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Tips, Tricks, & Techniques: Helping Students Learn,
Use, and RecallKerisa Baedke
Tips, Tricks, & Techniques: Helping Students Learn,
Use, and RecallKerisa Baedke
Central States Conference
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Chicago, Illinois 2009
Central States Conference
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Chicago, Illinois 2009
How do you solve a problem like María? How do you teach a child to conjugate? How do you make her see all that she’s meant to be? How do you help her agree, command, and negate? Oh how do you solve a problem like María? How do you help a student understand?
How do you solve a problem like María? How do you teach a child to conjugate? How do you make her see all that she’s meant to be? How do you help her agree, command, and negate? Oh how do you solve a problem like María? How do you help a student understand?
Our job can be more difficult at times than that of Mother Superior and the good sisters. It is our task to help students move concepts and ideas from their short term to their long term memory.
I’ve heard it described as moving things off of a student’s working desk and into her filing cabinet, where she can find them whenever she needs them.
Tips, Tricks & TechniquesTips, Tricks & TechniquesChants & RhymesGamesGesturesGraphicsMetaphorsMnemonicsMusic SayingsSongs
Chants & RhymesGamesGesturesGraphicsMetaphorsMnemonicsMusic SayingsSongs
Spanish ChantsSpanish Chants- o - amos
- as - áis
- a - an
- a - an
- a - an
Yo soy Nosotros somosTú eres Vosotros soisUd./él/ella es Uds./ellos/ellas son
Uds./ellos/ellas sonellas son
A Rhyme for SpanishA Rhyme for Spanish
Stem-changing verbs
give their old stems the boot.
8 stems change,
2 keep their root,
to help remember,
draw the boot.
GamesGames
Card game - 99
Flyswatter vowels
Verbs patty-cake
Dice games
Bingo
GesturesGestures
Questions for beginning conversationX, X, T - pouvoirS, S, rien - regular -re verbsTildesLL, LL, LL, L, L, LL - appelerBelle, bel, beauxHayLes accentsLa familia2 steps forward, 1 step back - reflexives
Graphics / VisualsGraphics / Visuals
ne parle pas
No hay nadie
Luc souvent.
Footwear for verbsFootwear for verbs
A shoe for every occasionA shoe for every occasion
BootStem-changers in Spanish & FrenchRegular -er verbs in French-er & -ir verb conjugations in Spanish
ShoeStem-changers with an irregular yo
Sandal-ir stem-changers in the preterite
Boots, boots, it’s all about the boots
Boots, boots, it’s all about the boots
My cousin & meMy cousin & me
MetaphorsMetaphors
a wedding a play
The subjunctiveel pretérito
vsel imperfecto
Mnemonic Memory DevicesMnemonic Memory Devices
Words or phrases to help students memorize a lot of material, generally lists. They are helpful for learning vocabulary or lists of rules.
You generally take the first letter of each word and either arrange them to make a word or you assign a word to each and you make a sentence.
I have some mnemonic devices that I give students, but I prefer having students make up their own.
MnemonicsMnemonics
D I S H E S
A
R
R E
R
A
B
E
R
S
T
A
R
A
B
E
R
Los verbos irregulares en el presente del subjuntivo
While we do the DISHES
this is what we say:
Haya, vaya, sea,
Sepa, dé, esté.
More MnemonicsMore Mnemonics
P
L
A
C
E
erception
ocation
ction
ondition
motion
Uses of the verb estar
Y másY más
W
E
D
D
I
N
G
ish / ill
motion
oubt / enial
esire
eneral (prepositions)
egation
mpersonal expressions
Usos del subjuntivo
Student MnemonicsStudent MnemonicsLos Pueblos Invasores en España I - iberosC - celtasF - feniciosG - griegosC - cartaginesesR - romanosV - visigodosM - moros
Ignacio comerá frutas y gazpacho con Raúl Valdez mañana.
Isabel cuenta fuegos grandes cuando Ramón va a mirarlos.
MusicMusicShare with a neighbor how you use music in yourlanguage classroom.
Here are some of my favorites.
While students enter.
While students work in pairs.
While students test.
To show the difference between the PC and the imperfect.
To review vocabulary and structures.
Sayings & ExpressionsSayings & Expressions“In the nous” or “In the no”
Are you included in the nous or the nosotros in the question?
Y yo, y yo, y yo
To T or not to T - that is the question
Anybody & I is the nosotros (as) form of the verb
Do you need to add a T in the inverted French question? Va - T - il? Peut - elle?
Ir is an -ar wannabeIr wants to run with the in crowd. So it pretendsto be a regular -ar verb “var.”
Sing-Along TimeSing-Along Time
¡Cantemos ya!
Gracias, ThanksGracias, Thanks
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If you have tips to share, questions or feedback, please email me at kbaedke@waukee.k12.ia.us