Didactics

Spanish is increasingly being studied in primary and, especially, secondary education around the world. So there are increasing numbers of teachers who face the challenges of teaching Spanish to children and teenagers.

The aim of this book is to contribute to training Spanish teachers who work with children and teenagers by reflecting on the experiences of a large number of experts in the field.

Enseñar español a niños y adolescentes contains three main sections:


TEACHING SPANISH TO CHILDREN:

• Planning a Spanish class for children, Sonia Eusebio.
  
  
• Positive management of Spanish classes for children, Francisco Lara.
  
  
• Basic resources for children's language classes, Manuela Mena.
  
  
• Teaching Spanish as a foreign language to children in an emotional environment, María Martín and Laura Zuheros.

TEACHING SPANISH TO TEENAGERS:

• Tasks for teenagers: a must, Matilde Martínez.
  
  
• CLIL: a journey to HOTS, Francisco Xabier San Isidro.
  
  
• Doing is the new learning: project-based learning, Diego Ojeda, Belén Rojas and Fernando Trujillo.
  
  
• Learning with emotions in Spanish classes for teenagers, María Pilar Carilla.

GENERAL QUESTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS:

• The playful approach in Spanish classes for children and young people, Francisco Herrera and Vicenta González.
  
  
• Children and teenagers mobilised and mixed up in Spanish teaching, Joan-Tomàs Pujolà.
  
  
• Multilingual practice and language learning in adolescence, Luci Nussbaum.
  
  
• Let's tell stories: storytelling in the Spanish as a foreign language class, Antonio Orta.
  
  
• Metacognition is not just for adults, Carmen Ramos.
  
  
• Pay attention, please!, Encina Alonso.

HONING OUR CRAFT is written by educators for educators. It offers 12 chapters on topics that reflect a wide range of current questions that are often discussed in our professional communities. The central goal is that the collection be useful to teachers who juggle a myriad of important decisions they make regarding each and every classroom session they teach.

• 10 essential articles to understand and put the action-oriented approach into practice
• Practical ideas for an application of theoretical concepts
• Articles written by specialists in foreign language education: Jean-Jacques Richer, Peter Griggs, Ernesto Martín Peris, Marilisa Birello, Albert Vilagrasa, and so on