Full Description
BASIC SPANISH FOR TEACHERS is a career manual designed to serve those in the teaching professions who seek basic conversational skills in Spanish. Written for use in two-semester or three-quarter courses, it presents everyday situations that teachers could encounter in various work settings (public and private elementary, middle, and high schools) when dealing with Spanish speaking students and parents/guardians in the United States.BASIC SPANISH FOR TEACHERS introduces practical vocabulary, everyday on-the-job situations, and culture notes (Notas culturales) written from a cross-cultural perspective. It provides students with opportunities to apply, in a wide variety of practical contexts, the grammatical structures presented in the corresponding lessons of the Basic Spanish core text.
Contents
Preface.COMMUNICATION: Greetings, farewells, and simple classroom conversations.COMMUNICATION: Talking to parents about their children.COMMUNICATION: In the classroom: taking attendance; answering students' questions about an assignment.COMMUNICATION: A grammar lesson: explaining grammar to students.COMMUNICATION: Geography class: teaching and answering questions about U.S. geography.COMMUNICATION: Art class: explaining an art project to students.COMMUNICATION: Anatomy: talking about the human body; teaching students the names of different parts of the Body.COMMUNICATION: Anatomy: talking about the respiratory system, the heart, and the blood.COMMUNICATION: Science class: talking about animals; vertebrates and invertebrates.LECCION 9: UNA CONFERENCIA.COMMUNICATION: Parent-teacher conference: talking to parents about academic and social issues.COMMUNICATION: Field trip: dealing with students outside the school setting; talking about plants.REPASO (LECCIONES 6-10).COMMUNICATION: Spelling bee: teaching Spanish spelling and pronunciation rules; talking about spelling.COMMUNICATION: History class: talking about U.S. history; talking about events that happened in the past.COMMUNICATION: Math class: teaching math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division); talking about digits; Roman and Arabic numerals.COMMUNICATION: Math class: reviewing math terms; talking about fractions; measurements and the metric system.COMMUNICATION: Science class: talking about astronomy, physics, and chemistryLECTURA 3: UNA CARTA.REPASO (LECCIONES 11-15).COMMUNICATION: Kindergarten: teaching smaller children; dealing with behavioral issues; playing educational games; singing a song.COMMUNICATION: Geometry class: talking about angles, shapes, and three-dimensional figures.COMMUNICATION: Recess: supervising children during recess; mediating among children.COMMUNICATION: Health education: talking to children about nutrition and personal hygiene.LECCION 20: !TRABAJEMOS JUNTOS!COMMUNICATION: Cooperation between school and parents: talking to parents about school rules; soliciting parent support to enforce school rules.ACTIVIDADES ESCOLARES?REPASO (LECCIONES 16-20).APPENDIX B: VERBS.APPENDIX C: USEFUL CLASSROOM EXPRESSIONS.APPENDIX D: WEIGHTS ANDMEASURES.SPANISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY.ENGLISH-SPANISH VOCABULARY.
