This resource contains two versions of the same booklet (at foundation and higher level). Each of the booklet contains extensive translation practice (from Spanish into English) covering all themes and topics of the new Spanish GCSE course (based on the AQA specification). The translations include references to a variety of tenses (present, preterite, imperfect, present perfect, conditional, future), as well as a wide range of complex structures (negatives, comparatives, conditional clauses…). The booklets can also be found separately on these links: Foundation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-gcse-spanish-to-english-translations-foundation-11958634 Higher: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-gcse-spanish-to-english-translations-higher-11958629

A very comprehensive set of sentences to translate from Spanish into English. The full resource is 29 pages long (including title and content pages) and it covers all three themes of the new Spanish GCSE course. Each theme and each topic is covered in detail with a series of sentences of different level of difficulty, and they provide a good coverage of all aspects of GCSE grammar, with references to a variety of tenses (present, preterite, imperfect, present perfect, conditional, future), and a wide range of complex structures (negatives, comparatives, conditional clauses…). While I believe that the resource can be used with students of all abilities, it is aimed mainly at foundation students. A higher version of the same booklet can be found on this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-gcse-spanish-to-english-translations-11958629

A very comprehensive set of sentences (suitable for all abilities) and paragraphs (suitable mainly to higher students) to translate from Spanish into English. The full resource is 41 pages long (including title and content pages) and it covers all three themes of the new Spanish GCSE course. Each theme and each topic is covered in detail with a series of sentences of different level of difficulty. Additionally, at the end of each theme there are six paragraphs, aimed specifically at higher students, that cover the whole theme. The translations include references to a variety of tenses (present, preterite, imperfect, present perfect, conditional, future), as well as a wide range of complex structures (negatives, comparatives, conditional clauses…). While I believe that this resource can be used with students of all abilities, it is aimed mainly at higher students. A foundation version of the same resource can be found in this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-gcse-spanish-to-english-translations-foundation-11958634

This file contains three pages with some key verbs in Spanish: the present tense, preterite, imperfect, future and conditional of regular verbs and the same tenses for irregular verbs ser, estar, tener, ir, poder and haber. The tables also include how to form the present participle and the past participle. This resource is a free sample of a much more extensive resource, my Spanish GCSE grammar booklet, which can be found in its full form in this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-grammar-booklet-cuaderno-de-gram-tica-11984926 The full booklet is 63 pages long, and I have included a copy of the contents page as part of this resource.

This is a reduced, simplified and printing-budget friendly of this resource: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-grammar-booklet-cuaderno-de-gram-tica-11939611 The content of the booklets is very similar and they both provide a very detailed overview of the grammar needed for the new GCSE course, divided into three parts (Theme 1, Theme 2 and Theme 3). Each part has two sections, one devoted to verbs and the other one to other lexical categories. Both books contain a lot of examples and activities for the students. This version of the booklet takes into account that printing budget can be tight, so I have re formated the original, 62-page booklet, and taken out a few examples, so it is now 37 pages (the last three being verb tables that can be printed separately), but it still contains detailed explanations of a variety of grammatical structures, a lot of examples and a lot of activities. Content: THEME 1 Part 1 – Articles, nouns, adjectives, prepositions, adverbs and pronouns Nouns Articles Contractions Adjectives Comparatives and superlatives Por and para Negatives Questions Possessive adjectives Direct object pronouns Part 2 – Verbs Ser and estar Conjugating verbs The present tense 13a. Regular verbs 13b. Irregular verbs 13c. Reflexive verbs 13d. Gustar The Preterite The Imperfect Opinions in different tenses THEME 2 Part 1 – Adjectives and pronouns Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns Possessive Pronouns Part 2 – Verbs The Future Simple The Conditional The Preterite v. The Imperfect The Present Subjunctive Uses of the Subjunctive The Imperative (Commands) The Infinitive THEME 3 Part 1 – Adverbs and prepositions 26. Personal a 27. Quantifiers Part 2 – Verbs 28. Present continuous 29. Present Perfect 30. If clauses 31. The Subjunctive – Further practice 32. Verb tables N.B. - Please ignore the Word preview of the resource - it does not look like that! To get a good idea of what the resource actually looks like, have a look at the PDF version or the screen captures (for some reason previews of word files alter the format of the resource, but this is only the preview).

This worksheet includes an explanation of how to use ser and estar, one of the biggest headaches for Spanish learners, with several examples and two activities. It is a free sample of a much more comprehensive premium resource, my Spanish GCSE grammar booklet, which can be found on this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-gcse-grammar-booklet-cuaderno-the-gram-tica-11939611 I have included a screen shot of the contents page of the grammar booklet.

