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Senior Spanish - Spanish for the Workplace

by ST

Jun 23, 2016

Anyone teach a high level Spanish for the Workplace? We're st starting it next year. Would love some ideas if you have an any.

Thanks!

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Spanish Immersion on YouTube

by Profe LocO

Jun 18, 2016

Hello,

I'm here to share a free resource. My YouTube channel has several videos on learning Spanish through immersive input. Here's my latest video on the verb "tener."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FsgcS5o1ug

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#Enough #Shame on us

by Enough

Jun 12, 2016

Enough.

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Pobre Ana series

by Ann Mc

Jun 7, 2016

Has anyone bought this series and what do you think about it?

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Susan But there are plenty of books that they can read at their
level. I'd rather choose an engaging one.

>> Although it may seem like it for babies for us as
>> teachers,
> the
>> students really appreciate being able to read an entire
>> book from start to finish. Plus, for a level one Spanish...See More

Jun 10, 2016

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AnnMc On 6/10/16, Susan wrote: > But there are plenty of books that they can read at their > level. I'd rather choose an engaging one. > > >>> Although it may seem like it for babies for us as >>> teachers, >> the >>> students really appreciate being able to read an entire >>> book from start to finis...See More

Jun 11, 2016

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Teaching basic Spanish to Seniors (elderly)

by Mark

Jun 8, 2016

Hello,

I have volunteered to teach basic Spanish to seniors. Does any one have any experience doing this? Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated.

Mark

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Julieta It's been a while, but I've done it.

Seniors in my experience have less realistic expectations about how long it will take to use the language, unless they already speak another one. Many of the ones I've had expected to be able to use the language for a full hour straight with less than two years of study. Now these have been seniors loo...See More

Jun 9, 2016

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Anyone taught English in the Hispanic world?

by horrified

Jun 1, 2016

I am certified in English and Spanish; I have a BA in Spanish and an MA in English. I also passed a test and added middle school social studies. I have 4 years oof teaching experience, and I live in a border area.. so I have even taught Spanish for natives. But my district is toxic..so I looked into moving to teach English. (I will only consider th...See MoreI am certified in English and Spanish; I have a BA in Spanish and an MA in English. I also passed a test and added middle school social studies. I have 4 years oof teaching experience, and I live in a border area.. so I have even taught Spanish for natives. But my district is toxic..so I looked into moving to teach English. (I will only consider the Hispanic world.. I can't imagine teaching Englissh without knowing my students'language.) I feel like I am dealing with the lady in that commericial playing candy crush with real candy.. I want to scream "That is not how any of this works!!!"

First off, the average salary is 7 dollars an hour.. better salaries are in places with a higher cost of living. But you need a teacher's certificate or "an equivalent:. I don't a TEFL certficate to teach English (true) or "an equivalent". So institute jobs paying an average of 7 dollars an hour think I am not qualified enough to join their staff with just 4 years of experience in the US school system??

The lucky duckies who do qualify have to: move to a major urban alone start door knocking pay for their visa OH: And knowing Spanish is a major disadvantage!! So you are also expected to move without knowing the language.

Schools offer free lessons, help finding ou living arrangements with Hispanics and school events where you can meet up with local to chat in Spanish..and of course they stress this is so you can learn Spanish; but they flat out say they don't hire Spanish speakers!

Not only do jobs refuse to answer basic questions about the visa, salaries and housing they tell you "demanding answers about the visa" is culurally insensitive.

And speaking of visas, some rules I have learned... Peru: No one can have any visa..unless you are a student, but that isn't to work on.

Costa Rica: Do NOT come in with English teachig books or you won't gett past customs..but you can hire ou yourself, great a tax number, and cross the border every 90 days.

Ecuador: You get cultural exchange visa; as a condition to get that visa, you agree to work for free..this is totally legal. Prior to getting that, you need to register your BA and get a personal visa; jobs require ou to have a visa.

Mexico: Plan to make a dozen trips to the consulate's office.. the average cost of these trips is 1000.

