This guidebook is intended for use by teachers of Spanish (FLES through college level) and by teachers in Spanish bilingual programs. It lists all of the Spanish-speaking countries and 72 Spanish-language cultural themes, such as "Actualidades" (Current Events), "Carreras y espanol comercial" (Careers and Commercial Spanish), "Deportes" (Sports),…

The main goal of this course of study is for the student to understand, recognize, and interpret the many changes which occurred in the poetry and prose of Spain at the advent of Romanticism. The student also studies the movements that followed Romanticism: Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism. Performance objectives, suggested materials, learning…

This workbook-style text is intended to introduce the Puerto Rican child and Spanish speaking children generally to the history, geography, customs and traditions of Puerto Rico. The introduction in the form of a teacher's guide provides objectives, suggested procedures, and additional activities. The student portion of the text is divided into…

Testing of Spanish students revealed that students preferred to learn vocabulary through use of synonyms or devices using similarity of implied class membership. (CK)

This Spanish activity packet was designed to be used with the map study portion of each of twelve units in a second year course in Spanish. Each unit deals with a different Spanish-speaking country or place, such as Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, or Peru. Included here are worksheets, games, map outlines, crossword puzzles, skits, and cultural…

This lesson plan for a Spanish class includes a vocabulary list, a grammar discussion with questions and a poem followed by analytical questions. (NCR)

The purpose of this guide is to identify program goals in Texas for the teaching of Spanish, Levels I, II, and III (Grades 7-12). Program goals are presented for the students' development of four language skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing--and an understanding of Hispanic culture. The guidelines are designed to assist local schools…

This article deals with the teaching of spelling to students of foreign languages. Sample spelling exercises are given, mostly for the teaching of French. The simplest exercises involve filling in blanks with letters in response to a picture, the copying of whole words in activities such as crossword puzzles and sentences with blanks, and…

Integrating a foreign language culture into the teaching of the language is discussed, and a list of methods is provided.

This illustrated booklet describes aspects of a college Spanish course in which students play an active role in learning and using the language. Methods and materials take account of real-life situations and situations significant to young people. The learning of Spanish through "fine arts" is discussed, that is, learning the language by using the…

Presents activities designed to help the language teacher, teacher candidate, and language student learn to use metric measurement. A pretest/post-test is provided in English. Metric vocabulary is given in French, Spanish, and German. A list of sources of metric information and teaching aids is appended. (Author/AM)

Bulletin boards in language classrooms can be highly motivating learning activities. Examples are given here of several activities used successfully at beginning and intermediate levels of Spanish in secondary schools. (CHK)

Like its English counterpart, this is a collection of over 100 games and activities whose intent is to increase oral proficiency without requiring reading skills. The collection grew out of the desire to provide remedies for specific linguistic weaknesses in Spanish as identified by the Language Assessment Scales. Because tongue twisters, riddles,…

This volume is a collection of articles, activities and resources in the foreign language field from both state and national sources. The collection deals with teaching methods, trends in the field, instructional materials, learning activities and creative student work. Various kinds of resources for foreign language teachers, including…

This course is designed to help students improve their oral and written expression as well as their ability to summarize. Stories by Spanish and Spanish American writers are used. Students also have the opportunity to reinforce skills in recognizing the importance of writing as an efficient means of communication, and experience is provided in…