There's no doubt that childhood is the best time to learn a foreign language: children's brains are growing and flexible, and have the seemingly magical ability to soak up linguistic information like a sponge. Of course, the best way for children to learn a language is to live in a place where that language is spoken. That way, they'll be using the language to communicate, and their skills will increase rapidly.
Jim chats with Olena Centeno of Bilingual Kids Rock.
In this fascinating and beautifully written article Paul tells us all about Spanish dialects across the globe. Let the tour begin!
We asked 17 teachers from within the primary MFL community to tell us how they make the most of their limited class time. Here's what they kindly shared with us...
We scoured the Net to find you 19 top Spanish Valentine's Day Activities!
What a place to live!!!
How to make a Spanish calendar and use this the days of the week and months of the year.
Can you find them all in the Christmas Tree?!
Walking tour of Arcos de la Frontera.
In this tribute to master puppet maker Neil Sterenberg, we reveal how Speekee the puppet came together thanks to Neil's creative genius.
Here in an exclusive post for Speekee, Mariana explains how bringing up bilingual children is not always as easy as it sounds.
2 activities to learn Spanish at Halloween.
Homeschoolers review Speekee FastTrack, the 40 week program designed specially for Homeschool Spanish.
When should the languages be acquired? Which bilingual strategy should be used? Will the child have a real need for each language? What will be the type and amount of input from each language? What other support can parents count on?
After many months of careful observation on Twitter (!) we picked out twelve experts on Spain and Spanish, asking them for their top tips on learning the language. Here's what they told us...
Detailed examples on how the Speekee Scheme of Work for Spanish supports the KS2 MFL curriculum requirements.
"The first thing Gareth has to do is try to learn the language," said Jonathan Woodgate last year upon hearing that fellow footballer Gareth Bale had signed for Real Madrid, the legendary Spanish club Woodgate himself had played for some years earlier.
Let's surfear!... and other Spanglish.
In a recent interview conducted in Spanish, Rodolfo Llinás was asked about the role of the brain in education, with specific reference to early years education.
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