Artículos escritos en nuestro blog por profesores nativos de idiomas

Play dough is a simple educational tool that promotes learning through hands-on playing. However, it is not very popular with teenagers and adults. In this post, I will describe five activities that you can implement with the grown-ups. Many of these tasks were originally used in Language or Arts classes, but you can definitely adapt them in any subject classroom with reading assignments or vocabulary that needs to be learnt. Playdoh Vocabu...

Last Saturday marked the celebration of La Noche de San Juan, the eve of Saint John the Baptist's Day, which also coincides with the shortest night of the year. The Summer Solstice (also known as Litha in many parts of Europe) is a pagan festival that celebrates the longest day of the year. Here in Spain, the Christian festival Saint John's Day and the Pagan Litha are combined to form the festivity La Noch...

My teaching approach is a synthesis of the direct and communicative approach. As a teacher who is comfortable with and has adopted a conversationalist style of teaching, I believe this is the most effective way to motivate a class. By way of facilitating a conversation, or a discussion, which involves the exchange of ideas, incites a higher level of understanding and learning. The communicative approach may be difficult for students who are used...

Nouns That Need Determiners: Countable Singular Nouns We’ll start with some facts about nouns. First, some nouns in English can’t stand alone. For example, you can’t just say, “Cat crossed the road.” You have to say something like “A cat,” “The cat,” “Squiggly’s cat,” “Every cat,” or maybe “No cat.” “A,” “the,” the possessive noun “Squiggly’s,” “every,” and “no” are all examples of what linguists call determiners, and in English, some ...

La semana pasada, en el lado inglés de la página, vimos los 4 condicionales. Ahora estudiaremos una variación de ellos. Os aconsejo que aprendáis bien los tiempos verbales de los condicionales antes de leer este artículo. Igual que tuvo Aladín, en inglés hay 3 formas de expresar deseos. Sin embargo, para éstos no hace falta ni una lámpara mágica ni ser génio para entenderlos. 😉 ¡Vamos allá! Primero, hay 2 maneras de decir lo que tú deseas en in...

There are many idioms based on parts of body. Below you can find the most common ones:   HEAD To fall head over heels in love - To start to love someone passionately To bite someone's head off - To speak to someone angrily To keep your head above the water - To have just enough money to live on To bang your head against a brick wall - To keep trying to achieve or communicate something, but with no success   EYE To keep an eye on -...

Mi amor y vocación por la enseñanza de los idiomas en general y del árabe en particular y mi propia carrera profesional relacionada con estos ámbitos ha empezado en una edad muy temprana. De una familia docente, de cabo a rabo, siempre me ha seducido la enseñanza de idiomas, debido especialmente al rol social y ético que desempeña esta actividad y que estriba en tender puentes de dialogo y conocim...

  Herr …, geboren am …, wurde heute Nachmittag in unserer Pflegeeinrichtung aufgenommen. Die Aufnahme erfolgte durch Pfleger Thomas, der auch das Anamnesegespräch führte.   Herr … ist zeitlich und örtlich orientiert, was heisst, dass er weiss welcher Tag aktuell ist und an welchem Ort er sich befindet. Situativ und zur Person ist er nicht ...

Guimarães MHSE é uma cidade portuguesa situada no Distrito de Braga, região do Norte e sub-região do Ave (uma das sub-regiões mais industrializadas do país) e ainda à antiga província do Minho, com uma população de 54 097 habitantes[4], repartidos por uma malha urbana de 23,5 km², em 20 freguesias e com...

Molti tra coloro che vogliono imparare una nuova lingua, o più in generale affrontare un nuovo progetto, partono sempre con le migliori intenzioni. "Studierò per almeno due ore al giorno", "Per un anno mi dedicherò a studiare anche sabato e domenica". Ma siamo sicuri che sia questo l'approccio giusto, soprattutto quando vogliamo studiare una nuova lingua? Forse imparare questo genere di saperi richiede in realtà molta...

Meinung äußern Ich denke, dass ... Ich glaube, dass ... Meiner Meinung nach ... Ich bin der Meinung, dass  ... Ich bin der Ansicht, dass ... Ich stehe auf dem Standpunkt, dass ... Ich bin davon überzeutg, dass ... zustimmen Das stimmt. Das ist richtig. Ja, genau.  Da hast du völlig recht. Da haben Sie völlig recht. Ja, sicher. Selbstverständlich ist das so. Das kann ich mir gut vorstellen. Es stimmt, d...

For foreign learners of English; once you have acquired a good knowledge of the grammar at intermediate level, you should be speaking quiet well and manage the language with ease. There are three aspects in English you need to master well, having a good grasp of them allows you to conquer the language. Reading : It is important to practice reading English well. When you read well, you are bound to speak well. Read texts and written pieces in Eng...

Versuch doch mal ... Am besten wäre es ... Ich würde dir raten ... Ich würde Ihnen raten ... Ich rate dir dazu, dass ... Ich rate Ihnen dazu, dass ... Manchmal hilft es ... An deiner Stelle würde ich ... An Ihrer Stelle würde ich ... Sie sollten darauf achten, dass Du solltest darauf achten, dass Sie sollten auf ... achten Du solltes auf ... achten Dabei sollte man beachten, dass Wir empfehlen ... Wir schlagen vor ... E...

Cosa sai dell'Italia, degli italiani e della loro cultura? Copia questo codice QR e scrivi tutto quello che sai o clicca qui  e inizia a digitare le parole che ti vengono in mente. Introduzione e obiettivo Ciao a tutti, alunni e colleghi! Ho approfittato della possibilità che offre tusclasesparticulares,com, per aprire il mio primo blog dedicato esclusivamente all'insegnamento linguistico dell'italiano a stranieri. &E...