BUT: chatboards are filled with posters claiming the visa problem is just false, in Ecuador "you definately can't spend more than you make", and that the region has truckloads of amazing jobs. Anyone who contadicts this narrative is/must be a loser with qualifications. Obvisously.

So what am I missing? Other than being lied to by certficate insitutes and strangers online--and thus believing there are endless great jobs out there--why does anyone teach in the Hispanic world? People even pay headhunters 1500 to get them a 700 a month job! I am sure some private schools want Americans to be classroom English teachers..but I searched for months and never found a single k-12 school job advertised,

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more..same poster as above I never moved wthout job, but I did do in country job hunting; in several cases the job i moved for didn't work out, and in some caases I wanted to move to another city.

So..you'd go in, say you are a native speaker and ask if the insitute s hiring. They would hire you on the spot and you would start that day. awesome, right? Nope. Probem...See MoreI never moved wthout job, but I did do in country job hunting; in several cases the job i moved for didn't work out, and in some caases I wanted to move to another city.

So..you'd go in, say you are a native speaker and ask if the insitute s hiring. They would hire you on the spot and you would start that day. awesome, right? Nope. Probem were immense: yyou were usually on call..you worked rndom hours with little notice. You didn't get paid, these schools had no legal way to get you a visa, you never knew what clsses you were teaching, you lacke the mot basic supplies.. an so on.

My mom taught in a university education department and she (with my permission of course): used my experiences as a discussion topic in her education classes. These jobs aren'tt profesional, and that is not surprising. Professional jobs advertise and hire when they need staff; unprofessional jobs wait for applicants to walk in and ask for a job. That s why you can talk into wal mart and gett hired.. but high end stores don't hire that way. Could a job teacching English in Latin America nver adevertise (and only hire people in front of them) but be an excellent school? Sure. But is it "wrong" to stereotype an institute as unprofessional becasue they hire by waiting for gringos to wander in? No. Odds are the job that hires you as soon as you enter because "we need a teaccher now o cover today's classes!" is not a good job.

So.. I will find a job before I go. Ha ha ha :). Insttitutes won't hire you until you are in their city. And that makes them unprofessional. There is a huge neeed for English teachers in K-12 schools, but (due to visa issues and other issues I won'tt gett into) you are highly unlikely to find such a job..even if you are in counry.

