Spanish - Friendship, Love, & Relationships
This page contains ideas, information, and materials for teaching and learning about friendship and love in Spanish.
Children's Literature
Cuento Infantil: ¿Qué es el amor? - A 5:19 min. video of the children's book (filled with adjectives and metaphors) in Spanish read by a female speaker from Spain
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- A bilingual book about a girl who becomes friends with immigrants who live next door
Mi mejor amiga - Part of the online collection of children's books from Colombia, this book is written with very short sentences in very simple Spanish and tells the story of a little girl's perspective on her best friend (who happens to be her own reflection in the mirror)
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- A book in Spanish about a little girl caught between the prejudices and stereotypes of two rival groups
Children's Songs
Arroz con leche - Animated video that makes the input very comprehensible, repeated a second time as a karaoke video with words highlighted
Como hacer arroz con leche cubano - How-to video in clear, simple Spanish
Conflict Resolution
Nelly Furtado - Manos Al Aire [Letra] - A 3:28 min. karaoke video of the song about surrendering in a conflict-ridden relationship [Contributed by Rachel Lilenquist]
How-to Articles & Videos
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- Fabulous site in Spanish that contains both how-to videos and well-scaffolded how-to print articles illustrated with photos for accomplishing a variety of tasks on a variety of topics, including body, cars, education, environment, fashion, food, games and hobbies, health, home and garden, languages, law, music and dance, parties, personal finance, parenting, pets, relationships, shopping, sports, technology, travel, and work
Music
CAMBIO MI CORAZON - GRUPO 5 (EN VIVO HD) - A 3:25 min. video of a cumbia song [Contributed by Justin Anderson & Mekenzie Erickson]
Chino y Nacho - Andas En Mi Cabeza ft. Daddy Yankee (Video Oficial) - A 5:04 min. music video that shows people of different ages and occupations proposing to one another in unique ways (reggeton) [Contributed by Justin Anderson & Mekenzie Erickson]
Como Hemos Cambiado - Presuntos Implicados - A 4:35 min. music video in Spanish about how a relationship has changed
Cuando me enamoro by Enrique Iglesias & Juan Luis Guerra [Note: First 25 seconds are in English, then the rest in Spanish - video shows lots of different crushes in a middle school]
Prince Royce - Darte un beso (Con letra - lyrics) - A 3:26 min. video that just shows the lyrics of the bachata song [Contributed by Justin Anderson & Mekenzie Erickson]
Mejor Anuncio TV/CINE Medios de Comunicación: Cita - A cute, 1:12 min. ad that shows how we sometimes try to hide who we are to impress others, but that it is better to be ourselves
La Bicicleta (Official Lyric Video), Carlos Vives, Shakira - A 3:48 music video in Spanish that displays the lyrics of the song in Spanish
Mi Princesa por Victor Muñoz - Song uses lots of references to Cinderella's glass slipper, príncipe azul, and subjunctive (yo quiero que tú seas mi princesa)
Sebastián Yatra, Reik - Un Año - A 3:08 min. music video in Spanish that uses a lot of months of the year [contributed by Kelsey Simpson]
J King y Maximan - Sr. Juez - Song is full of vocabulary relating to legal issues (arrepentir, atrever, el caso, el cobarde, cometer, condenar, confesar, contar, convertir, correr, culpable, dejar, el delito, encarcelar, encontrar, el enemigo, fallar, los fracasos, el juez, luchar, morir, pensar, perdonar, seguir, seguro, sentenciar, sentir, el sufrimiento, el tiempo, la verdad, volver) and uses it as a metaphor for discussing lost love. Some preterit tense, some present perfect and some present subjunctive, but no single tense really dominates.
Poetry
Besos by Gabriela Mistral - Interactive activities created by Barbara Kuczun designed to engage students with a poem about love and friendship while practicing the future tense
The poem, El sol de Monterrey, by Alfonso Reyes - Read aloud to photos of the sun
Un lunes cualquiera los peruanos descubrimos que juntos podemos hacer mas - Beautiful, poetic commercial filled with hopeful possibilities for the future (focuses on Peru) - Full of the nosotros present tense form
Videos: Definitions
Para los niños, ¿qué es el amor? - A 1:34 min. video in which children define and explain love in their own words
Vivir Juntos - Amor - A 4:28 min. video
Vivir Juntos - Amor - A 4:12 min. video
Vivir Juntos. Amor (Argentina) - A 5:38 min. video
Vivir Juntos. Amor (Colombia) - A 4:05 min. video
Vivir Juntos. Amor (Uruguay) - A 4:43 min. video
Vivir Juntos. Amor. Adolescentes de 13 a 19 años - A 4:41 min. video
Videos: Explanations
14 de Febrero❤️DIA DEL AMOR Y LA AMISTAD💘San Valentin - A 2:55 min. video that explains the origins of Valentine's Day in Spanish
Videos: Humor
Por eso no tienes novio - Amusing video in which a woman delivers a monologue about the importance of not eating like a pig to an unseen person who turns out to be her small daughter. Final text at the end discusses the importance of eradicating stereotypes about beauty. This would be great for discussing what "good friends" do, what kind of advice is appropriate for a "good friend" to give, etc.
Videos: Metaphors
El tren de la vida - Compares life to a train and the people in it to people who share the train ride with us