{"id":8,"date":"2017-07-03T02:05:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T02:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2019-06-25T21:49:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:49:49","slug":"spanish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(includes <a href=\"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affiliate links<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Though not taught in Mason&#8217;s schools, Spanish is the second most common language in the United States and is a common choice for many Americans.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vocabulary<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the early years, vocabulary is developed through pictures and objects around the student&#8217;s environment. \u00a0Below are resources you could use for vocabulary. \u00a0The key here is to remember that the students are not to see the words. \u00a0In some cases, you may need to find a way to cover the words.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RKsxMY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teach Me&#8230;Spanish and More Spanish<\/a>-this is a GREAT resource for songs, stories, vocabulary and poems!\u00a0 AND it comes with an audio CD!! Excellent for Form 1 beginners<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2wa7KoG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Town All Year &#8216;Round<\/a>-this book is nearly perfect for vocabulary development and picture narration, without any words cluttering the pages<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v55mPm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picture Flash Cards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2umSkPH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Picture Flash Cards<\/a>-these and the flash cards above are great because the pictures are on one side, with the words on the reverse.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uvWFQT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These <\/a>flash cards have the words with the picture, but there are more of them. \u00a0Same with <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uw0G7R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v5e6F7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1000 First Words in Spanish<\/a>-this book includes pictures with words and would require covering the words.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2undmNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish Audio Flashcards<\/a>-appears to be a useful tool for all ages, but especially older students starting Spanish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Songs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalisa.com\/?p=533&amp;t=ec&amp;c=71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mama Lisa&#8217;s World: International Music and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL817AE68AD63CF6A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here <\/a>is a YouTube Channel with Spanish nursery songs. \u00a0A quick note: the work in the early years is oral and the means of acquiring language is through the ear, so use these for their audio only.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2urgw2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songs in Spanish for Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2DwWyVo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coloreando: Traditional Songs in Spanish for Children<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beelinguapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beelinguapp<\/a> is a new app that reads aloud stories in a variety of languages along with side by side text of the native and target language!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordproject.org\/bibles\/sp\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bible<\/a> in Spanish&#8211;with audio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/search?title=&amp;author=&amp;reader=&amp;keywords=&amp;genre_id=1&amp;status=all&amp;project_type=either&amp;recorded_language=5&amp;sort_order=catalog_date&amp;search_page=1&amp;search_form=advanced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Librivox <\/a>has a variety of Spanish audio books including poetry, the Bible, Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, and the Adventures of Tom Sawyer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespanishexperiment.com\/stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spanish Experiment<\/a> hosts a handful of Spanish nursery audio stories, great for beginners<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLCE1049BCC2C78B97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here <\/a>is a YouTube Channel with stories for beginners. \u00a0Note: in the early years, language is acquired through the ear, so you would want to use these for their audio only.<\/li>\n<li>This is another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCY0TNnnoZMapIQ3cXv1M1rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> with Spanish fairy tales.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2t5Uz5S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tales of Mother Goose<\/a> by Charles Perrault<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GrimmsFairyTalesInSpanish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimm&#8217;s Fairytales<\/a> in audio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v9AwIe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesop&#8217;s Fables <\/a>in Spanish<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/las-fabulas-de-esopo-vol-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesop&#8217;s Fables <\/a>on Librivox<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2wbZKSV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesop&#8217;s Fables<\/a> in English\/Spanish on CD<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/browse\/languages\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Gutenberg<\/a> has a number of Spanish books in print and audio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Atn7gv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A First Spanish Reader<\/a> by Erwin Roessler and Alred Remy; this is great for a story lesson!\u00a0 You can find it online for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/15353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free<\/a>\u00a0as well!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/progressivespani00branuoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Progressive Spanish Reader<\/a> by Carlos Bransby<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=hvd.32044102780319;view=1up;seq=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Elementary Spanish Reader<\/a> by L.A. Loiseaux<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vVTI9R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Little Prince<\/a> by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/22065\/22065-h\/22065-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Elementary Spanish Reader<\/a> by Earl Stanley Harrison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Poems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalisa.com\/?lang=Spanish&amp;t=el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mama Lisa&#8217;s World: International Music and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Librivox has a <a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/christmas-short-works-collection-2009-by-various\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas poetry<\/a> collection with one poem in Spanish<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tsxg5V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uno Dos Tres: My First Spanish Rhymes<\/a> by\u00a0Yanitzia Canetti<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v5IfUD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a1Pio Peep! : Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes <\/a>by Alma Flor Ada<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tsZkWt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arroz con leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes From Latin America<\/a> by Lulu Delacre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">M. Gouin&#8217;s Series<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherrydale Press published <a href=\"http:\/\/cherrydalepress.com\/?page_id=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking Spanish with Miss Mason and Francois<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Formal Lesson Books<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mason used similar books for lessons in her programmes. \u00a0Teachers were required to read the preface to educate themselves and did not use them exhaustively.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/firstcourseinspa00olms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Course in Spanish<\/a> by Everett Ward Olmstead-Mason often used books such as this but would not use it exhaustively. \u00a0Teachers were required to read the preface. \u00a0This book specifically would be for Form 2 and up.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/008674483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Progressive Spanish Reader with an Analytical Study of the Spanish Language<\/a> by Augustin Jos\u00e9 Morales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">CM-Friendly Curricula\/Online Programs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theulat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheULAT.com<\/a> is a great resource for older students, with its native speakers and dependence on the ear and gestures for learning&#8211;it would still need to be supplemented with songs, poems, stories, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnables.com\/languages\/spanish\/\">The Learnables<\/a>-an immersion-based program for older students that begins with listening and speaking before moving on to reading and writing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/learner.org\/series\/destinos\/\">Destinos<\/a>: full immersion TV series from the 1980&#8217;s developed to teach the audience Spanish.\u00a0 Comes with online practice, vocabulary, etc!\u00a0 For the older student ready to read Spanish.\u00a0 Very engaging!<\/li>\n<li>Livelingua.com:\u00a0online Skype lessons with native speakers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCjTIEnsvhWPvrBqtRkB1cLA\">Spanish and Go<\/a>: YouTube channel for learning conversation Spanish.\u00a0 Not course material, but a good base.\u00a0 Not full immersion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(includes affiliate links) Though not taught in Mason&#8217;s schools, Spanish is the second most common language in the United States and is a common choice for many Americans. 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