This week in Spanish my lecturer provided me with numerous resources for teaching, when I am on placement and for when I have my own class. She suggested that we all begin to create files with different topics and online resources for that topic. I made folders for first level Spanish such as colours and days of the week which include worksheets which can be printed and links to online games and videos. This advice made me realise that four years is not as long as I first thought and being prepared with resources early on gives me more time and choice to be selective with and to make sure that I am using the best resources possible and getting the most out of them.

We also recapped on our previous learning from before Christmas, this allowed me to consolidate my learning and to work on the areas that I was previously unsure of. From taking higher Spanish at school I was able to learn a lot about the basics of the rules of the Spanish language but by working along side the two native speakers – my Spanish lecturer and student lecturer, I have been able to get used to the language and to understand and use comfortably Spanish terms which are used commonly by people in  Spain. I am hoping to go on a weeks placement to Spain in May through Erasmus, so my continuing goal for this module is to become as comfortable and competent in the language as possible before then.