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Risas y Sonrisas Online Resources!

Online resources include interactive learning tools, demos and videos to help children learn Spanish faster and easier. All these materials are also available with the purchase of Student Book.

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About the Program

Children are naturally efficient language learners with a great capacity to learn a second language. Risas y Sonrisas taps into this ability, significantly enhancing the learning process through:

  • Music
  • Creative Visual Aids
  • Games
  • Practical Conversation
  • Variety in Class Presentations
  • A Relaxed and Fun-Filled Environment

STEPS

1) Essential pronunciation and reading skills are introduced

Step one

  • Visual representations of the sounds of Spanish vowels and consonants are used to teach basic pronunciation.
  • Differences in pronunciation are taught using cognates - words that are similar in English and Spanish,  but pronounced differently.
  • These skills are continuously reinforced through posters, cards, songs, games, Q&A, and skits.

2) A Song introduces each vocabulary unit, which can be presented in three ways:

  • CD-ROM - Students can read along and sing slowly, echoing each line.
  • Posters and Music CD - Students can follow the song with lyrics or pictures
  • Sign and Sing DVD - Students can learn the songs with American Sign Language

3) Games activate vocabulary

  • Primary games introduce the vocabulary, which is then reinforced and reviewed in the secondary games.
  • All games are visually stimulating and engaging with tools such as magnetic pictures, color-coded word cards, bingo cards, and matching dominos.
 Step three

4) Question-and-answer role-playing enhances practical conversation skills

Step four

  • Students practice common interactions and become comfortable speaking in Spanish
  • The Q&A incorporates vocabulary from the units, allowing students to implement the words they learned.

5) A skit summarizes the unit's vocabulary          and practical conversation skills

  • Students watch subtitled skits on the DVD, acted by native Spanish speakers.
  • The book has skits in Spanish and English for the students to read, rehearse, and act out in class.
 Step five

6) Students build picture sentences in the present, past and future

Picture sentence

  • Once students are introduced to verbs and personal pronouns, they can begin to build picture sentences using different tenses.
  • Students gain confidence, knowing they can put together sentences from vocabulary learned in class.

7) A cultural point ends each chapter

  • Cultural points expose and connect students to the culture of the language they are learning.
  • Additional sources are recommended for further enrichment.
 Step seven

The Risas y Sonrisas Spanish Program fully meets ACTFL National Standards and Goals.

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