Punto y coma

Punto y coma - Cultural and current affairs magazine to learn and teach Spanish

As Spanish teachers, we sometimes feel that the resources we have at our disposal are insufficient or outdated for our classes. Moreover, although the Internet offers us a whole world of possibilities, it is not easy to differentiate quality materials, revised and updated, from those that are not so well prepared. We are aware that these difficulties can be very annoying in your day-to-day life, so today we are going to tell you about a very useful proposal: the magazine Punto y coma. Read on!

It is published by Habla con eñe, a publishing house specialising in teaching the culture of Spanish-speaking countries. The magazine comes in print, digital and online versions, so you can choose the format that best suits your needs. It is aimed primarily at students, but its materials can be of great help to us in our teaching work. Its intention is to make its readers have fun while they learn through texts that deal with a wide range of topics.

Six issues are published each year, each of which includes texts at various levels (A2-C2), more than 60 minutes of audio in Spanish with different accents, activities similar to those of the DELE exams and glossaries in English, French, German and Portuguese. All this content is organised in different sections that follow the model of a common Spanish magazine: readers' letters; opinions section; "Did you know what?" section; idioms; texts on literature, politics and society; information on culture, cinema, travel and gastronomy, etc. In this way, students of Spanish improve their skills while having fun and acquiring curious information about different aspects of life in Spanish-speaking countries.

As teachers, the materials can be very useful to make our classes more dynamic or to expand our bank of resources. The section on idioms provides us with ideas for working on these types of constructions in language classes at intermediate or advanced levels, while the texts will help us both to carry out reading comprehension activities and to broaden our students' cultural knowledge on a wide range of subjects. In addition, the audios included in each issue will allow us to improve our listening skills with interesting and up-to-date material.

In summary, if you are looking for an accessible, simple and up-to-date way to improve the materials used in your Spanish classes, Punto y coma will be your new magazine of reference. Still not sure whether to subscribe? Visit their website and download a free issue - you won't regret it!