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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