Webinars for teachers
Spanish Proverb: meaning and syntax. Its use in Spanish classes
Through 10 of the best known Spanish proverbs, we’ll analyze their origin, meaning and the similarity of these with similar ones in the native languages of the participating teachers.
Also, proposals will be made on how to use these Spanish Proverbs in ELE classes.
Finally, there will be a brief review of Spanish syntax, with a syntactic analysis of some of the proverbs and sayings.
- Introduction: What is a proverb? Origin of proverbs.
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Semantic analysis and comparison in other languages of 10 of the most known and used Spanish proverbs.
- Analysis of the syntactic structure of proverbs.
- Proposals for the use of proverbs in the ELE class.
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Thursday April 23rd 2020 (18:00 hours)
Andalusian culture, customs and festivities
General vision of Andalusia from the cultural and folkloric point of view. Seminar given in a very practical way where teachers will be able to learn about the most extensive and diverse Autonomous Community of Spain. Its privileged geographical location, its customs, culture, gastronomy and popular festivals.
Literary texts by Andalusian authors in the ELE class
Many of the most important authors in the history of Spanish literature are Andalusian: Vicente Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, the Machado brothers, Juan Ramón Jiménez… In this seminar we’ll approach some of the literary texts of these classic authors, in which you can get a lot of benefit in the ELE classes.
Conversation: discussion and opinion
Through interesting journalistic opinion texts, we’ll discuss and express our point of view. We’ll also analyze these texts from a linguistic and pragmatic point of view.
We’ll discuss politics, culture, and current issues. You will certainly improve your oral expression and further expand your vocabulary with new words and expressions.
Intensive Grammar: Dialectal peculiarities of Spanish
Practical workshop where we will study the dialectal varieties of Spanish. We will make special emphasis in its phonetic-phonological features and in one of the most outstanding morphosyntactic features: leísmo -loísmo and laísmo.
Intensive grammar: the uses of the subjunctive
With this workshop we will go deeper into one of the most complex grammatical points in Spanish: The subjunctive. We’ll pay special attention to its uses. Finally we’ll propose a didactic unit to practice this grammatical point.
Would you like to participate?
