by Teresa Carbajal Ravet | Oct 26, 2012 | Language Acquisition, Language Services
The following chart is one I created for my Spanish students to help with sentence structure and the two moods, which I refer to as environments. I share it with you here as a reference aid for your initial Spanish writing practice. By no means is this a complete and...
by Teresa Carbajal Ravet | Sep 26, 2012 | Cultural Event, Language Acquisition
How cool is this!?!? Look what I found!?!? A European Day of Languages and a website dedicated to this one day full of fun language facts and ways to participate! The site gives a brief description of the celebration and its origin. It all started back in 2001 when...
by Teresa Carbajal Ravet | Sep 12, 2012 | Cultural Lesson, Ethnic Studies, Language Acquisition
I’ve decided to step into high gear and start Spanish reading lessons with my children this school year. I made the decision early in my motherhood not to force the Spanish language on my children by obligating them to speak ONLY Spanish in our home. I advocate...
by Teresa Carbajal Ravet | Sep 11, 2012 | Cultural Lesson, Language Acquisition
by gdilieto Just as with native language acquisition, the addition of other languages comes through consistent and shared learning. Language fluency is successful when it is practiced by a community of cultural students on a daily basis. Therefore if parents wish...
by Teresa Carbajal Ravet | Aug 21, 2012 | Cultural Experience, Home, Language Acquisition
An opportunity to practice and experience a foreign language is through the participation in cultural events. Foreign language students internalize a language and their study when they take the initiative and immerse...
by Teresa Carbajal Ravet | Aug 9, 2012 | Cultural Films, Ethnic Studies, Home, Language Acquisition, New Releases
I always recommend to my foreign language students to watch foreign films as good practice for listening skills, grammar comprehension, and as a cultural experience. It is a well-rounded lesson in foreign language acquisition and cultural studies. So when a promising...