Month: July 2012

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #7

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #7

You Can Use Spanish As A Secret LanguageEveryone has a different reasons for wanting to learn a foreign language.  Some people learn Spanish so they can use it at work--like nurses, doctors and teachers.  Some people learn Spanish so that they can speak the...

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #6

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #6

You Get to Meet My Friend Pin-Pon!!He is going to teach us how to say our body parts in Spanish, how to sing Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes in Spanish, and we will play Pin-Pon Dice (it is like Simon Says) with him.  Say, "Nos vemos el 30 de julio,...

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #5

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #5

Bilingualism Linked to Brain HealthDid you know that "students who have studied a foreign language perform much better than their monolingual peers on many standardized tests, including all sections of the SAT"?  Read more here.Studies have also shown that...

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #4

Learning Awesome SongsOf course you can watch YouTube videos at home...and I hope these are among the ones you watch!  But we will be watching these, and others, at Spanish camp and using them to learn and practice new vocabulary, phrases and pronunciation. ...

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #3

Cultural CompetencyIf you had asked me in my younger years to tell you about my culture, I would have said I did not have one.  I always looked to other cultures and envied them for their cool traditions, yummy foods, and ethnic variety; I looked to my own...

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #2

Reason to Attend Spanish Camp #2

Making FriendsIn the same way that learning a foreign language makes new pathways in your brain for more knowledge (Reason Number One), it also opens up new pathways in your life for friendship.  Meet Jose and Teresa.  They run a pensión out of their...