Dos idiomas, dos culturas: develop reading, practise transcription
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can interpret past, present and future time frames in reading comprehension questions about 'los Nuyoricans'.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- You can use adverbs of time and verb tenses to interpret time frames in reading comprehension tasks.
- In Spanish, the strong vowels are [a], [e] and [o]. These are always fully pronounced and don't glide into other sounds.
- The stress in Spanish words ending in a vowel, 'n' or 's' falls on the penultimate syllable.
- The stress in Spanish words ending in a consonant, excluding 'n' and 's', falls on the final syllable.
- Words that break the rules of stress in Spanish pronunciation indicate where the stress should fall with an accent.
Keywords
Strong vowel - vowels that are always fully pronounced and don't glide into other sounds; the strong vowels are [a], [e] and [o]
Stress - pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Common misconception
In Spanish, 'mañana' always means 'morning'.
In Spanish 'mañana' has two meanings. It can mean 'morning' or 'tomorrow'.
Teacher tip
Learning Cycle 3 contains Higher Tier content. When demonstrating the pronunciation of strong vowels, it is a good idea to emphasise the open mouth position required.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
boring
fun, funny
happy
grey
proud
similar
Q2.Which adverbs refer to the past?
Q3.Order the words to say: 'next weekend'.
Q4.Match the verbs with their tense.
simple present
present continuous
preterite
imperfect
perfect
inflectional future
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'I am going to play football'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'two weeks ago'.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which are strong vowels in Spanish?
Q2.The stress in Spanish words ending in a vowel, 'n' or 's' falls on the syllable.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
I have (done something)
you have (done something)
she, he, it has (done something)
we have (done something)
you all have (done something)
they have (done something)
Q4.Order the words to say: 'Tomorrow we are going to go to the airport'.
Q5.Write in Spanish: 'you (singular) were listening to music'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'they have visited the island'.
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