In this activity, students will be playing a traditional bingo-style game (Lotería) in which they will listen to vocabulary and interpret what the word is in English. After the instructor has completed reading the lotería cards for the first round, the students will also have the opportunity to practice reading the Spanish words aloud.
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Students will learn about cognates, real and false. First, they will be introduced to cognates by guessing if certain words are real cognates or false cognates. Then, they will look through a series of Spanish ads and magazine clips to try to point out the Spanish-English cognates that are in the writing.
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In this activity, students will practice vocabulary associated with school supplies. The activity facilitator will show a picture of an item and the first student that takes the item out of their backpack and says its name in the target language will receive a point. Students will also have the opportunity to show whether a statement applies to them, such as “having four roommates.” Students who have four roommates will be asked a follow-up question and if they can answer, they receive a point.
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Students will learn about the days of the week and school subjects in Spanish. First, they will be asked to place the days of the week in order (for both the United States and Spanish speaking countries’ calendars). Then, they will be asked to share what day of the week they do a certain activity. Students will then practice describing and guessing various school subjects and days of the week.
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This activity will expose students to different types of currency from Spanish speaking countries. Students will purchase items through an “auction”. Students will practice numbers in Spanish and will also use adjectives to describe items that they can sell and buy. Students will persuade others to buy a product and make deals when purchasing the product.
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In this activity, students will practice accepting and rejecting invitations. This includes students getting the chance to create their own invitation and invite students to activities. Students will learn more about activities, parties, times, and dates in Spanish. Students will also learn how to politely accept and reject invitations. Students will also learn how to ask questions about specific information relating to parties and events.
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In this activity, students will talk about their hobbies and what they like to do in their free time. During the warm up, a fun game will help students to review vocabulary and the main activity will provide numerous speaking opportunities.
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In this activity, students will talk about a vacation they would like to take and engage in conversation about traveling. Students will learn words relating to traveling and taking a vacation. They practice speaking to each other about planning a vacation. Students will also express personal opinions and thoughts about their vacation and hotel.
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This activity is designed to be a fun ice breaker for beginning Spanish students. They will get to know each other and practice using the alphabet.
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Students will be able to identify cognates and false cognates by playing a game of Kahoot and looking at different advertisements in Spanish.
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In this activity, students are learning about school supplies. The lab assistant will start with a Kahoot game that covers the majority of school supplies vocabulary. For the main activity, students are going to play jeopardy to practice vocabulary and also to practice making complete sentences. They will then be asked wrap up questions.
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This activity is to expose students to other types of currency in Spanish speaking countries. Students will practice the numbers in Spanish and will use adjectives to describe items that they can sell and buy.
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In this activity, students will practice rejecting or accepting formal invitations to an afternoon or evening get-together. Also, as a group, they will have to select one of the invitation templates. Students will have to exchange ideas and organize them in order to successfully complete this activity.
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In this activity the students are going to talk about their hobbies and what they like to do in their free time.
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In this activity, students will take a fun quiz to find out what kind of traveler they are.
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In this activity, students will talk about their vacation and hotel and express their thoughts about them.
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Students will review different grammar functions they have learned throughout the semester as well as speak Spanish for the entire lab.
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Students will practice describing where different buildings and landmarks are in relation to each other. They will also practice using prepositions to describe locations in their town and on campus.
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In this activity, students are going to practice asking for the cost of something and practice purchasing items. Students are also going to be exposed to the concept of bartering and how to do it with a vendor. This activity will teach students more about questions, prices, money, numbers, and items that are frequently purchased.
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In this activity, students will ask their partner questions to create an appropriate schedule of activities. Students will describe their daily activities and routines. Students will learn how to describe time, activities, and days of the week. They will also learn how to ask questions regarding time and activities.
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