The title page of this section might be a map of the world illustrated with Spanish-speaking countries. The teacher can pass out a world map and have students look up the names of Spanish-speaking countries for homework. The next class period can be spent locating the Spanish-speaking countries on the map. Student awareness will broaden as they begin to realize that Spanish is a world language, not just the language of one or two countries.
With this information on Spanish-speaking countries in the world, students can begin to learn a variety of grammatical constructs. Constructs might include: El tren va a Madrid or Quiero ir a Madrid. This technique is most successful because students are not tryint to memorize lexical items that have no meaning to them. Spanish translations of jingles and proverbs are also fun and can teach grammatical structure at the same time.