It is clear, we gain a lot from reading, it gives us the possiblity to live several lives instead of only one, it helps us to put ourselves in the other’s place, it opens our horizon, it boosts our imagination, and much more. And if we make good use of our reading time and read in the language that we are learning, we kill two birds with one stone.
Posts By: Academia Pradoventura
Is it smarter to travel in groups?
As many of our students come to Prado del Rey by public bus, I know many arguments for and against it, according to the experiences that they tell us.
Cooking session: Scrambled eggs with “tagarninas”, a recipe from the Sierra de Cádiz
(Español) En la categoría Recetas de la cocina española presentamos de vez en cuando recetas típicas de España. Esta vez hemos hecho una receta muy típica de esta región, la Sierra de Cádiz, y de la primavera
Activity for the Spanish class: The game “The psychologist”
In this post I’m going to present you a game that made me spend funny moments with a group of students with A1 level. From there on I have used it several times to review the vocabulary of descriptions of the physical aspect and character or I adapt it to other contexts.
Challenges of the Spanish spelling: “Vaya”, “valla” and “baya”
The Spanish spelling has a few spelling traps that we are going to write about in a series of posts. In this case the words “vaya”, “valla” and “baya” are pronounced exactly the same but they are written differently.
Spanish conversation class: A poem for the Day of Andalusia
(Español) Este post es sobre mi experiencia positiva en la última clase de conversación ELE y quiero compartir la actividad con vosotros para que os pueda servir de inspiración para vuestras clases de conversación.
Spanish grammar: Prepositions with verbs of movement
(Español) Spanish teacher Ángeles explains the use of the prepositions (de, a, por, con and en) with the verbs of movement ir, venir and llegar
Happy Valentine’s Day
(Español) Hoy no queremos hablaros de actividades o de gramática española sino desearos ¡que paséis un feliz Día de San Valentín!
Activity for the Spanish class: A song for Valentine’s day
To celebrate Valentine’s Day in the Spanish class we think it’s a good idea to do an activity based on a Spanish love song. The song we have chosen is a popular current rock song by the singer Leiva from Madrid that tells a love story that’s supposed to be real.
Movie about a revolutionary English teacher
This post is about the film “Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados” by the Spanish director David Trueba, which won 6 Goyas at the Gala last night and about using the lyrics of pop songs to learn languages. The text is in Spanish so that you can train your reading comprehension. You do not… Read more »
