Ecuador-Otavalo Videos | ![]() |
http://www.otavalovideos.com/ | |
A video collection focusing on Ecuador with topics ranging from architecture to travel to the food market. |
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Activities based on “Images of Otavalo” –food market & animal market videos |
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Argentina-Los desaparecidos | ![]() |
http://larc.sdsu.edu/dirtywar/emocional/nora/ noraemotional.html |
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This site provides four in-depth testimonials from survivors of violence, kidnappings and concentration camps. These experiences were from the period in Argentina between 1976 to 1983 in which there was a government coup and much instability. The site also provides a script as well as new vocabulary. |
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Interpretive: Students listen or read one of the testimonials and write three questions they would ask the speaker if they met him/her face to face. Students can do an
S, Q, A activity ( Sé, Quiero saber, Aprendí) with the information they learn. ![]() Interpersonal: 3,2,1 pair activity begins with students listening to the testimonial. Partner A then would have three minutes to summarize what was said, to Partner B. Partner B then has two minutes to summarize that summary. Partner A then has one minute to summarize the whole discussion. Presentational: After doing research, students role-play different members of society during the coup in Argentina and create their own testimonial about their experience. |
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Spain-BBC Mi vida loca | |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/ | |
This site has 22 interactive episodes for beginners. Through a first-person point of view, students can learn about themes such as directions, shopping, etc. Each episode is a mixture of language teaching and practice, presented in small chunks. | |
Interpretive: Students watch Episode 1 and complete a worksheet designed to assess their comprehension of the video. The worksheet addresses explicit moments from the video as well as subtle moments. |
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Spain-Encounters with Spain | ![]() |
http://people.wku.edu/inma.pertusa/encuentros/encuentros/ | |
This is a wonderful University of Western Kentucky site that offers videos and interviews pertaining to Spanish culture. Topics include: languages of Spain, young people, literature, cuisine, publicity, communication, education, politics, women and society, homosexual population, cultural influences, traditions, music, painting and architecture. | |
Activities based on video called “Recetas de la cocina española: la empanada y la tortilla de patatas” or “Recipes of Spanish cooking: the empanada and Spanish Tortilla” Interpretive: Students can make a list of ingredients that she adds to the empanadas. Students also need to identify kitchen utensils and equipment used by the narrator. They can put the cooking steps in order. As an alternate activity, students will receive an envelope containing the ingredients to an empanada including some unnecessary ingredients. While listening to her description, students need to select the appropriate ingredients and place them on a paper frying pan. ![]() Interpersonal: One student would be at the front with a copy of both complete recipes for empanadas or tortilla de patatas. The other students will receive either an ingredient or a part of the instructions of one of the two recipes. Working both individually and in their group, Students would need to ask yes or no questions of the student in front to figure out how to reassemble the recipe. For example, “¿Hay huevos en las empanadas?” (“Are there eggs in empanadas?”) or “¿Hay 5 ingredientes en la tortilla de patatas?” (“Are there 5 ingredients in the tortilla?”) Presentational: Students can create a cooking video in the target language using a recipe from the target culture. They can incorporate command forms, present progressive or other grammatical structures. |
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United States-Learning and Teaching Scotland | |
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/nq/s/ |
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This site provides a series of 17 Spanish video podcasts discussing what it means to be Latino in the United States . Videos have English subtitles and can be downloaded. | |
Activities based on video called “6: Freetime-Football!” |
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