process of listening to spoken words and writing them down accurately, also known as dictation

changing words or sentences from one language into another, so the meaning stays the same

a proofreading technique to improve the accuracy of verbs, adjectives, and nouns

explanation - 1 Mi abuela va a celebrar noventa años de vida.

explanation - 2 Mi abuela | va a celebrar | noventa años | de vida.

explanation - 3 Mi abuela va a celebrar noventa años de vida.

A1 - 1 Voy a contarte todo sobre mi viaje. 

A1 - 2 Estuvimos en la capital, La Habana. 

A1 - 3 Hemos vuelto hace poco en avión.

A1 - 4 El abuelo Macario tiene un carácter muy tranquilo. 

A1 - 5 Todavía pienso en los dulces de coco que comí.   

Una visita especial: translation, transcription

Spanish

¿Qué hay que ver? Impersonal uses of verbs

En países donde se habla español: -ar present tense 2nd persons

¿Adónde vamos? Role-play, read aloud

Pequeños grandes cambios: perfect and present tenses

Buenas intenciones: subjunctive after 'para que'

¿Cómo fue?: preterite 'ir' and 'ser'

Lo mejor de todo: 'lo' + adjective

Libros y pelis: extended writing

El viaje de fin de curso: irregular verbs, uses of 'dar'

Planes de viaje: subjunctive after verbs of emotion

Planes de viaje: photo description, conversation practice

Vidas famosas - Frida Kahlo: indirect object pronouns in 2-verb structures

Guernica - una obra de arte única: indefinite adjectives and pronouns

¿Adónde fuiste? Extended writing

This unit furthers pupils' knowledge of the subjunctive. Pupils learn singular subjunctive forms of 'ir' and 'venir', and use the subjunctive after verbs of emotion and 'para que'. Pupils refresh and learn new impersonal verbs, and are introduced to adjectival phrases with 'lo' and an adjective.

Communication and the world around us: lugares y personas famosos

You translate each sentence into English.

Which statements about the dictation (transcription) task are correct?

The birthday of my grandmother is the Thursday.

The birthday of my grandmother is on Thursday.

My grandmother's birthday is the Thursday.

My grandmother's birthday is on Thursday.

'El cumpleaños de mi abuela es el jueves.' Choose the best translation.

As well as verbs, what do you look at according to the VAN check?

Write in Spanish: 'the house used to be dirty'.

Which words are exact cognates in Spanish?

Order the words to say: 'the toy is not in the room'.

Write in English: 'mi tío siempre es tonto'.

Write in Spanish: 'the minority is medium-sized'.

Starter Quiz

Which words are exact cognates in Spanish?