There are a ton of videos all over YouTube, but here are a few of my favorites: You could have students share the Spanish vocabulary they hear, make a quick cloze activity, or even type up a bunch of greetings and have students circle what they hear. Students love watching YouTube anyway and there are some really cute, snippets with people introducing themselves.

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Motivate students by using familiar words while scaffolding in new vocabulary and building inference skills.Designed using the ACTFL interpretive task activity comprehension guide.3 versions (PDF, Self-grading Google Form, & Interactive Google Slides version, which can be assigned on any LMS (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canva, etc.).Save yourself tons of time with this activity that is ready to go for any level, either as new information or a review for upper levels. My students love getting to watch performances and interviews from a Spanish teen singing competition. My all-time favorite resource features 6 high-interest, authentic videos and a confidence-building activity for students to practice their interpretive listening skills. While it can be time-consuming to find just the right video clips, try looking for Spanish gameshows or competitions shows like La Voz, Master Chef Junior México/Colombia/Argentina, and interviews. You can teach greetings vocabulary all you want, but nothing will help those concepts stick or seem relevant like showing real-life examples of people actually introducing themselves to others. Comprehensible input with SUPER engaging authentic resources You may want to freeze your screen or just have kids listen to the song instead of watch it.Ģ. Note: The video is middle school appropriate, but there’s a little kissing scene at 2:50, so heads up an that.

Without any introduction, I asked them to 1) count how many times they heard, “Cómo te llamas” and 2) figure out what the point of the video was. I found this super teeny bopper (and also authentic) music video last year and my students really enjoyed it. There’s no better way to help vocabulary stick than with music. Today I’m excited to share activities to make greetings vocabulary engaging for both you and your students. Did you know that teaching Spanish introductory conversation and greetings vocabulary can actually be fun? While it’s one of the most useful topics we can teach our students because, let’s be honest, it’s the first thing they’ll need to know when interacting with anyone, most Spanish teachers I know DREAD teaching it.

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