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Summary
Summary
This site is a reserve of videos from Spanish speakers from a wide variety of Spanish-speaking countries. Provided as a resource with COERLL with the University of Texas at Austin, these videos have a transcript that can be in Spanish, in English, or hidden.
Using the link below, you can search on the Site Index to to locate a topic or specific proficiency task that you are looking for.
Spanish Proficiency Exercises Starter Links
Spanish Proficiency Exercises Starter Links
On this page, you can read a summary of the resources that are on the Spanish Proficiency Exercises website, and see the top grey search bar which organizes all of the videos by proficiency ranges (Beginning, Intermediate A/B, Advanced A/B, and Superior). To view the language tasks listed under each proficiency range, hover the mouse over a proficiency range to reveal a drop-down menu.
View this page to see an example of the videos that relate to a specific task. There is a simplified speaker example and other native speaker examples. Click on the name of a speaker, and a pop-up window will appear with the video and the transcript.
View this page to see all the language tasks featured on Spanish Proficiency Exercises. You can use Control/Command F to look for a keyword for your unit, lesson, or task. Videos are listed by proficiency level, task, and with other links.
View this page to see an example of a resource available on Spanish Proficiency Exercises. Here, useful phrases relating to a topic are listed in Spanish on the left and the English translation is on the right.
Spanish Proficiency Exercises Action Item
Spanish Proficiency Exercises Action Item
Have students respond to a native speaker!
Have students respond to a native speaker!
Using the following link, have students view the video multiple times, and then have them respond to questions with a partner that repeat the content in the video. For example:
- ¿Por qué es indispensable una abrelatas en la cocina americana?
- ¿Para qué sirven las llaves?
- ¿Dónde se pone el reloj? ¿En la mano o en el codo?
Questions can be customizable for unit targets or specific tasks, and you can have students focus on listening for objects you’ve already learned.
Spanish Proficiency Exercises Webpage Gallery
Spanish Proficiency Exercises Webpage Gallery
Please look over some sample screenshots of the Spanish Proficiency Exercises website. This will give you a preview of the site layout, possible resources, and help you recognize a specific resource that you are looking for. The first is various clips about speakers describing their favorite holiday, the second is vocabulary from an interview about the family, and the last is a grammar lesson from a family interview.
Featured Keywords
Featured Keywords
Possible Thematic Unit Use
Possible Thematic Unit Use
- 'HUB" There are many possible keywords to search from.
- Please use this link to see a full list.
- Consider using the Control/Command+F function to search the keywords on the site index quickly.
- Los básicos (a contar, a describir, colores...)
- A conocer a otras personas
- Las actividades
- Los días de la semana
- La comida
- y más! (see this link for a full list)
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