan-yue-ming-yue-chuang-be
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MyPlate in Chinese - The
US Department of Agriculture resources http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ for the basic food
groups and proper portion control are found in 20 languages at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/other-languages . The resources for Choose
MyPlate: 10 Tips to a Great Plate in Simplified Mandarin are found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/printablematerials/SimplifiedChinese-DGTipsheet1.pdf The JPG for the MyPlate image in Simplified Mandarin is
found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/audiences/SimplifiedChinese.jpg
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Calligraphy Lesson at Kensington Elementary in Animoto https://animoto.com/play/v3QGlzjGmg8kc0aPMXMOug
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Student Cultural Performances - Lunar New Year performance of the Monkey King story from
Yinghua Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Yinghua opened in 2006, as the first
public charter Chinese immersion school in the United States and the first
Chinese immersion school in the Midwest. In 2015, Yinghua was named a National
Blue Ribbon School based on academic excellence. https://player.vimeo.com/video/156475758
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Gotta Like These 10 Chinese Facebook Pages – Language learning resources http://www.fluentu.com/chinese/blog/2016/05/03/learn-chinese-facebook/
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Bamboo Pole Dancing in China Tiao Zhugan https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/focus/sport-land3.htm
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Tinikling Dancing in China: YouTube 1:54 minutes 2008 - Chinese
students dancing to We Will Rock You by Queen during the Mid-Autumn or Mooncake
Festival in Wuhan City, China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBFYQI5iVs4
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台灣阿美族竹竿舞(彩排)Taiwan Ami Bamboo dance( Dress rehearsal) YouTube video 4:35 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYm1-bnjPA
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Tinikling Dancing in the Philippines: YouTube video 3:07 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0PBgWI0vc
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Tinikling Dancing Kensington ES at International Festival
2016 YouTube video 1:55 minutes https://drive.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/file/d/0B4nYtkG3PJdXdUNnRHBQcTN3bDQ/view and You Tube Video 0:34 minutes https://drive.google.com/a/ucps.k12.nc.us/file/d/0B4nYtkG3PJdXOE56a05BV3J1U1E/view
French Resources
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Authentic Resources for
French
from Martina Bex https://martinabex.com/2015/09/29/learning-french-with-authentic-resources/
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MyPlate in French - The
US Department of Agriculture resources http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ for the basic food
groups and proper portion control are found in 20 languages at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/other-languages . The resources for Choose
MyPlate: 10 Tips to a Great Plate in French are found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/printablematerials/French-DGTipsheet1.pdf The JPG for the MyPlate image in French is found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/audiences/French.jpg
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Nous visitons le Quebec
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7LxIqxD66GrNzRMT0NBR0NMZ1E/view?pref=2&pli=1https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7LxIqxD66GrNzRMT0NBR0NMZ1E/view?pref=2&pli=1
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Aprendices visuales –
short, colorful e-books in French. Jules au supermarché, Jules chez le
coiffeur, Jules dans la rue, Jules est frâché, Jules est effrayé, etc. https://issuu.com/aprendicesvisuales/docs
German Resources
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MyPlate in German - The
US Department of Agriculture resources http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ for the basic food
groups and proper portion control are found in 20 languages at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/other-languages . The resources for Choose
MyPlate: 10 Tips to a Great Plate in German are found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/printablematerials/German-DGTipsheet1.pdf The JPG for the MyPlate image in German is found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/audiences/German.jpg
Spanish Resources
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Smithsonian Exhibit The Great Inka Road http://nmai.si.edu/inkaroad/index.html The site has a lot
of resources for a WebQuest, Virtual Field Trip or Digital Scavenger Hunt
including videos. Thanks to Dianne Mays for sharing.
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Spanish 1+ – MiPlato (MyPlate) in Spanish - The Spanish USDA resources for MiPlato are plentiful
(#AuthenticResources). The main webpage is found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/multilanguage-spanish . Students can go the activity / calorie calculator http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate-daily-checklist-input/display and enter their own
age, height, weight, activity level and create their own plan like this one at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/myplate/checklists/MyPlateDailyChecklist_2400cals_Age14plus-sp.pdf The MiPlato logo is found at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/audiences/Spanish.jpg
o Sugerencias Mi Plato para niños http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/audiences/Sp_KidsTipsheet_1.pdf
o El día escolar ahora es más
saludable http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/tentips/DGTipsheet21SchoolDayJustGotHealthier-sp.pdf
o Ahorre más en el supermercado http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/tentips/DGTipsheet37SaveMoreAtTheGroceryStore-sp.pdf
o Seleccione alimentos saludables http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/tentips/DGTipsheet36EatSmartAndBeActiveAsYouGrow-sp.pdf
o Seleccione mejor sus alimentos
(para mujeres) http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/tentips/DGTipsheet35MakeBetterFoodChoices-sp.pdf
o Selecciones los alimentos que necesita
para crecer http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/tentips/DGTipsheet34ChooseTheFoodsYouNeedToGrow-sp.pdf
o Que su familia se mantenga activa http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/tentips/DGTipsheet29BeAnActiveFamily-sp.pdf
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Spanish 1 – AP/IB Alice Shrader’s
YouTube Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=FLBfZcwcdURi8jdxYjhAFmOw
o Spanish1+ School in Spain YouTube 3:24 min en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khdF4HeiwlM&index=22&list=FLBfZcwcdURi8jdxYjhAFmOw (grabado por un joven español) Thanks to Alice
Shrader for sharing.
o Spanish 3, Medical Spanish – Salud y bienestar YouTube 5:05 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xUOBzAZD8&list=FLBfZcwcdURi8jdxYjhAFmOw&index=44
o Las lenguas de España. Idiomas oficiales del estado
español YouTube 10:32 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAAgVvyAFgQ&list=FLBfZcwcdURi8jdxYjhAFmOw&index=36
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Aprendices visuales –
short, colorful e-books in Spanish. José está enfadado, José en el parquet,
José en el supermercado, etc. https://issuu.com/aprendicesvisuales/docs
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Spanish 3+ Descubriendo a Dalí - free, ebook, downloadable https://issuu.com/editorialweeble/docs/descubriendo_a_dali Useful for Spanish 3 Chapter on
Art and Artists
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Spanish 1+ Spanish readers provide excellent context for
classroom discussions, vocabulary development and pop-up gramar lessons. These readers
are recommended by TPRS specialist Susi Gross for levels 1 and above http://susangrosstprs.com/articles/SPANISHREADINGLIST.pdf
Spanish for Native Speakers
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Language
Shyness Among Heritage Speakers - https://mrpeto.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/language-shyness-among-heritage-speakers/ 1998 Article on Language Shyness and Heritage Language
Development by Stephen Krashen on http://sdkrashen.com/content/articles/1998_language_shyness.pdf
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vocabulario
- Durante el mes de octubre el Prof. Gabriel Paizy estará realizando un
recorrido a través de toda la isla para ponerte al día con las nuevas normas de
la ortografía española. Nutre tu intelecto y ponte al día con los más recientes
cambios de la Real Academia Española con el profesor más destacado en la
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