This is a pack of reading resources on the A2 Spanish topic of Las actitudes racistas y xenófobas. All the questioning used in the resources is based on AQA Spanish exam styles. Most activities have an accompanying link to a video on YouTube. The video links are embedded and should open automatically if you are linked to the internet. The resources are not arranged in any particular order. The PowerPoint can be cut up as appropriate.

Although translation can easily be embedded into teaching, I find that it is important to take a period of time to focus on the skills involved. Attached is a booklet I have put together which is made up of all of the AQA translations into Spanish from recent past papers. I find that pulling everything together from a certain task type helps to focus the students on the skills needed and also helps me as a teacher to spot trends. March 2021 - The booklet has been updated to include the 2020 paper

A range of activities covering the A level topic of “el ciberespacio”. These range from reading tasks to translations and summary skills. Two of the activities link to Teach Vid exercises I have put together.

A Reading Comprehension Worksheet on the Festival of San Fermín in Spain which leads to a piece of extended Writing.

A collection of worksheets covering the topic of “El machismo y el feminismo”.

The imperfect tense is presented with an opportunity to practise the langauge following a clip from the Spanish TV series ‘Física o Química’. The video is embedded + you must be connected to the internet for it to work. The YouTube link is also shown on the relevant slide.

Resources to teach about Festivals in Spain. They can be used for Writing and/or Speaking activities.

These Resources are for teaching the topic of Hotel Accommodation. I have added in a focus on the Hotel Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires to provide a bit of Cultural background. They include Questions, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension and Writing tasks.

A Worksheet introducing the festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain (7th of July). It includes Vocabulary, Reading activity and Questions.

These resources are for teaching the weather in Spanish in the context of holidays and recommending a destination because of its climate.

The activity relates to opinions on school uniform. The worksheet is printed on card + cut up and the students sort the statements into two columns- for or against school uniform.

Booklet to provide practice for the writing section of the AS Spanish examination. http://mfljones.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/as-edexcel-unit-2-section-c/

This is a pack of resources on the A level Spanish topic of Jóvenes de hoy - ciudadanos del mañana. All the questioning used in the resources is based on AQA Spanish exam styles. In the PowerPoint the videos are embedded from YouTube and can take a minute or two to load.

I used this with a top set Year 9 group. I showed the film before doing the activities. I explained that they would find it very difficult to understand but what I wanted was for them to get a general idea of what happens in the story. The film lasts about 12 minutes. I followed this with the activities on the PowerPoint. The memorisation activity at the start gives them the opportunity to learn some key words then you go through what happens in the film expressed in simpler language. Finally comes the blanked text activity.

This lesson is based around the issues relating to colonialism and measures to address the past e.g. use of public spaces commemorating controversial figures. The first slides of the PDF are for discussion - what can they see? When? Who? Why? etc. The gap fill reading is from a text describing the arrival of Columbus in America. The following slides focus on the use of language and image illustrating how people’s interpretation is affected by the historical depiction of the events. We next move to the debate over statues and the use of public spaces to commemorate controversial figures. An initial discussion re: views Work on impersonal verbs and expressions with the aim of ensuring that opinions use a range of language including this type of structure.

The resources here are aimed at practising clothes within the context of shopping. The main language presented is the verb QUEDAR as well as demonstrative pronouns. A cultural element is provided through the use of the Antena 3 programme Los Protegidos.

This is intended for higher level GCSE + giving opinions on your town. The YouTube video gives some interesting cultural background.

A level reading comprehension about bullying in Spain.

Writing frame document to follow on from Reading Comprehension on San Fermin Festival to promote extended Writing, using Present/Past/Future Tenses. The Powerpoint supports the Worksheet.

Worksheet on the advantages / disadvantages of different sports in relation to health.

Reading + prose translation based on the EdExcel Unit 4 section A.