España: Adiós peseta (1), La Copa Mundial (2), Ordenadores (3), thematic units for Beginners

Three interdisciplinary units. 7 or 8 pages each. All units have a level appropriate reading, comprehension, extension on the subject matter, oral and written exercises, Internet key words for further research. Comparisons are made with student´s own reality. Please preview.

Unit 1. Adiós peseta

Numbers! What a great way to do numbers again. Spain is part of the European Union and the Euro permits free access to all the countries. Students compare the old bills with the new ones. Who are those people on the bills?

Unit includes:

1. Subject matter: money

2. Vocabulary: money (caro / barato)

3. Grammar: verbs, gustar, interesar, encantar

4. Oral practice: prices

5. Homework: literary, mathematical or artistic options

6. Internet: key words for Net search

7. Model tests

8. Teacher’s guide

9. Answer key

Unit 2. La Copa Mundial de Fútbol

Soccer! The beautiful game! The whole world plays soccer. All you need is a ball! Get your students to talk about the World Cup, about other sports and all of this using gustar, interesar and encantar.

Unit includes:

1. Subject matter: sports

2. Vocabulary: sports

3. Grammar: verbs, gustar, interesar, encantar

4. Oral practice: a poll

5. Homework: internet search

6. Internet: key words for internet search

7. Model tests

8. Teacher’s guide

9. Answer key

Unit 3. La computadora / el ordenador

Not only will the students learn the vocabulary of the computer, they will find out that there are words that are said differently in Spain and in the Americas. The unit gives excellent information on search engines in Spanish and prompts the students to write emails in Spanish.

Unit includes:

1. Subject matter: computers

2. Vocabulary: computers

3. Grammar: verbs, gustar, interesar, encantar

4. Oral practice: prices, a poll

5. Homework: ID card

6. Internet: key words for Net search

7. Model tests

8. Teacher’s guide

9. Answer key

These three subjects appealed to many of my students: money, sports and computers. Through comparison and contrast the target culture comes alive!