Dreaming Spanish: Parents/Los padres Video

Pablo explains what parents tell children in Spain that is different from explanations in the U.S., entirely in Spanish. Students learn about el Ratoncito, who takes the place of the Tooth Fairy, and the ways parents tell their children "no" in Spain.

©2018. 9 minutes. Spanish. Level 1, Novice. Not rated.

Video Download: MP4.

 

Dreaming Spanish: Video Resource Teacher Guide

Specifically created to help you discuss, expand on, and assess the video topic with your students, this guide gives you the flexibility to pick and choose from nine activities that fit your classroom teaching style, your students’ abilities, and the time constraints of your classes.

Includes:

• Student Growth of Knowledge
• Matching Video Images and Vocabulary
• Reading and Writing Comprehension Questions
• Summarize Video Dialogue
• Spain and U.S. Culture Comparisons
• Create-Your-Own Vocabulary Reference
• Draw and Speak Video Topics
• Grammar Connection
• Answer Key with Expansion Ideas and Suggestions
• ACTFL Standards Alignment

©2018. English, Spanish. Level 1, Novice. Reproducible. 22 pages.

Video Resource Guide Download: PDF and JPEG format. Adobe® Reader® required to view PDF.

 

About the Series

The perfect input for novices! There is no need to throw your students into the deep end of authentic resources to teach them to swim. Start them out in a warm kiddie pool! Beginning language learners need sympathetic speakers when they begin to understand spoken Spanish, just as they will need sympathetic listeners when they start to speak it. The Dreaming Spanish with Pablo video series, made in Spain by teacher and native Spanish speaker Pablo Román, discusses simple subjects using limited vocabulary, but with no unnatural restriction of grammar. Pablo draws pictures as he tells stories, and students listen with the goal of understanding the meaning being conveyed, with no need to analyze each word or expression. It is engaging, spontaneous, and unscripted speech by a native speaker at a pace and level of complexity that beginners can process. Content exclusively filmed in Spain for students at a novice-low level.