A couple of lessons to prepare students to express an justify their opinions about TV programmes, using a variety of expressions (beyond the basic "me gusta"), adjectives and tenses. Supported by a template worksheet to express opinions in the present and in te past and a variety of activities.

This booklet contains twenty four questions that follow the format of the 90-word questions in the new French GCSE writing exam. They cover all three themes of the AQA specification, but can be easily adapted to other exam boards. There are eight questions for each theme, and they can be used in lessons, as well as as an easy way to set useful homework activities for the students. All questions include four bullet points that the students are prompted to cover, and they explicitly require them to include references to three time frames and opinions (as per the AQA mark scheme).

This resource includes six discussion cards based on the sub-theme of Immigration, part of the theme Multiculturalism in the Hispanic world of the New A Level course. The cards are based on the new speaking exam. Each of them includes information on each the topics that are part of the sub theme (positive and negative aspects of immigration, Immigration in Latin America and Undocumented immigrants) followed by three questions on the topic, the first of which always asks the students about their reaction to the information in the card. There are two cards per topic. Finally, the six cards are followed by twenty questions that can be used to explore the sub-theme further, and a list of useful vocabulary for the speaking test.

This resource consists of six discussion cards based on the sub theme Cyberspace of the New Spanish A Level theme Aspects of Hispanic society. The cards cover a variety of aspects of the sub-theme (social networks, mobile technology, the influence of the internet). Each card contains a lot of factual information and three questions to discuss the sub theme. Finally, the six cards are followed by a list of twenty questions to enable the students to study the sub theme further, as well as a list of useful language for the speaking test. Cards for each sub-theme can be found in my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/corcuera Additionally, a booklet containing all cards for all the different sub-themes at a very reduced price can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-a-level-paper-3-speaking-discussion-cards-themes-1-2-3-and-4-11934713

This six-page file contains a very detailed explanation of how to use “gustar” in the present tense and a number of other back to front verbs, as well as plenty of activities for the students. It is part of another more comprehensive grammar resource that can be found on this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-grammar-booklet-11715049

This double-sided mat provides the students of all abilities with a lot of useful language to support them when writing about Customs and festivals. Page one contains a lot of vocabulary (nouns, adjectives, conjunctions, time phrases and intensifiers) as well as a series of scaffolding structures (“sentence starters”). The second page contains twelve key verbs conjugated in the first person singular (yo) in six different tenses (the preterite, the imperfect, the present, the future, the conditional and the present subjunctive). Finally, there is also a section on complex structures on the second page, with examples of comparatives and superlatives, idiomatic expressions, conditional sentences (“si fuera…”), the present perfect and negative sentences.

A series of reading and writing activities to explore the historical background of Guillermo del Toro’s film El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrnth), focused specifically in the causes and course of the Spanish Civil War and the idea of “las dos Españas” and the representation of this concept in the film, a section about “los maquis” and a section about fascism. PLEASE NOTE: this resource is part of a much more comprehensive and more detailed resource, the Pan’s Labyrinth Student Support Guide that can be found on this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-a-level-el-laberinto-del-fauno-gu-a-de-estudio-pan-s-labyrinth-student-support-guide-12002448 The guide is over 70 pages long, and a free sample can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/el-laberinto-del-fauno-planos-y-ngulos-de-c-mara-pan-s-labyrinth-shots-and-camera-work-12002490

A booklet with eight 150-word questions to revise the theme of Local, national, international and global areas of interest of the new Spanish GCSE exam. There are two questions for each of the topics in Theme Two (Home, town, neighbourhood and region, social issues, global isues and travel and tourism ). Each of the questions contains two bullet points that the students are expected to cover; the bullet points are written to resemble the ones found in the 2018 paper and those in the sample questions provided by AQA. At least one of the bullet points in each question prompts the students to refer to either the past or the future, and several questions ask the students to write their “recommendations”. Finally, the booklet also contains a copy of the mark scheme for the 150 word question and an overview of the themes and topics. This resource can be used as part of everyday teaching, as end of unit assessment, for revision purposes and it is an easy way of setting useful homework.

This resource includes a lot of information about family life in Spain, followed by a series of questions for the students to show their understanding of the topics covered. The resource is written in English and it is meant to improve the students’ cultural awareness. It is aimed at GCSE students, but it can also be used with A Level students as a quick introduction to the sub-theme Traditional and modern values. Finally, it is ideal to set cover work.

