Friday, 23 January 2015

Ideas For Spanish Lesson Plans

By Janine Hughes


If you are new to teaching a particular subject, you may need some ideas to help you come up with daily schedules that your students can complete on time and without a lot of problems. With many schools across the country requiring teachers to teach more than one subject, you might find yourself assigned to a foreign language class. Even if you are not a native speaker, you can still come up with Spanish lesson plans that your students can follow and benefit from throughout the year. These strategies may allow you to teach your class effectively.

You might be nervous about devising a plan for any day of the week because you are not sure about the language itself. As you follow along in the text or workbook assigned to the class, you could still come up with strategies that let both you and your class learn. One of the primary ways that some students learn is by playing games. You could have one day of the week set aside to play language games that will help your pupils pick up the vocabulary.

A favorite among many language instructors is bingo. You could make up charts with various words in this language and then call out the word, using the right pronunciation. The classroom must match the words that you call out with the right letters. The letters, however, also can be pronounced in this tongue, helping the class learn the words and also the alphabet.

Another game could involve labeling the things around your classroom with the appropriate names in that tongue. This hands-on approach lets them think up the right words while at the same time being enough of a challenge to be entertaining. You might undertake this activity several times a semester to ensure that everyone is learning what is required of them.

Many teachers also rely on movies and songs to teach their kids. Media spoken in the native language may seem to be rapid and hard to understand. It is true that many of your kids might not be able to understand most of what is being spoken or sang. However, they will grow used to hearing the speed of the language and also recognize one or two words every few sentences.

Of course, regular methods like writing paragraphs, translating texts, and filling out worksheets also can come in useful. If the classroom has assigned texts, you might be advised to use these resources. It can show administrators that you are using the investments purchased for this particular subject.

You may evaluate how effective your schedule is by testing the students regularly. Many teachers administer tests every few weeks. You may strengthen their skills and test readiness by having them speak only in the language throughout class period.

Coming up with the right plans for teaching Spanish may seem like a challenge if you have never before taught this subject. Even if you are not fluent, you might still become an effective teacher by using these tips. You could help your students understand and develop a passion for the subject throughout the entire school year.




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