I'm pretty sure in my public school teaching years, I taught basic Spanish to every age group out there. There's one tip that doesn't change no matter what age group I'm teaching: Use children's literature to help you learn Spanish."  I tell parents of babies, elementary age, high schoolers, college students, adults and senior citizens the same thing.  Children's literature for the most part is basic Spanish. So I'd encourage my students to go to the library pick up a basic bilingual or all … [Read more...]