¡Bienvenidos!

The purpose of this blog is to share ways to address oral communication in the classroom with current and future teachers of Spanish. My focus is on teaching adult learners of Spanish, particularly at the community college level, and I will include appropriate activities and resources for such learners. However, much of what will be listed this blog can most likely be adapted for students at the high school level, too.

I find that in my own experience learning languages, oral proficiency is the hardest skill to acquire because often not enough time is devoted to speaking opportunities in the classroom. My hopes are that this blog can address this by presenting useful resources and activities that provide practical options which teachers can implement in the classroom. In addition, I hope this blog can offer students suggestions of ways to improve their oral proficiency on their own, outside of the classroom.

Please share any suggestions (regardless of target language) you might have that address oral communication skills/improving oral proficiency. The more ideas the better!