Merce Rodoreda: Death in spring

A cobloggers review of Merce's deeply dark and morbid book about a violently savage village - that eerily resembles postwar Spain - she wrote it from her spot of exile of Geneva, where she spent years publishing her writing, quietly, waiting for the day she could return home to Catalunya.




Enjoy!

http://triumphlit.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-merce-rodoredas-death-in-spring.html

Ser and estar, rapped and deconstructed

Five weeks of learning and living in Valencia, Spain has brought me inspiration, creativity and motivation to continue my love of learning and teaching spanish. Of course, the internet is a valuable tool for accessing what is out there, not having to reinvent the wheel, or in the case of this youtube video, how younger students are interpreting their lessons.
My latest favorite is the rap on ser and estar - which comment aside don´t necessarily need to be learned in opposition to each other, but one first, then the other. Separating opposites helps the student grasp and establish cognitively one concept before moving onto the next - other examples are por and para, the verb past verb tenses, etc...

Enjoy! Que disfruten!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY10_T_ROq4&feature=related