Music in Spanish Class

This topic is so big that I cannot even do it justice with this post.  I was inspired to use music more several years back (2003!) when I went to a conference put on by the Ozarks Foreign Language Association.  I’ve gotten away from music lately and want to bring it back.  Today I’ve been looking up some Café Tacvba stuff to use with level 1 because they are starting a unit about school.  The music video video “Eres” by Café Tacvba takes place in a school, presumably in Mexico.  I plan to show the song as the unit opener.

Here is a very nice blog by a Spanish teacher: http://elmundodebirch.wordpress.com/category/music/

https://elmundodebirch.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/music-database-updated/

I love these ideas about using music without a cloze exercise: http://elmundodebirch.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/using-music-without-using-a-cloze-activity/

A teacher has music videos and handouts for songs she teaches in class: http://www.martinabex.com/for-teachers/songs

Very cool site called Lyrics Gaps for students to listen to the music and do a cloze activity: http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/mode/902/Caf%C3%A9%20Tacuba/Eres

From the musicuentos blog, her posts that are labeled “music” (latest post is 2011 BTW if you are wanting more current music): http://musicuentos.blogspot.com/search/label/music

Lessons using songs in Spanish:

http://formespa.rediris.es/actividades/canciones-a1-a2/

http://formespa.rediris.es/actividades/canciones-b1-b2/

http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/clozeline/

A blog with a “canción de la semana” http://miclaseessuclase.wordpress.com/

Blog post by Kristy Placido http://kplacido.com/2013/10/06/la-musica/

3 classroom activities to do with any song https://www.speakinglatino.com/spanish-song-activities/

15 ways to use authentic music https://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2016/12/15-ways-to-use-authentic-music-in.html

What to do with a song in Spanish class http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2017/06/what-to-do-with-song-in-spanish-class.html

Teach Spanish with authentic music https://spanishmama.com/teach-spanish-with-authentic-music/