El Mariachi

Every time I go home, I go to our local Mexican restaurant and have lunch with my best friend. It's a tradition we have kept up with for a while now, and I realized that I could use this to my advantage. Because we are there so often (and live in a very small town), the workers know our names and faces. We have a nice camaraderie, so I felt very comfortable asking them to order in Spanish...and that's what I did. My order is simple, so I didn't struggle much. However, I did have to ask how to say "sour cream." My waiter told me that it's "crema agria," but I don't know if this is the universal term for it. That is something I will have to look into before my trip to Spain.

This is definitely something I could do with my future students, as my high school Spanish teacher did with us.  I know that students love any reason to get out of school, so taking a mini field trip to a local Mexican restaurant would be a great incentive to have them practice their speaking skills in a real-life situation.