Rhythm, Rhyme, and Fun: Creating Bomba Guanacasteca in Spanish (NZALT Conference repeat)
Find out about this traditional four-line rhyming verse from Costa Rica, write your own and share with your peers in a light-hearted and fun online session for Spanish teachers
September 3, 2026 3:30 PM
This is an online repeat of the in-person session delivered at the recent NZALT Conference in Christchurch.
When & Where
Thursday 3 September, 3:30-4:30pm Online - Zoom link will be sent once registrations are accepted.
What we will cover
This interactive and fun session invites Spanish teachers to explore the bomba guanacasteca, a traditional four-line rhyming verse from Costa Rica often performed in dialogue or improvisational exchange, and to create their own versions for classroom use. The session will conclude with opportunities to share and perform creations, highlighting how poetic and performative language practices can be adapted to support creativity and communicative language use in the Spanish classroom.
Who should attend
Teachers of Spanish throughout New Zealand. This workshop will be delivered in Spanish and English.
Cost
Language Circle is funded to provide professional learning for provisionally and fully registered Primary, Intermediate and Secondary teachers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
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