Meche splits her time between her father´s home in Baja California Sur, Mexico and her mother’s family in San Diego, USA. She helps her father run boat tours of the whale birthing lagoons in San Ignacio, Baja California Sur. Every year grey whales migrate to these lagoons from the Arctic Ocean in order to give birth to their babies. While Meche is a legal resident of two countries, she feels like an outsider in both. “Neither from here nor there”, is how Meche responds when people ask her where she is from. When the whale habitat is threatened by plans to develop a large scale salt mining operation, Meche plays a role in saving the lagoon and finds her place in a community that embraces her for reasons more profound than the color of her passport. This fictional story is set within the context of the real history of a small Mexican community that attracted the attention of the world in order to save the habitat of the grey whales. It was written for intermediate learners of Spanish. This inspiring story may appeal to readers with an interest in the environment, transborder cultural identities and heritage learners of Spanish. There are footnotes for words that are typically unknown to intermediate students, a full Spanish-English glossary of every word in the novel, and 57 illustrations embedded within the text to help the reader.

Meche y las ballenas: A novel for intermediate learners of Spanish (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Peto, Mike

United States

Independently published

The second edition of "Practical Advice for Teachers of Heritage Learners of Spanish" is a collection of thirty-four essays by classroom teachers who pay special attention to what Stephen Krashen has written about educating heritage learners. Starting with a description of Krashen's concept of "Language Shyness" and how it is reflected in our classes, we outline approaches that respect the unique needs of heritage learners. Topics include: the differences between heritage and native speakers of Spanish, a surprisingly illuminating essay about the differences between native-speaking and non-native speaking teachers, reflections on appropriate goals to structure a school year, home-school communication and issues particular to working with non-English speaking families, how to develop an independent reading program and how to structure a class with extremely heterogeneous reading levels, working within school cultures that may inadvertently undermine the needs of heritage learners, and a host a activities that work well in heritage learner classes. There are four essays outlining entirely different approaches to the school year: one that modifies a traditional thematic approach including descriptions for monthly units, a second approach based on pleasure reading designed to develop a love of reading even among low-level readers, a language arts approach designed to work in tandem with teachers in the ELA program, and an identity-based approach explicitly designed to strengthen the connections between home, school and community. In addition there are three essays detailing different approaches to leading mixed classes, with both heritage and non-heritage learners.The second edition also strengthens our approach to reading, offering big picture advice on developing a pleasure reading program as well as concrete, day to day activities that are easy to follow when you are just too tired to think about the big picture. We want you to not only be an effective teacher, but to thoroughly enjoy your HL classes and design an experience that your students find compelling, stimulating and yes... even enjoyable.Comments from two readers of the first edition who went on to contribute essays of their own to the second edition:Really useful resource from ACTUAL teachers!March 29, 2018Verified PurchaseI have been teaching Heritage Spanish classes for several years, and this book is the first I have owned that has actually been useful to my classes. I love all of the different perspectives from actual classroom teachers. It proved invaluable in getting started using FVR in my classes this year. Thank you to Mike and all of the contributing educators!-- Jennifer A LopezA must-read for any teacher with Heritage students!May 1, 2018This essay collection has been instrumental in launching the Spanish Heritage program at my school. The essays are relatable but insightful, and provide a guide to creating and teaching these classes. There is nothing else out there like this that I have found - thank you!-- Michaela McCaughey

Practical Advice for Teachers of Heritage Learners of Spanish: Essays by Classroom Teachers

Education & Teaching

Brandenburg, Adrienne

Cowart, Jon

Cushing-Leubner, Jenna

Davis, Barbara A

Eik, Jennifer

Gaab, Carol

Gómez Campos, Wendy

Honke, Jamie

Lawler, Sean

Schools & Teaching

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

This is the first edition. There is a corrected 2nd edition available with bigger pages & pictures: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1672904250Meche is a teenager adrift, splitting her time between her father´s home in Baja California Sur, Mexico and her mother's family in San Diego, USA. She helps her father run boat tours of the whale birthing lagoons in San Ignacio, Baja California Sur. Every year grey whales migrate to these lagoons from the Arctic Ocean in order to give birth to their babies. While Meche is a legal resident of two countries, more often than not she feels like an outsider in both. "Neither from here nor there", that is how Meche feels when people ask her where she is from. When the whale habitat is threatened by plans to develop a large scale salt mining operation, Meche plays a role in saving the lagoon and finds her place in a community that embraces her for reasons more profound than the color of her passport.This fictional story is set within the context of the real history of a small Mexican community that attracted the attention of the world in order to save the habitat of the grey whales. It was written for intermediate learners of Spanish. This inspiring story may appeal to readers with an interest in the environment, transborder cultural identities and heritage learners of Spanish. There are footnotes for words that are typically unknown to intermediate students, a full Spanish-English glossary of every word in the novel, and 57 illustrations embedded within the text to help the reader.

These three comic strips are pleasure reading for students learning French. They are brief and easy to read. Each comic strip has margen notes in English to facilitate the reading. There is also a full glossary at the end of each story.

Un Monde bizarre 1: Comics for Students of French (French Edition)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

My Generation of Polyglots

The Two Conversations Classroom: A Complete, Student-Centered Approach to Teaching a Second Language

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Comics for beginning learners of Spanish. Each page has every Spanish word defined in English so that they reading experience is easy and pleasurable. These comics are designed to be accessible to first year students... but enjoyed by all levels.

Un gato puede ser un gorro: Easy-to-read comics for students of Spanish (Spanish Edition)

Comic Strips

This is a book of comics for beginning learners of French. Each page has every French word defined in English so that the reading experience is easy and pleasurable. These comics are designed to be accessible to beginners... but enjoyed by all levels. Each comic features simplified, core vocabulary and every word in French is defined in English on the bottom of the page. There is also a picture on every page, making it easier for reluctant readers to visualize. "A cat can be a hat" is an excellent 'bridge text' to help students discover the power of reading in their second language.

Un Chat peut être un chapeau: Easy-to-read comics for students of French (French Edition)

Elke und Jonas: A Graphic Novel for Learners of German (German Edition)

Question: What do you do when you are afraid that the police will catch your art thief father and put him in jail forever? Answer: You open a hamburger restaurant to help him launder the illegal money, of course. This is the story of a girl who learns that you cannot change your parents, but you don't have to follow their bad decisions either. You can live your own life... maybe. Hamburguesas normales is the graphic novel prequel to Superhamburguesas. These books will help you learn Spanish. Designed for beginners through intermediate learners, each page includes low-frequency words defined in English along the bottom margin. A full glossary is also provided. This system makes reading in Spanish easy and enjoyable. Easy, enjoyable reading leads to better reading proficiency so that the reader will be prepared to pick up the next book in this series.

Hamburguesas normales: A Graphic Novel for Learners of Spanish (Superburguesas) (Spanish Edition)

Manga

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