Beginning Spanish for Teachers of Hispanic Students

by Pamela J. Sharpe

Book Overview

This program will help teachers who need to communicate in the Spanish vernacular with students whose English is not fluent. 24 lessons deal with greeting a child, giving directions in the classroom, and more. Includes four 60-minute cassettes with script and more than 370 flash cards to help the learner's memory retention.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812081188
• ISBN13: 9780812081183
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 9.0" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

"Course in a box" - make sure you get what you're looking for

This box set is an excellent unique resource for English-speaking teachers of bilingual students. There are several products in this box, all with the same bar code ... so make sure you are ordering the complete box set and not just one component. This box set should include 3 Books along with the 4 Audio Cassettes. The books are: (1) Beunos Dias! - Beginning Spanish for Teachers of Hispanic Students (three self-teaching study units) (2) 24 Audioscript lessons (read along as you listen to the 4 cassettes) (3) Book of Dialogue Cards (flash cards, which are perforated so you can tear them out) The objectives are: -How you (English-speaking teacher) can greet a child in Spanish -Giving directions for classroom activities (in Spanish) -Correcting behavior (in Spanish) -Giving or denying permission (in Spanish) -Encouraging students to excel / encouragement & praise in Spanish -Communicating with parents (help with the student-teacher conference, in Spanish) -And more (376 conversation topics)

A Very Useful and Practical Resource

I direct a language school, and speak Spanish already, but I bought this program because of some children who attend a total immersion program and who have been coming to me for exposure to Spanish outside the classroom. In other words, I have been using this program for non-native speakers of Spanish, not for Hispanics. Since I am not the children's primary teacher, it is good to have a resource geared solely to elementary school children. The speakers speak very clearly, and the program is relatively easy to follow. The speakers are native speakers of Spanish who obviously have an excellent command of American English. The program addresses different learning styles: There are activities with music, chanting, writing, speaking, etc. I appreciate the fact that the producers of this program have taken into account these differences. Is the program useful to absolute beginners? I think so. In any case, before starting a language program, it is helpful if the learner has some sort of foreign language experience (in any language). However, the program's format is so understandable that I believe the learner will find it user-friendly, no matter what his/her level of exposure to a foreign language.