Show Notes and Links to A.C. Quintero’s Work
On Episode 29, Pete is happy to welcome accomplished teacher, writer of books in Spanish for the classroom, and lifelong learner, A.C. Quintero. Profesora Quintero and Pete talk about her early reading, writing, her influences, Colombia, favorite authors and books from Isabel Allende and Ernesto Sabato to Where the Red Fern Grows, teaching Spanish through CI (Comprehensible Input) strategies, Spanish-language idioms and slang, her strategies in writing and teaching, and much more!
A.C. Quintero Personal Website
Instagram: a.c. quintero
Twitter: @klasekastellano
Facebook/TPT: Teaching Spanish Made Easy
Novels and Resources by A.C. Quintero
Teaching from The Trenches FB Teacher Resource Group
Youtube channel
Catalog: Unlocking potential, one story at a time
Talking Points/Authors/Books Mentioned and Allusions Referenced During the Episode:
Where the Red Fern Grows :( -Mentioned at around 8:20 and at 11:00
A.C. talks about Colombia’s influence on her-at around 22:00
A.C. talks about formative texts and writers in Spanish: Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Ernesto Sabato, and his book El Túnel-at around 24:00
Pete and A.C. discuss Gabriel Garcia Marquez -at around 27:15
A.C. talks about how she got started writing books in Spanish-at around 28:30
A.C. talks about her trilogy, Las Apariencias Engañan-at around 36:00
A.C. talks about the necessary grittiness of El Escape that will captivate students and be a “page-turner”-at around 41:00
A.C. and Pete talk about Youtube, Worldstar, and the double-meaning of “Mafioso”-at around 44:50
A.C. and Pete talk about “CI” (Comprehensible Input), and how A.C. uses it in her writing-at around 45:40
A.C. talks about how she started using CI in her teaching, spurred by her teaching in an IB program-around 49:20
Like “Beyonce/Madonna/Kanye, recognizable by just one name, the great “Bryce” (Hedstrom), a giant in CI innovation, is mentioned-at around 50:50
A.C. talks about “La Persona Especial” and “A.C Quintero: Teaching from the Trenches,” her Facebook group with La Persona Especial and other CI strategies-at around 51:40
Pete and A.C. do three questions as an example of “La Persona Especial” interviews, which are a big part of CI’s efficacy and student engagement-at around 56:00
Pete talks about the importance of “game-changer/extender” words and phrases; for him, learning “agarrar” was crucial-at around 1:00:40
Pete and A.C. talk about their shared love for idioms/slangs in teaching Spanish-at about 1:01:30
Pete and A.C. talk about translating literally between Spanish and English and how to help students avoid that-at about 1:03:45
A.C. reads from her book La Clase de Confesiones-at about 1:05:30
A.C. talks about La Pasajera Misteriosa and other future projects-at about 1:08:00
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