A Level Spanish - Festivals and traditions - Las Fallas

Bring the topic of Los festivales y las tradiciones to life with this comprehensive Edexcel A Level Spanish resource on Las Fallas. The lesson combines cultural knowledge, genuine Spanish reading material, vocabulary development, translation and focused grammar practice, giving students plenty of opportunities to develop their language skills in context.

The resource contains 24 classroom activities, including:

• Genuine Spanish reading texts about Las Fallas, its origins, traditions and cultural importance
• Translation from Spanish into English and English into Spanish
• Comprehension, true/false, gap-fill and sequencing activities
• Vocabulary-finding and consolidation activities
• A section on the traditional Valencian fallera dress
• Activities exploring key events including La mascletà, La plantà, L’Ofrena de les Flors, La Nit del Foc and La Cremà
• A focused grammar section on se + 3rd person across different tenses
• Activities exploring representation and diversity in Las Fallas
• Video-based activities
• Extension activities to consolidate key vocabulary and grammar
• A comprehensive 40-word vocabulary revision activity
• Homework

The lesson deliberately links the cultural topic to grammar, using Las Fallas as a context for practising the se + 3rd person structure, while also developing translation and language-manipulation skills.

Video links are included throughout the PowerPoint. The YouTube icons on the relevant slides contain clickable hyperlinks to the videos, and the links can also be found in the PowerPoint notes.

Perfect for: Year 12 / AS-level Spanish, Edexcel A Level Spanish, and lessons on festivals, traditions and Spanish-speaking countries.