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Take advantage of this promotion!  $60 for 6 Spanish Classes and field trips.  Just bring a friend!  Classes available in Anaheim Hills, Orange and Villa Park!!!

Take advantage of this promotion!  $60 for 6 Spanish Classes and field trips.  Just bring a friend!  Classes available in Anaheim Hills, Orange and Villa Park!!!

Take advantage of this promotion!  $60 for 6 Spanish Classes and field trips.  Just bring a friend!  Classes available in Anaheim Hills, Orange and Villa Park!!!

Cool and interesting, indeed! http://www.speakinglatino.com/13-cool-and-interesting-facts-about-the-spanish-language/

13 facts about the Spanish language with their sources. Historic and current facts about Spanish language.

13 Cool and Interesting Facts About the Spanish Language

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13 facts about the Spanish language with their sources. Historic and current facts about Spanish language.

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Summer Classes Information

Schedules and Locations for Summer Classes, Sign before 6/23 and take $20 off

"Lunes is Monday" Rock de la semana. My teens love this video. Enjoy!

"Spanish Alphabet" - Orale, el alfabeto - My kids love this video. Enjoy!

Christmas Spanish Concert at St Francis School

La jirafa - Field trip in Spanish to the Santa Ana Zoo coming soon

What a great experience for children to visit the zoo and learn Spanish as well. I have arranged a tour in Spanish to learn the animals and their habits.  More info to follow!

Spanish Summer Classes in North Orange County

Spanish Summer Classes in North Orange County

    Learn Spanish the fun way!

Tel: 949-444-2937/714-315-2555    
 club.a@att.net

   

TPRS/TPR/Songs: Methods to learn a Second Language

TPR Storytelling (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling or TPRS) is a method of teaching foreign languages. TPRS lessons use a mixture of reading and storytelling to help students learn a foreign language in a classroom setting. The method works in three steps: in step one the new vocabulary structures to be learned are taught using a combination of translation, gestures, and personalized questions; in step two those structures are used in a spoken class story; and finally, in step three, these same structures are used in a class reading. Throughout these three steps, the teacher will use a number of techniques to help make the target language comprehensible to the students, including careful limiting of vocabulary, constant asking of easy comprehension questions, frequent comprehension checks, and very short grammar explanations known as "pop-up grammar".

Watch this video.  The new vocabulary words or structures are:
Hay - There is/are
Va a  -  goes to
Le gusta  - likes/is pleasing to
Quiere - wants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSeqcFep77

Total physical response (TPR) is a language-teaching method developed by James Asher, a professor emeritus of psychology at San José State University. It is based on the coordination of language and physical movement. In TPR, instructors give commands to students in the target language, and students respond with whole-body actions.

The method is an example of the comprehension approach to language teaching. Listening serves a dual purpose; it is both a means of understanding messages in the language being learned, and a means of learning the structure of the language itself. Grammar is not taught explicitly, but is induced from the language input.

Watch this video to see how TPR works in a class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrj3pNN7nI8


Use of songs and games to learn Spanish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQSJxtbZgxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoarvInDDjA&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Immersion Programs Examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJrllnsX60

OH on 6/25 at Barrera Park in Serrano Heights & informal class at the Grove Cafe (VP) on 6/19 at 10:00 am

Do not prepare the road for your son, prepare your son for the road.

Hacer Preguntas - Asking Questions

Field Trip: Practicando en el Restaurante. A comer!

Motivating your Kid to Learn a Second Language

Abuela = Grandma! - ;-)

Busqueda de Palabras - Word Search - Colorea

Reading "las Revistas en la Clase"

Girls love to read magazines! How about reading them in Spanish?

There are so many opportunities to use Spanish In the USA.  Take advantage and happy learning!

Dia de los Muertos en Far Horizons Montessori School in Orange, CA

Lovely Picture of my students at Far Horizons Montessori School in Orange, CA.  Learning about "Dia de los Muertos" in clase 5.  Los estudiantes de la clase 5 son FABULOSOSS!!!!!

Most Children in the World are “at least” Bilingual. How about yours?

Give your Child the Gift of a Foreign Language. Most Children in the World are “at least” Bilingual. How about yours? Learn to Speak Spanish the Fun Way this Summer! “Club A”  is offering Spanish Immersion Classes starting July 8, 2013 to August 16, 2013  in Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills, Villa Park and Orange.  6 sessions once a week and two field trips are $120.00, no additional fees for materials or registration. Small classes are planned  based on age, interest and level.   There is a class for everyone from toddlers, to high school students, to adults. Classes are taught by a native speaker and  certified teacher using Total Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS).  Start speaking Spanish right away through songs, games, stories, videos and field trips exposure to language and culture.Ask us about our one-on-one tutoring services.

Classes are also forming in Irvine and Costa Mesa.

The U.S. is at an Ever-increasing Disadvantage. Vamos Chicos!

"In an increasingly globalized world, the U.S. is at an ever-increasing disadvantage due to the lack of foreign language skills among Americans.."

Kathleen Stein-Smith tells it like it is — why it matters and what we can do about it...

Why It Matters
In an increasingly globalized world, the U.S. is at an ever-increasing disadvantage due to the lack of foreign language skills among Americans.

Other than heritage-language speakers, it is estimated that only between one in eight and one in four Americans have the foreign language skills necessary to hold a conversation in a language other than English. According to the Modern Language Association, enrollment in a course in a language other than English at the postsecondary level stands at 8%, as opposed to 16% in 1960 — the same time frame in which globalization has increased.

Among executives in international business, the typical American executive may speak one foreign language at most, while European and other international executives routinely speak multiple languages at the business-proficient level. On an individual level, a monolingual English-speaking American runs the risk of being passed over for a promotion, or for a new job, in favor of an international applicant with the same professional skills but with the added advantage of knowledge of one or more relevant foreign languages. While exports are widely acknowledged to be an essential element of a sustainable economic recovery, companies struggle to find employees with the needed language skills.

Read More:

http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=6466."

Help your Child Reach Full Potential This Summer