In collaboration with Hollie Appleton and Lazar Andelkovic, Spanish Honours, Pathway B1, UEA
Si no has visto este vídeo, hazlo. Así podrás realizar la actividad que se te presenta a continuación.… CONTINUE READING
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Receta casera de helado multicolor en 7 sencillos pasos
Receta casera de helado multicolor or home-made ice-cream to cool down in the nice weather or to put a bit of colour in your day. Apart from trying to make your own ice-cream, suggested language-related activities:
-You can challenge yourself to translate it into Spanish and then compare (see further below for the Spanish translation).… CONTINUE READING
Ekeko, the god of abundance and prosperity
Ekeko, the god of abundance and prosperity. Have you ever heard of this god before? I hadn’t, but thanks to Verónica Nicoli and her photos, which she has kindly contributed with to this post, I can now tell you about this tradition.… CONTINUE READING
Cleaning
Routines with a political twist
Cleaning has been associated with women for centuries. Women have traditionally been indeed linked with house chores in the Spanish-speaking world until the present day.… CONTINUE READING
Facing barriers: Women working in HE
The following text can be used for translation purposes in the context of a discussion on gender equality. This text contributes to the knowledge about the situation of women working in a higher education setting.… CONTINUE READING
Torrijas, a bit of history for you to make
Ready-to-eat torrija
Torrijas is a sweet that is usually eaten in Spain only around the time the Holy Week, or Semana Santa, is celebrated. You can buy them at the local bakeries, but many people also produce their own home-made ones, as they are fairly easy to make.… CONTINUE READING
Revision, practice & assessment
Revision and practice makes perfect, prepares you for real-life interactions and for assessment too. So the more the better!
You can decide, but I always suggest that you do a bit of revision and then you try to tackle an activity to see how well you can fare.… CONTINUE READING
One picture, many sentences
A good way to test yourselves for different tenses and types of verbs that you have been learning recently is this:
1. chose a picture like the one in this article.… CONTINUE READING
