Teaching Tip #5: How to use puppets The Year 1 and Year 2 Spanish lessons include humorous and interactive puppet skits. These skits add a delightful component to the teaching of a foreign language. You may be unfamiliar with the…

Teaching Tip #4: How to teach songs with TPR The memorization of songs is an effective and enjoyable component of the Sing ‘n Speak Spanish program. If melodies are catchy, students will sing the songs repeatedly, giving them the repetition…

Teaching Tip #3: How to Introduce Vocabulary with Flash cards and TPR The introduction of new vocabulary with flash cards is an important part of the Spanish lesson. It is effective and lots of fun when you use the following…

Teaching Tip #2: Class activities should involve most of the students most of the time. To keep students engaged and maximize learning, minimize activities where the focus is on an individual student. Split the class into teams to play games…

Teaching Tip #1: Keep the class lively and fast-paced. Classroom maintenance problems often arise when students are restless or bored. As a dynamic teacher, you need to switch activities often so students don’t have a chance to get bored. Students…