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The Somos, Vamos, and Nous sommes curriculum are filled with stories, and the characters in those stories have a wide variety of names. Although the stories are used in French classes and Spanish classes, the characters often don’t have names that we’d think of as French or Spanish names. Teachers sometimes wonder… why?

When introducing new vocabulary, it feels natural to tell students, “Repeat after me!” At The Comprehensible Classroom, this is a habit we have worked hard to break. Now, we recommend a different approach.