The Problems with World Language Presentations and How to Fix Them–Part 1

Posted on 2016-11-27 by S. Perez Castillejo, Ph.D. by S. Perez Castillejo, Ph.D.

You’ve probably had to walk the plank before. Uh oh. Presentation time. You know, where it’s your turn to trudge up to the front of the class and start speaking in front of everyone. Maybe you’ve been assigned to talk about a national dish, or a traditional dance, or a famous artist. It’s bad enough that all[…]

Dear Diary: the Preterite and the Imperfect on Extempore

Posted on 2016-11-13 by S. Perez Castillejo, Ph.D. by S. Perez Castillejo, Ph.D.

If you teach Spanish (or French, for that matter), you know how mighty the battle can be for students to learn and use correctly the two verb forms used to talk about actions in the past. Yep, I’m taking about the preterite and the imperfect. Just mentioning those two words often sends chills down the[…]