La Oreja de Van Gogh has been making pop-rock hits in Spain since 1996. This video is a bit vintage, but I think it holds up pretty well. The story behind the music and video is really interesting, and I encourage you to familiarize yourself before presenting it.
In 2004, a terrorist attack in a Spanish train station caused the death of more than 190 people. It’s commonly known in Spain as 11-M. As you might suspect, it was a Thursday. The song JUEVES tells the fictional story of a young woman riding on a train, trying to catch the romantic attention of another rider whom she sees daily on her commute. The budding love story is interrupted by the attack. (To be clear, both the song and the video are free of gore). The video shows clips of survivors of the attack and their family members, and the proceeds of the song benefitted the 11-M survivors fund.
There are many possible teaching angles here. There are many present tense verbs, descriptive adjectives, and parts of the body mentioned. Any of these would be appropriate for Spanish 1. I couldn’t resist the historical angle, so I made my Bellringer for a late Spanish 1 or Spanish 2 audience, with a little basic background information and a focus on global listening comprehension. Find my Bellringer here.
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