Cuba and Spain Short Story Collection for Level 1 and 2 Spanish Students
Microcuentos de España & Microcuentos cubanos
Take your students to the streets of Havana, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, and beyond with microcuentos—super short stories with fantasy endings.
Microcuentos de España:
Each story uses magic realism to introduce important people and places from Spain. At each of these places, learn about a prominent figure—a musician, singer, writer, painter, athlete, king, queen, bullfighter, actor, architect, warrior, and many more.
Written specifically for first-year students in their second semester and for second-year students. Includes Notas culturales, comprehension questions, vocabulary help, and answer guide.
©2021. Spanish, English. Levels 1 and 2. Beginning, Intermediate. Reproducible. 112 pages.
Book Download: PDF. Color pages.
Print Book: Spiral-bound. 8.5 x 11 inches. Black and white pages.
Microcuentos cubanos:
Each story uses magic realism to introduce important Cuban people and places like:
• Vamos a cantar: El Malecón, Celia Cruz
• Los almendrones: La calle Prado, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
• ¡Es él!: La calle Obispo, Compay Segundo
Written specifically for first-year students in their second semester and for second-year students. Includes Nota cultural, questions, vocabulary, and answer guide.
©2019. Spanish, English. Beginning, Intermediate. Reproducible. 93 pages.
Book Download: PDF. Color pages.
Print Book: Spiral-bound. 8.5 x 11 inches. Black and white pages.
About the Author
Award-winning teacher, presenter, and author Tom Alsop is a former middle school and high school Spanish teacher who now teaches Spanish at Butler University in Indianapolis. He often presents at world language conferences and leads workshops at schools around the country. He is the director of three summer Spanish teacher immersion programs (Aventura Cultural) for high school and middle school teachers in Havana, Cuba; Madrid, Spain; and Guadalajara, Mexico.