Although it doesn't sound too difficult, one of the hardest topics to teach my level 1 Spanish students is the family. I try to make everything I teach visual in one way or another to reach my visual learners. Aside from bringing in my entire family, how do I help my visual learners understand the not only the terms in Spanish, but the relationships between the family members? I normally have the class form a family by inviting students to come forward as I hum the wedding march or cry like a baby, but many times they get lost in the fun of the activity and miss out completely on the presentation of the new vocabulary.
For this assignment, I went into Discovery Education to see if I could find something to assist me in introducing the key family members and their relationship amongst one another. I never realized how many instructional videos in Spanish there are on Discovery Education. I choose a short video that introduces family members on a family tree. This quick clip will not only help my visual learners to connect, but my auditory learners as well.
La Familia
I see myself introducing the topic with this video clip, then going over the vocabulary list while having students pronounce the terms, and then finally having the class create an "in class" family. I could then do a presentation with pictures of my family members. For practice, I would have students then create some sort of presentation to share their families. This presentation could be through video, through a presentation tool, or through a poster. Whichever means works for them. Students would be welcome to "create" their dream family with athletes, stars, animals, cartoon characters, etc. if that would be more comfortable for them.
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