Por/Para: This song alone will be worth the price of the CD. It's a concise, foolproof system, set to music so that it's impossible to forget.
Preterite forms: Nothing too academic here, just a catchy tune to help remember the preterites.
Irregular Preterites: I listen to this song for enjoyment. Your students will want to do this one every day, and they may need to--you know how hard those irregulars can be!
Ser
and
Estar: Okay, this really belongs with the beginners'
CD, but have your 2nd year students mastered it? I didn't think so. Teach
it my way, and you'll never argue about temporary and permanent again!
All songs written by Todd Hawkins, copyright 2001.
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False Cognates: This one will make grading essays much less stressful. You've told them, and told them, and told them...
Verbs like gustar: I call them "backward verbs". This song sorts it all out for students in a way that they won't be able to forget.
Comparatives: Jorge de la Selva returns for a reggae rap in Spanish using many different types of comparatives to tell how much greater he is than everyone else.
Preterite and Imperfect: Can there be too many songs about the preterite? Not 'til they learn them, I say.
Reflexives:
I think this song gets to the heart of what students don't get about reflexive
verbs.