Ms. Mariella Valdez de Mires mvaldez@amersol.edu.pe

SPANISH AS AN ADITIONAL LANGUAGE (SAL)

Special thanks to Ms. Fiorella Perazzo

Hi! I am Ms. Mariella; I´m Peruvian. I have a degree in Education from “Pontificia

Universidad Católica del Perú” here in Lima, anda Master of Science degree in Multidisciplinary

Studies through Buffalo State – N. Y.

Antonio and I are married for over 20 years and have two

adorable children:

Daniella (9) & Antonio (18).

Class time: 40 minutes (5 days a week)

- I want to create a non threatening environment

- Teach in a fun way: games, songs, role play, movement, bingo, etc. (less writing at first)

How do I teach Spanish?

SPANISH AS AN ADITIONAL LANGUAGE (SAL)

- Your help and communication is extremely important.

- Please e-mail me anything that you think I need to know to help your child be happier at school

. if it’s too hard for your kid

. if he/she didn’t understand something

. if homework hasn’t been completed (and there is a good reason for it…)

- Emotional component: it is important for the kids to see you happy in Peru…

- Bring everyday the green bag to class with materials needed

- Respect: others & materials

- Good behavior

- Responsible: class & home

- Monday to Thursday

- Check homework (“Homework pocket”)

- Spanish/English dictionary at home ( Korean / French /

German / Dutch / Hebrew / Hindi / Swedish … )

- Reading in Spanish is very important

- If they do not bring their homework...

20 to 25´ Spanish 25 to 35´ English (TOTAL = 45 to 60 minutes daily)

- Individual and group work

- Working on-line: Internet (check webpage and play to learn)

- Will send home unfinished work

- Teaching rotates around working on projects (outline deadlines), researching on a topic + writing

- Vocabulary

- Regular verbs AR/ER/IR ending (present)

- Some irregular verbs (present tense) ( “ir”, “venir” )

- Some reflexive verbs (present) ( “gustar”, “doler” )

- Correct gender, use of articles + pronouns (agreement, nouns, pronouns, adjectives)

- Peruvian history (“nociones”) / Pre-Inca & Inca Empire

- For fun / pleasure (in September)

- Share parts of the book they liked the best

- Write down 5 words (notebook)

- 2nd. Semester: write a little about the story

(main character, beginning, the end, etc.)

SPANISH AS AN ADITIONAL LANGUAGE (SAL)

- Children love to show you what they have done

- At the end of the school year we will invite you to our class to be part of our final project

- Some of you might work... We´ll ask you ahead of time to save the date or ask for a special permission to be able to come to our class

ACTITUDES

- Curiosidad - Tolerancia - Compromiso - Cooperación - Independencia - Integridad - Apreciación - Confianza - Entusiasmo - Respeto - Creatividad - Empatía

PERFIL DEL EDUCANDO

- Investigadores- Pensadores- Buenos comunicadores- Audaces- Informados- Con principios- Solidarios- De mentalidad abierta- Equilibrados- Reflexivos

Curriculum / Objectives

ANY QUESTIONS ?

SPANISH AS AN ADITIONAL LANGUAGE (SAL)

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