THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE SONG CAN BE COMPREHENSIBLE. How will the song connect to your current targets? Will it be a cultural connection? Are you looking to highlight a pattern (present progressive, ir + a, etc.)? Do you want to focus on certain phrases or vocabulary? Here are some huge lists of authentic Spanish songs I came up with for Spanish 1, Spanish 2, and Spanish 2. So, here’s what I wish someone had told me as a newbie teacher: 1. Update: I was featured on the Language Latte Podcast to share about teaching Spanish with music. (Just here looking for music suggestions? See my Songs in Spanish by theme and category.) My students could acquire authentic language and real-life skills like getting the gist of a text and picking familiar words out from unfamiliar word. My job was to introduce songs with the language we needed, and find a way to make it comprehensible. I saw how comprehensible input and authentic resources could work together. Then I finally got that I needed to start with whole, intact, understandable language. Real-life communication is the goal, and songs became more accessible because we were learning high-frequency verbs right away. They were cute, but I was feeding my students the parts: hoping one day all the pieces would come together into the whole language I wanted them to acquire.
I reverted to grammar songs and conjugation jingles. We were listening to noise. Extremely catchy noise, but nothing comprehensible. I tried out some of my favorite music in class anyway, but it kind of bombed. Apparently, for the first half of Spanish I, we would learn classroom objects, articles, greetings, and regular verbs. Fresh from living in Peru and head over heels for the language and culture, I sat down with the textbook. I didn’t know how to teach Spanish with authentic music, as a new teacher. Inside: How to teach Spanish with authentic music, in the middle and high school classroom.
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