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Ser - Presente Music Video
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Teacher Tips
Personally, I show this video a couple of times for reinforcement with visual learners. However, I find that most students learn best by singing this song while performing the matching actions.
Also, I know that some of you are probably wondering why I did not include the vosotros form in this song (or in any of the conjugation songs, for that matter). When I created this song, I did it for my own students only, and I personally did not teach vosotros. Of course, now that these songs are reaching a wide audience, I wish I had included the form. I do have some ideas on how to include the form in some of these conjugation songs. I will post something on my blog about it soon.
Ser - Presente Resources
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- Ser - Presente Lyrics Page
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- Downloadable Lyrics and Activities
- Spanish lyrics with English translation
- Spanish lyrics without English translation
- Cloze activity (easy)
- Cloze activity (hard)
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