El silbo gomero | Spain's Amazing Whistling Language

This set of materials will introduce students that are studying Spanish to sylbo, Spain's amazing whistling language.

The materials include three leveled readings in Spanish:

• The first reading is ideal for Novice students and presents an overview of the language (present tense).
• The second reading is ideal for Intermediate Low-Mid students and presents the origins of the language (past tense).
• The third reading is ideal for Intermediate High-Advanced students and presents challenges faced by the language and possible solutions for its preservation (subjunctive moods).

Work through the readings in sequence for maximum comprehension.

The materials also include:

• comprehension questions
• a writing activity with ACTFL inspired rubrics
• an article about Sylbo from El mundo en tus manos
• a compare/contrast activity for Intermediate-Advanced students to use with the third text and EMETM article
• suggested videos to watch
• a suggested communicative activity
• a detailed, suggested lesson plan sequence
• projectable slideshow versions of all readings (Google Slides compatible)
• answer keys

Consider teaching this unit to Novices during or after Somos 1 Unit 4: La Universidad.

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