/16, Sorry but.. wrote: > I taught abroad..when the global economy was good. It is not > worth it! > > 1) Jobs are interested..until you have the nerve to be applying > from te USA. Then they say get here and we'll chat. Reality > check: just moving to a big city alone to job hunt is unafe. > > 2) Institutes an K 12 schools lie about everything! Salary, > schedule, the student levels, etc. Most jobs apologize profusely > and consantly "we are so sorrry we haven't aid you..parents > haven't paid us this month.. we promise to get you back pay this > week!!"..but nothing changes. > > I was even lied to in a contract and told I had inermediate > classes.. instead I had college level business! A teacher with a > MBA was hired for the job, but she had to go home. > > 3) I knew multiple teachers who had lived in the country for > multiple years and spoke almost no Spanish.. they insisted that > if you just used English "the students DO understand". As a > tutor I had to reteach beginners with Spanish.. I got f--k ou > for thank you. > > 4) But before you even get to any of this..if you push a school > to explain the visa process, they will gett angry and posssibly > evenn resind your offer. And I am sorry..wanting to ensure I > will get a legal visa is not culturally insensitive. > > On 6/01/16, horrified wrote: >> I am certified in English and Spanish; I have a BA in Spanish >> and an MA in English. I also passed a test and added middle >> school social studies. I have 4 years oof teaching experience, >> and I live in a border area.. so I have even taught Spanish >> for natives. But my district is toxic..so I looked into moving >> to teach English. (I will only consider the Hispanic world.. I >> can't imagine teaching Englissh without knowing my >> students'language.) I feel like I am dealing with the lady in >> that commericial playing candy crush with real candy.. I want >> to scream "That is not how any of this works!!!" >> >> First off, the average salary is 7 dollars an hour.. better >> salaries are in places with a higher cost of living. But you >> need a teacher's certificate or "an equivalent:. I don't a >> TEFL certficate to teach English (true) or "an equivalent". So >> institute jobs paying an average of 7 dollars an hour think I >> am not qualified enough to join their staff with just 4 years >> of experience in the US school system?? >> >> The lucky duckies who do qualify have to: >> move to a major urban alone >> start door knocking >> pay for their visa >> OH: And knowing Spanish is a major disadvantage!! So you are >> also expected to move without knowing the language. >> >> Schools offer free lessons, help finding ou living >> arrangements with Hispanics and school events where you can >> meet up with local to chat in Spanish..and of course they >> stress this is so you can learn Spanish; but they flat out say >> they don't hire Spanish speakers! >> >> Not only do jobs refuse to answer basic questions about the >> visa, salaries and housing they tell you "demanding answers >> about the visa" is culurally insensitive. >> >> And speaking of visas, some rules I have learned... >> Peru: No one can have any visa..unless you are a student, but >> that isn't to work on. >> >> Costa Rica: Do NOT come in with English teachig books or you >> won't gett past customs..but you can hire ou yourself, great a >> tax number, and cross the border every 90 days. >> >> Ecuador: >> You get cultural exchange visa; as a condition to get that >> visa, you agree to work for free..this is totally legal. Prior >> to getting that, you need to register your BA and get a >> personal visa; jobs require ou to have a visa. >> >> Mexico: Plan to make a dozen trips to the consulate's office.. >> the average cost of these trips is 1000. >> >> BUT: chatboards are filled with posters claiming the visa >> problem is just false, in Ecuador "you definately can't spend >> more than you make", and that the region has truckloads of >> amazing jobs. Anyone who contadicts this narrative is/must be >> a loser with qualifications. Obvisously. >> >> So what am I missing? Other than being lied to by certficate >> insitutes and strangers online--and thus believing there are >> endless great jobs out there--why does anyone teach in the >> Hispanic world? People even pay headhunters 1500 to get them a >> 700 a month job! I am sure some private schools want Americans >> to be classroom English teachers..but I searched for months >> and never found a single k-12 school job advertised,

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tyler Salaries vary widely, but a friend of mine worked a very nice private school in Mérida, Yucatan, and earned $125 USD a week teaching English full time. You don't need to get your abacus out to realize that isn't enough to live on in most cases.

Jun 8, 2016

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Preterite or Imperfect?

by Sra. R

Feb 11, 2016

I'm looking at the sentence "we didn't go to the beach yesterday." Would you use preterite or imperfect with that, and why?

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Same question... I was wondering the same, because I would hope that no Spanish teacher would have a question like this!! Sorry, not trying to be mean, but really??????????????

On 2/11/16, Fiona wrote: > On 2/11/16, Sra. R wrote: >> I'm looking at the sentence "we didn't go to the beach >> yesterday." Would you use preterite or imp...See More

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Carmen On 2/11/16, James wrote: > On 2/11/16, Sra. R wrote: >> I'm looking at the sentence "we didn't go to the beach >> yesterday." Would you use preterite or imperfect with >> that, and why? > > In this isolated sentence, the preterit will be used. > Why - it is a single isolate event that takes place in the > ...See More

May 30, 2016

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APPS for IPAD Mini

by Kelly

May 22, 2016

Hi there. I recently was awarded a local grant and was able to purchase one iPad mini for use in my high school Spanish classroom. I wondered if I might be able to find out what others consider to be good apps that they would suggest for me/my students.

I appreciate your help.

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Kelly Thank you for the advice.

On 5/23/16, maestra2012 wrote: > > asi lo digo > > duolingo > > destinos > > yabla > > some of the apps ive been using this school year > > On 5/22/16, Jill wrote: >> [link removed].

May 26, 2016

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Kelly Thank you for your advice.

Kelly

On 5/22/16, Jill wrote: > [link removed].

May 26, 2016

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MTTC Spanish 28

by PIlar

May 26, 2016

Hola , has anyone here taken the MTTC Spanish?

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grammar help

by Kerri

May 20, 2016

A student of mine is doing a paper about love in the stories of Don Quijote and La Celestina. How should she properly say statements like "to make her love him". Thanks!

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