Científicas: el Comic

Científicas: el Comic is an interesting, 17-page 'comic' telling the stories of a number of the most famous female scientists in history: Hypatia, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Hedy Lamarr.

A must for anyone interested in Spanish, science and feminism.

Downloadable as a colour PDF from the following site:

https://institucional.us.es/cientificas/comic/

I've written two books about life teaching Spanish children in English.

There are free sample chapters available to download from the Amazon page. Click on the covers to find them.

"This (Zen Kyu Maestro) hugely entertaining compilation of stories and experiences is a must-read for anyone interested in travelling the world and experiencing other cultures. Positive and inspiring." University of East Anglia, Concrete Magazine.

El Roto Cartoon from el País

 

El Roto is my favourite Spanish political cartoonist. He appears in El País every weekday. Here are some recent offerings to give you a taste of his style. The link I provide is for the El País in English page where you'll find more of his work. I thought the English page would be useful for students who might want to follow el Roto, as it gives a helpful English translation should they get stuck with anything. 

Why not have an el Roto cartoon up on your IWB as children enter your class? It could be a good 'settling' activity.

Here's the link: https://english.elpais.com/news/opinion/

Way back in 2014 (gulp!) I blogged some of my favourite el Roto cartoons. Here's the link to that:

http://spain4exams.blogspot.com/2014/12/vinetas-el-humor-negro.html

More recent Roto:

I've written two books about life teaching Spanish children in English.

There are free sample chapters available to download from the Amazon page. Click on the covers to find them.

"This (Zen Kyu Maestro) hugely entertaining compilation of stories and experiences is a must-read for anyone interested in travelling the world and experiencing other cultures. Positive and inspiring." University of East Anglia, Concrete Magazine.

Zen Kyu Maestro available as an eBook - Cucarachas or Cucuruchos (the sequel) available as an eBook or paperback.

¿Cómo usar la mascarilla de forma segura?

 

Hi again,

Another short Covid video from the Spanish Health dept on the correct use of masks. 

Hide the picture and use it as a listening-practice quiz.

Stay safe!

Cómo usar la mascarilla de forma segura 

If you want to know what it's like living and working (as a teacher) in Spain, why not read Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, (Monday Books) available from Amazon, or Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma the sequel? Both available as eBooks, Cucarachas also as a paperback edition, from Amazon. 

There are free sample chapters available to download from the Amazon page. Click on the covers to find them.

Historia de un Brote

 

Spain's Ministerio de Sanidad have produced a simple little public information film warning about how easy it is to spread covid and how wide-reaching the consequences can be. 

It's just over two minutes long but is ideal to use as a stop-start translation exercise and/or discussion-starter on Covid.

¡Quedaos seguros!

Here's the link:

Historia de un Brote.

If you want to know what it's like living and working (as a teacher) in Spain, why not read Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, (Monday Books) available from Amazon, or Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma the sequel? Both available as eBooks, Cucarachas also as a paperback edition, from Amazon. 

There are free sample chapters available to download from the Amazon page. Click on the covers to find them.

Spain's Radar Covid App: It might not be 'world beating' but it works.

 I'm sure the Coronavirus will be a hot topic during this term, so here's a reading and video resource which your students might find interesting. It's El País's report on Spain's Radar Covid app which is the fastest downloading app in Spain atm. There's a lot of detail on how it works and a nice promotional video near the bottom of the page. My wife and I have both downloaded it - it even has the option to work in English! (Which we don't use.)

Stay safe everyone!

Radar Covid app

If you want to know what it's like living and working (as a teacher) in Spain, why not read Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, (Monday Books) available from Amazon, or Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma the sequel? Both available as eBooks, Cucarachas also as a paperback edition, from Amazon. There are free sample chapters available to download from the Amazon page. Click on the pictures to find them.

Me llamo Bond, Santi Bond...

No, it just doesn't have the same ring, does it? Santiago might be the Spanish version of James, but I don't think it's going to stick to 007.

XL Semanal, a popular weekly Spanish magazine, have recently published two Bond-related articles: an interview with Daniel Craig plus some snaps and brief notes on each of his 007 films. Useful reading exercises for any Bond fans. 

Here they are:

Daniel Craig interview XLSemanal

15 years of Craig as Bond


If you want to know what it's like living and working (as a teacher) in Spain, why not read Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, (Monday Books) available from Amazon, or Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma the sequel? Both available as eBooks, Cucarachas also as a paperback edition, from Amazon.

  
For free sample chapters:

 of Zen Kyu Maestro, click HERE.

Cucarachas paperback, click HERE.

Cucarachas eBook, click HERE.