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| Title | Songs for Teaching Spanish |
| Body | Here is a list of Spanish-language songs and suggested teaching points from a recent post to the FLTEACH listserv. The author deemed these appropriate for middle-school and above; next week well post the list for older learners. Note: L-1 and L-2 denote first- or second-year Spanish, respectively. ---- L-1: Que LLego Tarde--Magneto: Very up-tempo and melody. All present tense. Plenty of normal vocabulary. Has normal details of modern life--rushing to work, being late, etc. Cute and funny. L-1: Chicas de Hoy--Tatiana: Sounds like what we used to call "bubble gum music." Says girls can do anything they set their minds to. A few good cognates. L-1: Ojalá Que Llueva Café--Juan Luis Guerra: A touch of subjunctive and lyrics about life in the Dominican Republis. L-1 or 2: El Chico del Departamento 512--Selena: A cute song with a funny ending. L-1 or 2: Yo Quiero Amigos--Roberto Carlos: An all-around good song with lots of vocabulary and hope. L-2: El Corrido del Caballo Blanco--José Alfredo Jiménez: You can do a bit of Mexican geography since the song begins in Guadalajara and ends in Ensenada (about 1,200 miles). Here's a neat secret: It turns out that an article about Jose Alfredo claimed he wasn't really singing about a white horse, but a white 1958 Chevy Impala. I like to tell the class that AFTER listening several times. There's one interesting grammar item: "Arrancara" is used in an older sense, not yet obsolete but fading, to mean "had started off" rather than a subjunctive usage or meaning. L-2: La Puerta del Colegio--Magneto: Boy meets girl when she drops her books at school entrance. Now she's going to another school, farther away. Every school gate or entrance reminds him of her. There's a cultural detail here for many Americans, but less for those in large cities. In many other countries the schools, especially jr. and sr. highs, are another large door on a busy street; thus it's very easy for him to pass right by several school front doors--and be reminded of how he met her. L-2: Amor Eterno--Juan Gabriel: A great song before Mothers Day. He recalls his mother after her death. (I think I'd try to know about every student in class and whether their mother is alive or if they've suffered any significant loss.) L-2: Toquen, Mariachis, Canten--Leo Dan: A beautiful ode to mariachis; some very good subjunctives; and the accompaniment is by a mariachi group. Barabe, B. Songs for middle school and higher. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (17 June 2006). |
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