El Blog de Español de Aquinas

Fab Site for learning Spanish

My day was made today when one of our pupils shared this link with me.  It looks great and the Spanish songs are brilliant as they are done in karaoke style.  Click here.  Muchas gracias R. !

A fantastic site for listening

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin has a fantastic site with lots of resources which include videos in Spanish with transcripts and grammar explanations.  A great resource for all levels.

 

La vuelta al cole

Bienvenidos al departamento y al año nuevo.  Aquí hay mi primer intento a crear un código QR para el nuevo curso.  

Semana Santa competition - Puerto Rico & West Side Story

Our Annual Semana Santa competition is taking place a bit later in the year than normal due to exam classes.  Year 8 and 9 will be preparing their presentations on the topic of Puerto Rico (Year 8) and an aspect of West Side Story (Year 9).  Try to make your work as creative and original as possible.   You are allowed 6 powerpoint slides, but the rest is up to your team as to how you convey the information.

 

Buena Suerte.

¿Cordero o perro?

En una granja china ha nacido un cordero con aspecto de perro. Sí, mira el animal. Tiene lana de  cordero pero su boca, nariz, ojos, patas y cola se parecen a las de un can.

El granjero Liu Naiying asegura que lo encontró al poco de nacer cuando su madre, un cordero blanco, lo lamía sobre la hierba. Liu Naiying quedó sorprendido, lleva 20 años dedicado a los animales y nunca ha visto nada parecido.

Desde que la noticia se hizo pública, muchos son los curiosos que se acercan a la granja para verlo a él y a su mamá oveja.

Aquí hay el texto en El Gancho.

 

Reading with Lingro

Lingro is an excellent site which helps you to translate vocabulary on the site you are using for reading practice.  This is an excellent resource to develop your vocabulary and improve Reading skills.

Practice your Speaking skills

Here is a link to a site which allows to you type your text into the box and select a Spanish voice to say it.  A good way to practice your speaking at home in preparation for your exam.

Acapela

 

Podcasts to improve your listening skills

September is the perfect month to start good habits such as listening to Spanish every day, from a short news video to your favourite song.  The more you expose yourself to the language, the more trained your ear will become and also you will broaden your vocabulary, particularly where there is a transcript available with the audio.  If there is no transcript.....how about trying your own!!  Transcribing what you hear is challenging, but it pays off dividends in the end.  

 

Here are a few free podcasts which would be well worth downloading to your ipod.  You can then listen to them in your own time.  Search iTunes to download.

 

Así Se Hace

Coffee Break Spanish

News in Slow Spanish

News Time Spanish

¡Suerte!

Year 8 - ¡Bienvenidos!

Welcome to Spanish.  Learning a new language is fun so we hope you enjoy learning Spanish in Year 8!

 

Click here to listen to the Year 8 favourite songs in Spanish with Los Lunnies and El Alfabeto....olé.

Download Year 8 spanish september
 

 

via modernfunlanguages.typepad.co.uk

Year 8 - Michael Bublé

Se llama Miguel.  Es de Canadá.  Es canadiense.  Es alto y delgado.  Tiene los ojos marrones y tiene el pelo corto y moreno.  No lleva gafas y no tiene bigote. 

¡Canta fenomenal y es muuuuy guapo!