This booklet contains a detailed overview of the key vocabulary for the new Spanish GCSE. While it is not an exhaustive list, it contains a lot of vocabulary items organised according to each of the themes and topics of the new course and their lexical category. The booklet starts with an overview of the course and the different themes and topics. This is followed with a section of exam rubrics in Spanish, taken from the AQA specification and from the 2018 exams (all four skills, at foundation and higher level). The next section includes general vocabulary: asking questions, comparisons, quantifiers, conjunctions, connectives, negatives and prepositions. The final section includes a page of key vocabulary for each of the topics (therefore four pages per theme) of the course. Each page contains on average ten key nouns, ten key verbs and ten key adjectives on the topic, followed by a blank page for students to add their own vocabulary. I have uploaded two versions of the booklet: the first version only contains the Spanish words, without the English translation, and it can be used for starter or plenary activities in the lesson. The other one is the full version of the booklet, with the English translation.

This booklet contains 72 speaking cards based on Theme 1, Theme 2, Theme 3 and Theme 4 of the new Spanish A Level course (Aspects of Hispanic society, Artistic culture in the Hispanic world, Multiculturalism in the Hispanic World and Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world). The cards contain (quite a lot) of factual information about the theme (a lot more than the sample cards from AQA) and three questions, the first one always being “How do you react to the information on this card?” or similar). The aim of presenting the cards like this is to provide the students with a lot of ideas on what to say about the theme, as well as making them more aware that they always have to discuss the information printed on the card (AO2 and AO4). There are eighteen cards for each theme (six cards for each sub theme), and each section is followed by a minimum of 20 questions to encourage the students to explore and discuss the topic further. The booklet ends with a list of vocabulary useful for the speaking test, and it also includes an overview of the A Level course, of Paper 3 and of the assessment criteria. A free sample of this resource can be found on this link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-spanish-a-level-discussion-cards-paper-3-speaking-11960474?theme=0 UPDATE (13/06/19) - The booklet has been adapted to replace some of the more general questions and with other questions focused on Spanish speaking countries.

A 35 page booklet to help prepare Spanish A Level students for Paper 3 (speaking test). The booklet focuses on the Theme 4 (Aspects of political life), and it contains 18 discussion cards covering “Jóvenes de hoy, ciudadanos de mañana” (6 cards), “Los movimientos populares” (6 cards) and “Monarquías y dictaduras” (6 cards). Each section is followed by a list of 20 questions to encourage the students to further explore the issues covered in the cards. The cards contain (quite a lot) of factual information about the theme (a lot more than the sample cards from AQA) and three questions, the first one always being “How do you react to the information on this card?”). The aim of presenting the cards like this is to provide the students with a lot of ideas on what to say about the theme, as well as making them more aware that they always have to discuss the information printed on the card (AO2 and AO4). The booklet also includes a student-friendly overview of the new specification, an explanation of the requirements of Paper 3, the assessment objectives and the mark scheme for both part one (discussion if a sub-theme) and part two (presentation and discussion of the individual research project) of the paper. Finally, the booklet also contain three pages of useful language for the test.

This file consists of six discussion cards based on the sub theme “Monarchies and dictatorships” of the New Spanish A Level theme Aspects of political life. The cards cover a variety of aspects of the sub-theme: Franco’s dictatorship, The Spanish Monarchy and Latin American dictators. 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.

This file consists of six discussion cards based on the sub theme “Youths todays, citizens tomorrow” of the New Spanish A Level theme Aspects of political life. The cards cover a variety of aspects of the sub-theme: political values, unemployment and their ideal society. 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.

This resource includes six discussion cards based on the sub-theme of Integration, 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 sub theme followed by three questions on each specific topic, the first of which always asks the students to react to the information on the card. 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.

A 38 page booklet to help prepare Spanish A Level students for Paper 3 (speaking test). The booklet focuses on the Theme Multiculturalism in the Hispanic world, and it contains 18 discussion cards covering Immigration (6 cards), Racism (6 cards) and Integration (6 cards). Each section is followed by a list of 20 questions to encourage the students to further explore the issues covered in the cards. The cards contain (quite a lot) of factual information about the theme (a lot more than the sample cards from AQA) and three questions, the first one always being “How do you react to the information on this card?”). The aim of presenting the cards like this is to provide the students with a lot of ideas on what to say about the theme, as well as making them more aware that they always have to discuss the information printed on the card (AO2 and AO4). The booklet also includes a student-friendly overview of the new specification, an explanation of the requirements of Paper 3, the assessment objectives and the mark scheme for both part one (discussion if a sub-theme) and part two (presentation and discussion of the individual research project) of the paper. Finally, the booklet also contain three pages of useful language for the test.

This resource includes six discussion cards based on the sub-theme of Racism, 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 sub theme followed by three questions on each specific topic, the first of which always asks the students to react to the information on the card. 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 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.

A twelve page booklet to prepare students for paper 2 (writing) of the new A Level Spanish specification (2018 onwards), specifically focused on Réquiem por un campesino español. The booklet includes: a summary of the requirements of the paper the assessment objectives and mark scheme two initial activities to “get the students thinking” (20 questions about key aspects of the short novel, and a variety quotes for the students to discuss) the four essay questions from the AQA sample materials and the two questions form the 2018 exam a further 18 essay questions (some of them adapted from past exam questions from the outgoing specification), covering a wide range of aspects, to provide the students with plenty of practice opportunities four pages of useful language to write an essay a self-assessment check-list for the students to use to reflect on their own work.