El Gordo 2019 Videos

The Spanish Lotería de Estado has launched its annual Xmas lottery video publicity campaign. This time there are four videos telling heart-warming stories which your students might find useful listening opportunities.

Here's a link to the official site:
https://www.laloterianavidad.com/videos/

Also an article from El País newspaper discussing this year's campaign as reading practice:
https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/11/14/television/1573726006_744458.html

I've already got my décimo so, buena suerte a todos!

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Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, 
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Cucarachas or Cucuruchos? An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma. eBook or paperback from Amazon.

The first years of an English teacher, teaching a class of lively Spanish seven-year-olds, in English, in Spain.

What could possiobly go wrong?

“The detailed way Dean has described the atmosphere of this little city in Spain is magnificent.” Salford University, The Salfordian.

 For free sample chapters:

 of Zen Kyu Maestro, click HERE.

Cucarachas paperback, click HERE.

Cucarachas eBook, click HERE.

Alguien Quiere Brunch?

English is well known for 'borrowing' words from other languages, or simply inventing new ones, but Spanish is not usually considered to be such a 'magpie' language. In the following article (link below,) el Mundo newspaper outlines some of the latest additions to Spain's Real Academia Española (RAE) (digital) dictionary, the 'bible' of castellano, the Spanish language. 

So, anyone for a Spanish 'brunch'?

elmundo.es

If you like the blog, why try the books?

Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, 
(a Monday Books eBook) available from Amazon.  

Cucarachas or Cucuruchos? An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma. eBook or paperback from Amazon.

The first years of an English teacher, teaching a class of lively Spanish seven-year-olds, in English, in Spain.

What could possiobly go wrong?

“The detailed way Dean has described the atmosphere of this little city in Spain is magnificent.” Salford University, The Salfordian.

 For free sample chapters:

 of Zen Kyu Maestro, click HERE.

Cucarachas paperback, click HERE.

Cucarachas eBook, click HERE.

Back to School Ham.

Yes, it's true! A certain Spanish supermarket near to me is offering 'Back to School Hams' to beef up the children (and their teachers?) It promises to make 120 sarnies!

It might be a little translation exercise to keep your students amused.

¡Que rico!

If you enjoyed this resource, you might like to read about my first two years here in Spain as an immersion teacher of a class of Spanish primary children. 

Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher´s Spanish Adventure is published as an eBook by Monday Books. There´s a free sample chapter available to download here: Zen Kyu Maestro 

Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma is available an eBook and paperback. Free Sample chapter here: Cucarachas

Also, you can keep up with my current observations on life as an ex-pat teacher in Spain, as well as thoughts on the Spanish and English languages on my blog: zen kyu maestro...teacher in Spain or follow me on Twitter (@JeremyJoseDean) and/or Facebook (Jeremy Jose Dean).

Acoso Escolar: Bullying

Here's a reading/translation/discussion resource from Argentina which your students might find interesting.

It comes from the following website where you might find some more resources. Do let me know if you find it useful: https://libresdebullying.wordpress.com/

JJD

If you enjoyed this resource, you might like to read about my first year here in Spain as an immersion teacher of a class of Spanish primary children. Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher´s Spanish Adventure is published as an eBook by Monday Books. There´s a free sample chapter available to download here: Zen Kyu Maestro

 Also, you can keep up with my current observations on life as an ex-pat teacher in Spain, as well as thoughts on the Spanish and English languages on my blog: zen kyu maestro...teacher in Spain or follow me on Twitter (@JeremyJoseDean) and/or Facebook (Jeremy Jose Dean).