A resource on tourism in Benidorm that considers the impact of the growth of tourism in this town and the positive and negative effects. There is a reading gap-fill, a list of statements about tourism in Benidorm which pupils must evaluate as being either positive or negative, a key vocabulary hunt and exam style translation practice into Spanish and English. Suggested answers included.

A quick vocabulary revision activity for GCSE classes to revise key verbs. There are fifteen sentences and pupils must choose the verb which makes the most sense in the given context. Each sentence also contains an A* writing construction which pupils can note and use in their own work.

Je vais décrire ma chambre. A whole lesson resource that will allow pupils to talk and write about their bedroom in French, describing how it is and giving opinions. There are reading activities, active vocabulary tasks, translation and some grammar manipulation. Answers included.

A standalone reading task on house and home for KS3 intermediate or GCSE. The reading comprehension consists of four descriptions of Spanish homes on sale with a vocabulary search, true or false comprehension questions, translation into English and a plenary speaking task. With answers.

A standalone resource for GCSE on the topic of tourism and its impact on the environment. This has some challenging activities and goes beyond talking about the pupil’s own experiences and will allow them to talk about tourism as a social/ environmental issue. The resource includes advantages and disadvantages to sort, reading activities, translation tasks and a scaffolded writing exercise. This resource will allow pupils to write/talk about the impact of tourism. Answers included.

Statements and opinions about holidays in Spanish ready to cut up and use in class as a card sort. Half are positive and half are negative. There are two levels of difficulty. The green cards are aimed at B/A candidates and the yellow cards are A* and beyond so that the pupils can use the colours to differentiate.

A reading comprehension and worksheet giving an overview of tourism in Spain: why tourists go, where they come from and where they visit. There are language activities (gap-fill, vocabulary hunt, synonym search) and infographics. The text is full of references to use for A04 in the speaking exam too. Answers included.

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on youth unemployment in Spain & los ‘ninis’ to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on ‘el teletrabajo’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on Hispanic festivals and la Semana Santa to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

Consider purchasing the full A Level Translation Bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-spanish-translation-practice-bundle-range-of-topics-into-english-and-spanish-12050364 An exam style text on ‘las llegadas en patera’ in Spain to translate into English followed by translation into Spanish, recycling the same vocabulary. Suggested answers are also included and the text provides key cultural references that can be used in the Speaking exam. There is a free example here on the topic of paternity leave, to preview the quality: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-permiso-de-paternidad-translations-on-el-mercado-laboral-and-paternity-leave-with-answers-12043678

A 12 page revision work booklet, with answers, for pupils with everything they need to revise the verb essentials for GCSE. There is a list of 50 key infinitives with revision notes on how to form the present, past & future tenses with exercises using these verbs. There is also a plenary which includes mixed practice of the verbs pupils need to know for the writing & speaking tasks. The revision notes also include the key irregular conjugations.

An exam-style writing task on household chores with four bullet points to cover. There is a plan for pupils to help them scaffold their answer and a model answer to reflect after completion too. There is a free example here on holidays: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-scaffolded-writing-task-on-holidays-ir-de-vacaciones-with-plan-and-model-answer-12004130

Two resources to use in any lesson on health and smoking. These resources include a reading comprehension (exam style), a grammar gap-fill task based on smoking and short writing task. The tasks are based on tasks from the new IGCSE specification.

A standalone resource on the wearing of the niqab and burka in Spain. It includes reading, vocabulary and translation into English and Spanish. There are also useful cultural references (A04) for the pupils to extract. Answers included.

A translation worksheet on the topic of daily routine. Six different translation exercises which recycle the same key language and introduce new linguistic items in a scaffolded way. The exercises are ramped in terms of difficulty and final activity is a plenary translation task into Spanish. Answers included.

Standalone resources for a whole lesson on the impact of COVID-19 on tourism in Spain. The resource includes reading activities, translation into English and Spanish and up-to-date cultural references. There is also a PowerPoint with a ‘ready to use’ lesson sequence. Answers included.

This resource has two parts - translation flashcards and a GCSE reading comprehension on Christmas. Flashcards: 28 sentences about Christmas to translate into Spanish, on flash cards which can be printed off and cut up so the answers appear on the reverse (use the PDF). The translations use a wide range of tenses, structures and, of course, Christmas vocabulary. This is one way to keep practising language skills, whilst bringing in some festive cheer. Reading comprehension: 3 people talk about their Christmas and pupils must chose which of the 8 statements are said by each person.

El colegio. This is a Spanish translation resource pack on the topic of school life and school routine with answers and will help pupils prepare for the translation part of the exam. There are 40 sentences in total, 20 different sentences to translate into each language, which recycle key school vocabulary, complex and idiomatic structures and specific grammar points. The sentences include: past, present & future tenses lo que más me gusta/ lo que no me gusta acabo de + infinitive desde hace + present tense imperfect & past description Conditional sentences (si tuviera mi elección/ si fuera director) Verbs which are followed by an infinitive (suelo, prefiero, evito etc.) ‘gustar’ verbs perfect tense (siempre he soñado con…)

Mis planes para el futuro. This is a Spanish translation resource pack on the topic of my future plans with answers and will help pupils prepare for the translation part of the exam. There are 40 sentences in total, 20 different sentences to translate into each language, which recycle key work and studies vocabulary, complex and idiomatic structures and specific grammar points. The sentences include: past, present & future tenses lo mejor acabo de + infinitive al + infinitive cuando sea mayor/ cuando termine mis estudios imperfect tense Conditional sentences (si tuviera mi elección) Verbs which are followed by an infinitive (suelo, prefiero, evito etc.) ‘gustar’ verbs with third person perfect tense (siempre he soñado con…)