A set of 40 Photo Cards covering all the topics of the Identity and Culture theme: Me, my family and friends (8 cards), Technology in everyday life (8 cards), Free-time activities (8 cards), Food and eating out (8 cards) and Customs and festivals (8 cards). Each card includes five foundation questions (in red) and five higher questions (in blue), the first of which (at both foundation and higher level) is always “¿Qué hay en la foto?” . The booklet also includes a summary of the requirements of the speaking test and a copy of the mark scheme for the photo card. UPDATED: I have modified this resource to better resemble the photo cards on the AQA exam: there are now five foundation and five higher questions on each card (instead of four). At foundation level one of the first three questions (what in the exam would be the printed questions) requires the use of a tense other than the present. At higher level references to three time frames are needed, with one time frame other than the present required in one of the first three questions and the remaining time frame in one of the other two questions.

A whole set of resources to teach the GCSE topic relationships within the family. The presentation consists of 62 slides (please note that the presentation was made using Smartboard Notebook, not Powerpoint; I have included a Powerpoint copy, but a lot of the features do not work or work worse on Powerpoint, so I advice using Notebook to open it) includes the following vocabulary areas: - family members - physical descriptions - character - “me llevo bien” and reasons for getting on (or not) with people. The presentation covers the following grammar points: - ser and tener - the conditional - comparatives - negatives - asking questions It also includes several speaking activities (role plays and photo cards), as well as a variety of games (naughts and crosses, connect 4, walk around the room finding information). The presentation is supported by 7 worksheets, a writing mat and an overview of the new GCSE course

A reading activity based on the new Spanish A Level, specifically the sub-theme Los movimientos populares. Based on an article from El Mundo, the activity is based on the “escrache” that Gallardón was subjected to as a consequence of his failed attempt to modify the abortion laws in Spain.

This resource contains a lot of factual information about Hispanic society, focusing on the three topics that cover the sub-theme Multiculturalism in Hispanic society in the new Spanish A Level course (La inmigración, El racismo and La convivencia). I wrote this resource to help my students revise for their upcoming speaking exam (Paper 3), specifically to ensure that they include enough information to score well in AO4 of the paper. The file also includes a detailed overview of the course and of Paper 3.

A set of 20 role plays covering theme two of the new Spanish GCSE course (based on the AQA specification). It includes 10 foundation and 10 higher role plays, on the topics "Home, town, neighbourhood and region" "Social issues" and "Global issues" "Travel and Tourism". Each role play includes candidate's role and teacher's role, and both the 'tú' and 'usted' forms are used. The file also includes a student-friendly summary of the specification for the new speaking exam and the mark scheme for the role play. I have also included a foundation and higher mark scheme feedback sheet to provide students with instant, personalised feedback as they complete mock speaking exams. Updated with Role Play feedback sheet.

This three-page file includes a lot actual information about Spanish culture and society, focusing on the topic of Spanish regional identity (festivals, gastronomy and regional languages), part of the theme Artistic Culture in the Hispanic World of the new Spanish A Level. It provides students with facts and statistics, which should be very helpful in preparation for Paper 3 (the speaking exam). The information in the file can also be easily adapted to reading or translation activities.

This double-sided mat provides the students of all abilities with a lot of useful language to support them when writing about the GCSE topic of Technology. Page one contains a lot of vocabulary (nouns, adjectives, conjunctions, time phrases and intensifiers) as well as a series of scaffolding structures (“sentence starters”). The second page contains twelve key verbs conjugated in the first person singular (yo) in six different tenses (the preterite, the imperfect, the present, the future, the conditional and the present subjunctive). Finally, there is also a section on complex structures on the second page, with plenty of examples of comparatives and superlatives, conditional sentences (“si fuera…”) and negative sentences and structures with the infinitive (para+infinitive). (Note - please ignore the preview of the Word file, there is an ongoing issue with Word previews in TES; the file looks like the PDF shows)

A set of lessons to prepare GCSE students to speak and write about their personal qualities, what qualities are required for different jobs and what they consider important in a job. It also includes an introduction to the subjunctive and an "easy to use" sentence builder, using the structure 'No creo que sea + subjunctive'. Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.

A set of lessons to prepare students to write about their ideal partner and their future plans. It revises key vocabulary and adjectives and it includes a long, challenging reading activity. Grammar wise it revises the conditional, the immediate future and adverbs with “-mente”. A short translation and a photo card at the end of the notebook file revise the topic, while two further photo cards are included as a separate file. Update: I have now included a PowerPoint version of the main file, converted from the original Notebook file. I recommend whenever possible to use the original version, as the file conversion has changed the layout of some slides and some features work less effectively on Power Point.