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A quick presentation about the Chinese New Year

ppt on La Diversidad Musical to go with the AQA AS Spanish course, Unit 6 El Patrimonio Cultural. This ppt is intended to prompt research and conversation on the topic.

Explanation and practice of impersonal reflexive

Bundle of 3 printouts with the organization chart of the political system in Spain and main political parties.

ppt to aid the teaching and study of the social aspects of the AQA Theme 3 Unit 1 “La Inmigración”. This ppt explores inmigration in the Hispanic world through links to videos and articles, and focuses its attention on current inmigration affairs such as the ship “Open Arms”, the jumping of the border fence in Ceuta and Melilla, the journey of “La caravana” and Trump’s Mexican wall.

A ppt to help revise the cultural and social content of the AQA Y12 Theme 2 Unit 5 “La Identidad Regional en España”. It explores the subtopics of Semana Santa, gastronomy, bullfighting and regional languages through questions that encourage research and discussion and through links to videos and articles, both in English and Spanish.

A ppt to help revise the social content of AQA Y12 Unit 3 “La Igualdad de los Derechos”. It includes links to articles to help with the research on this Unit, plus questions that can be used for writing or for encouraging discussion of the topic. It also contains a Verdader o Falso Exercise. It explores la comunidad LGBT en Cuba.

ppt to support the teaching and studying of the AQA Theme 4 Unit 6 “Los Movimientos Sociales”. It explores 5 current social movements, ranging from Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo to the Greta Thunberg movement against climate change. It does this with the help of links to videos and articles, brief explanations and a set of questions to encourage discussion.

ppt to aid the teaching and study of the social aspects of the content of AQA Spanish A’Level Y12 Theme 1 Unit 1 “Los Valores Tradicionales y Modernos”. In this ppt we look at general aspects of Spanish fiestas, and then we learn about a variety of Spanish and Latin-American festivities, both of Christian and pagan origins, through text, video links (in English and Spanish) and questions posed to encourage further research and conversation.

This ppt is aimed at those learning Spanish phonics. It can be used as a teaching resource or it can also be used by the students to help themselves on the learning of Spanish pronunciation. It contains recorded examples of every sound.

A set of 2 Christmas quiz, one more challenging, for advanced students, and an easier version. A quiz with a twist. We all know Spain celebrates Christmas a bit differently to the UK, but, did you know these more obscure facts? The important part of this activity is the discussion of the answers, as not many will be able to get them right. You might want them to do a bit of research first, but make sure you allow time to watch the videos and learn about these more unknown Christmas traditions.

ppt to support the teaching and study of the topic “La Tauromaquia”, from the AQA Spanish A’Level Y12 Theme 2 Unit 5 “La Identidad Regional”. In this ppt we look at the history of tauromaquia, the different varieties of tauromaquia, such as corridas de toros, encierros, rejoneos and recortadores and we end by exploring both sides of the bullfighting debate. We do all this with the aid of links to articles and videos both in English and in Spanish. It does not contain any graphic video. Please notice that this ppt does not contain excercises, but instead a set of questions to prompt thought and debate.

ppt to support the teaching and study the topic of “La Gastronomía”, from the AQA Spanish A’Level Y12 Theme 2 Unit 5 “La Identidad Regional”. In this ppt we look at how the geography and climate of Spain affect the variety of produce, we learn about the different regional gastronomies, we understand what la dieta mediterránea is and we learn about tapas and pintxos, aperitivos and sobremesas. All this aided by links to videos in both Spanish and English. Please notice that this ppt does not contain any practical excercises, but focuses instead on the content of this topic. The text is in Spanish.

Set of 18 colourful revision mats, covering the 6 last units of the AQA A’Level Spanish curriculum (year 13): La Inmigración, El Racismo, La Convivencia, Jóvenes de hoy: Ciudadanos de mañana, Monarquías y Dictaduras, y Los Movimientos Sociales. Each revision mat contains a minimum of 3 questions posed to the students, each of them with a set of prompts to aid in the developing of an answer. Pictures help with the visual learning. Though these mats are created for revision, they can also be used in conversation or even to introduce each subtopic. There is an AS (year 12) set of revision mats available.

Set of 18 colourful revision mats, covering the 6 first units of the AQA A’Level Spanish curriculum: Los Valores Tradicionales y Modernos, El Ciberespacio, La Igualdad de Derechos, La Influencia de los Idolos, La Identidad Regional y El Patrimonio Cultural. Each revision mat contains a minimum of 3 questions posed to the students, each of them with a set of prompts to aid in the developing of an answer. Pictures help with the visual learning. Though these mats are created for revision, they can also be used in conversation or even to introduce each subtopic. There is an A’Level (year 13) set of revision mats available.

A ppt to help revise the cultural and social content of the AQA Y12 Theme 1 Unit 4 “La Influencia de los Ídolos”. It includes links to videos and articles to help with the research on this Unit, plus questions that can be used for writing or speaking. It also contains a list of suggested Hispanic idols for the students to research.

A ppt to help revise the content of the AQA Y12 Theme 1 Unit 2 “El Ciberespacio”. It includes links to videos and articles to help with the research of the social aspects of this topic, plus questions that can be used for writing or speaking. It also contains a Verdader o Falso Exercise.

ppt to support the study of the content of AQA Y13 Theme 4 Unit 5 “Monarquías y Dictaduras”. It contains several links to videos and documentaries, both in Spanish and in English, to aid the understanding of historical events and protagonists such as Juan Carlos I, Felipe VI, Franco, Fidel Castro, Augusto Pinochet and Nicolás Maduro. It also contains briefing of the main points and a set of questions to encourage discussion of the topic.

pronombres posesivos, family members

Short cultural presentation about the Carnival, with some vocabulary.