Word document with a passage from “La sombra del viento” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and 10 questions to ask the students. I have used this to prepare a student for an interview in Cambridge. This is not from an actual interview. From what I have read online, in the interviews for Spanish degrees at Cambridge, students are provided with a passage of a novel/book in Spanish and they have to analyse it for 10/15 minutes. After that, there is a conversation in Spanish with the interviewers to discuss it. I am using this with a student and I thought it could be useful for others. It’s good to put the students in that situation before the interview to see how they handle it and give them some advice. I think it’s similar for Spanish degrees at Oxford but I am not 100% sure.

A video to help the students write Spanish A-level essays. It includes the structure that the essay should have and the steps they should follow. It was really useful for students in Y12 who didn’t know how to start writing the essays for A-level. Useful for any essay titles: Volver, El laberinto del fauno, Cien años de soledad, etc.

Conditional sentences GCSE - Hacia un mundo mejor 12 sentences. Print and cut the 2 halves of the sentences and let them play. Award 1 point for each good answer. You can award another point for each sentence they translate.

Fill in the gaps activity similar to the ones that appear on AQA papers. Passage from “el coronel no tiene quien le escriba”- Gabriel García Márquez

An activity similar to the Fill in the gaps one from AQA papers. Answers included.

An activity to work on synonyms and exam skills. Answers included. The passage is taken from “El coronel no tiene quien le escriba”

A listening activity to practise the listening skills. The main focus here is the grammar and the pronouns. activity transcript answers listening files This is not from a past paper but it follows the same style.