To improve the reading comprehension. To develop writing skills: describing persons. To reinforce vocabulary: physic and psychological adjectives.

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This collection of ppt screens were used at a first face to face tutorial early in the presentation. Most of the activities were designed by the course team. I added the map of Spain with all its provinces because it is more visual and opens up the conversation. The song (Badalona) was used to practise linking words together, to appreciate the rhythm of the language and to impart information on the culture of the area.

This recording in which I describe my daily routine (but I am not telling what my pretend job is!) can be used to ask the students to listen to the information, and to try to figure out what the job is. Students are also encouraged to do the same in pairs or groups, with a different job, of course. I have also added the recording sent by one student.

The pictures can be cut out and used as playing cards. Students work in pairs and prepare a dailogue based on the card they have been given.

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The alphabet in Spanish. Useful if you want to talk about sounds and practise spelling. Based on L194 Libro1 Unidad1 Preparación Estudiantes.pdf on the module website.

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Actividad para hablar sobre películas elegidas por artistas hispanoamericanos.

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Usando una canción del cantante colombiano Juanes, se pueden tratar temas relacionados con el racismo y la solidaridad, pero también con la fama y los artistas.

Re-adapted version of Bar Portales screen, with colours and an interactive activity. The words are inside a basket, you change the colour of the words to the same colour of the basket so they are hidden. Then ask the students to look at the picture and note down as many words as they can. Then in turn you pull out a word from the basket and ask a student to place it over the item it belongs to and say the phrase "hay un/una....." using the word. Ask each student while you pull another word out of the basket. It works well on Elluminate or an interactive whiteboard.

Revamped version of the OU resource "Bar Portales". Vocabulary boxes have been added for students to click and drag on the screen.

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hablar de actividades pasadas

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a short ppt presentation revising verbs for achievement and a slide for language production and practice

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-¿Cuánto cuesta…? -To reinforce the use of numbers. Los porcentajes. Cifras y tantos por cientos -To introduce adjectives and pronouns: todos, ningún, ninguno, alguno -To reinforce expressions like: ¡qué interesante!, ¡qué bueno!, ¡qué caro! -To reinforce the Present Perfect tense.

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A dyslexia friendly face to face or Elluminate activity. Talking about cities and the countryside and expressing opinions. This activity is a controlled discussion. It is recommended for pairs or group of three students. There are 6 slides. It’s important to send the student’s guide beforehand.

planificar una visita

To practice oral skills - and basically, speaking: ¡Vamos a hablar! To reinforce structures: talking about preferences (me gusta, prefiero…) and giving reasons (¿Por qué? Porque…)

Students have to say whether the statements -written in different colours- are true or false. An alternative, to make it more interactive, is to get students to doodle in one colour and make an statement (este color es rojo). The rest of the group decides whether this is true or false.

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This resource reinforces asking and giving surname and spelling it. I gave each participant a card with a Spanish surname (the correct version). They practised short dialogues (cual es tu apellido and como se escribe).

To understand the concept of crowdfunding. To reinforce the use of the present tense and the use of the Direct/Indirect Objetcs. To promote the use of the dictionary.

To understand a text. To talk about your hobbies, to express likes and dislikes, agreement and disagreement.

Get your students to talk a lot while they search for their ideal housemate.

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To reading a story; To develop writing skills: writing a possible end of the story. To review the present tense and reinforce verbs in the future.

To develop writing skills. To reinforce the use of the past tenses: pretérito indefinido y el pretérito imperfecto. To encourage students to use the dictionary.

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Activity to practise expressing habitual actions in the past, routines in the present, and future predictions.

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A collection of photographs related to having "tapas" in Galicia.

Students are assigned a specific role to discuss the future of books vs e-books.

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Desccription of buildings. Use of SER. Agreements.

Formation of the imperfect. Use of the imperfect tense. Contrasting the past with the present.

The pictures can be used as cards. Students are given a card and are invited to talk for one minute on the topic the card presents. Good for an end of tutorial activity.

Saying how long you have been doing something Using desde + period of time

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Mediante el uso de las imágenes, se puede animar a los estudiantes a usar su vocabulario y su imaginación describiendo no sólo lo que ven, sino mediante preguntas como "¿quién vive ahí?". Después se puede hacer una actividad más compleja, reflexionando sobre las desigualdades sociales.

sobre la vivienda

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A practice activity for the L 204 end of module oral exam - Ecoturismo. Can be used in online teaching

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This task combines the use of media/online resources to prepare for a class debate on a contemporary conflict in Latin America in order to contrast it with the way it is handled in Europe. Students access audio/visual authentic material online and read two authentic news articles to elaborate and reflect upon the topic: Las protestas en la democracia. Students are asked to send their reflexions to the class blog and this material is later used for the class debate.

A face-to-face activity to practise Unidad 5 Punto 36, using the present subjunctive to express possibility, probability and doubt, with regard to the future of the human race. A short general conversation can stem from the responses of the students. The document is photocopy-friendly: each copy is two handouts.

Elluminate screens to revise vocabulary relating to the weather. Clip art by Discovery School.

El vecindario is a task that combines creativity with authentic material extracted from Internet. Students first watch a scene from the series El Vecindario, with some representative characters in it. