Espaniño - Curriculum & Class Format

The “ Espaniño” Curriculum has a content-based format. Each week students are presented with a topic that is exploited to the maximum, with activities, songs, video presentations and lots of reinforcement. Each lesson is of 1-hour duration and organized as follows (sample format):  

Activity	Duration
Welcome Song, General Greetings and Greetings Song	5 min.
Presentation of the Day’s Topic (pictures/poster/cards/realia)	15 min.
Physical Practice of Day’s Topic (song/game/dance/poem/video)	15 min.
Hands-on Practice of Day’s Topic (craft / project)	15 min.
Revision of day’s topic and Good Bye Song	5 min.

At the end of every week, the “Espaniños” take home a sheet which contains a summary of the contents learnt during the two classes as well as practical ideas on how to practice these contents at home.