by Caryn Hommel | May 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
What is Total Physical Response and how can it help you with foreign language acquisition? Total Physical Response offers tremendous advantages to language learners. TPR is known to: Motivate students Improve retention Reduce anxiety and stress Help academically...
by Caryn Hommel | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Excelerate SPANISH Lesson 20 Extras! Pleasure Reading Check out this fun article on home remedies for toothache! Grammar Bite Try this lesson on verbs like “doler” (to hurt/ache). Hilarious video! Think our gestures are silly? Watch this crazy dentist...
by Caryn Hommel | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
There has never been a greater time to homeschool OR to pick up a new language. With countless resources at our fingertips, the problem is not getting information– It is wading through the overwhelming quantity of information to seize the best, most accurate,...
by Caryn Hommel | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
“What’s different about Excelerate SPANISH?” This is the question I hear most often at homeschool conferences. I love answering it, and I think you’ll love the answer, too! It’s really no exaggeration to say,...
by Caryn Hommel | Mar 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
I taught Spanish in the public school classroom for 10 years, mostly at the high school level, then to homeschooled students (mine and others) for about 8 years. I am not a fan of traditional, formal curricula for foreign language learning. Some students will learn in...
