tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898729898073581154.post5075148479986043307..comments2024-03-27T08:54:51.538-04:00Comments on Teaching Spanish w/ Comprehensible Input: Cloze exercises w/ SongsSeñora Hitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909827381087226676noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898729898073581154.post-82710385769549292192017-10-05T07:22:12.964-04:002017-10-05T07:22:12.964-04:00Looking these exercises because i want to improve ...Looking these exercises because i want to improve and <a href="http://sms-spanish.com" rel="nofollow">learn spanish</a> the best as i canAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333115768650741796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898729898073581154.post-60211793777855400702012-11-13T12:32:02.000-05:002012-11-13T12:32:02.000-05:00Thanks for the responses and suggestions.
I need...Thanks for the responses and suggestions. <br />I need to add songs back into my lesson plans. When I do, I think I will make them for exposure to the language and culture instead of using them for any type of formal assessment.<br /><br />I used Senor Wooldrige's songs last year but didn't renew my subscription (yet), so this year I was limited to the ones from our CD or the new song that he made available to everyone. <br />Señora Hitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909827381087226676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898729898073581154.post-11136676347546196752012-11-13T10:13:10.706-05:002012-11-13T10:13:10.706-05:00Check out senorwooly.com. I have taught hundreds o...Check out senorwooly.com. I have taught hundreds of kids that can't get enough of these songs. The teacher tips explains the grammatical focus of each song and activities are available for each one including puzzles, close activities games and stories. Señora Culpepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537876931292058172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898729898073581154.post-90538097712430954662012-11-04T20:35:41.152-05:002012-11-04T20:35:41.152-05:00I use songs a lot. Try to teach some culture. Ofte...I use songs a lot. Try to teach some culture. Often there are a few they memorize. This year they have two totally memorized and i love it. They understand it and are using the language And downloading the songs....so, i look at this as learning. I don't test on the songs...just learn to learn and have fun with it. Maybe that is too lite for some, but my kids beg to sing every day.haglunds2haitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759563536555902082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898729898073581154.post-67042080268610926112012-10-29T00:19:06.223-04:002012-10-29T00:19:06.223-04:00I tried doing song quizzes a few years ago and was...I tried doing song quizzes a few years ago and was pretty successful with the format (taken from Victoria Gellert, who teaches Japanese here in Anchorage). The class would vote on three lines from the song that they wanted to learn, and they were responsible for memorizing the translation of those lines during the week and knowing them for the song quiz on Friday. I tried to encourage them to choose phrases that would be useful in their lives, and I would give them modifications to the line each day so that they could see how to manipulate it to say other things (ex: if the line was "mi dulce princesa", how would you say, "my sweet friend"? "chocolate is sweet"? etc.). I stopped doing it because, although students were learning the terms short-term, there wasn't a ton of long-term retention, which probably could have been remedied had I kept bringing around the terms, but I didn't. Maybe I'll bring it back one of these years...MmBexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378936178902085497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898729898073581154.post-58880188172415642022012-10-21T22:19:45.259-04:002012-10-21T22:19:45.259-04:00I try to pick songs that somehow relate culturally...I try to pick songs that somehow relate culturally or grammatically to what we're discussing. I do cloze activities and we always discuss what the songs mean (at least the important parts), but I haven't tested students on them ever. I think just use songs as another method of input and then test them on those things once they've gotten enough repetitions. If the word or phrase is important enough you'll be using it in other stories, so maybe test them on it there. <br />Hope all is well. :)Sra. Hoopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933055980804868223noreply@blogger.com