Spanish A Level: Immigration of accompanied children/Inmigración de menores (MENA) in Spain

As an A Level teacher I always struggle to find teaching materials which develop the students’ grammar skills while they learn about Spanish history and culture. Consequently, I planned this unit of work to prepare and practice reading, speaking and grammar for the topic of immigration of unaccompanied foreign children in Spain. My aim is that students learn important historical facts while they practice their tenses, in particular the Present tense of Subjunctive.

This unit of work contains the following tasks for the student to work independently (a booklet of 11 pages) as well as the PowerPoint (31 slides) to be used in class:

• A detailed explanation in English on how to answer the stimulus card questions on unaccompanied immigrant children in Spain (suggested content and vocabulary following Exampro) with a special focus on how to use the Subjunctive Mood.
• A task to introduce key vocabulary related to the topic.
• A reading task based on an authentic newspaper article adapted as exam-style question from El País (2020).
• A grammar explanation on how to use stem-changing verbs in the Present tense of Indicative with activities to practise.
• The two newspaper articles are included.
• Answer key.

Do not forget your feedback. I will appreciate it. Muchas gracias. :)