Yates Languages

Here's a 43-slide PowerPoint, with transitions, on how to conjugate regular (and present tense) Spanish verbs--including -AR, -ER, and -IR conjugations. If it has irregular conjugation rules, it is not included in this presentation. This presentation was carefully curated to slowly teach conjugations, bit by bit. I can confidently say that a student with good English reading skills would be able to teach themselves this content through this PowerPoint, although learning in the Spanish classroom

Getting students to maintain speaking the target language you are teaching is always a challenge. It is THE challenge every day. Games are a great way to get everyone's attention and involvement--a great opportunity to capitalize on student motivation. When I have students play games with a communicative purpose, it is handy for them to have a ready-made handout to refer to, with the most common expressions they would use (or shout out) while playing board or card games, or even charades. (For h