Preparing Effective Spanish Lesson Plans

By Janine Hughes


As schools face budget cuts, administrators are often tasked with spreading their staff members around to cover all of the required subjects. It could be a reality that you must teach a subject with which you are not familiar. If you are told that you must teach a foreign language class, your first worry might revolve around composing meaningful Spanish lesson plans that will pass the board of education's expectations and also help your classroom learn the required goals. You can keep your job and become an experienced teacher by using these methods.

You might be nervous about devising a plan for any day of the week because you are not sure about the language itself. As you follow along in the text or workbook assigned to the class, you could still come up with strategies that let both you and your class learn. One of the primary ways that some students learn is by playing games. You could have one day of the week set aside to play language games that will help your pupils pick up the vocabulary.

A favorite among many language instructors is bingo. You could make up charts with various words in this language and then call out the word, using the right pronunciation. The classroom must match the words that you call out with the right letters. The letters, however, also can be pronounced in this tongue, helping the class learn the words and also the alphabet.

A less formal, yet still meaningful activity could involve labeling things in the room. Without allowing English to be spoken, you can have the students pick out things in the room that correspond with the words you are saying from the text or vocabulary list. Playing this activity a few times every semester could help the students pick up the lessons faster and also help them remember the words.

Along with playing games, you might additionally listen to music or watch movies in this language. When the pupils hear the dialog, they may be unable to pick up all of the words. However, they will recognize a few throughout the movie or song and also understand how rapidly this dialog should be spoken among those who are fluent.

As fun as playing a game or two may be, you also might be encouraged to remember regular learning tips. Having them do a worksheet or compose a writing assignment can be valid ideas. It also can reinforce their instruction that you gave to them throughout the week and the entire school semester.

Additionally, by disallowing English from being spoken, you could prepare your pupils for testing. You probably will have to give tests every month or so to show the district that the kids are learning. Hearing and speaking the dialog prepares them for testing.

Coming up with the right plans for teaching Spanish may seem like a challenge if you have never before taught this subject. Even if you are not fluent, you might still become an effective teacher by using these tips. You could help your students understand and develop a passion for the subject throughout the entire school year.




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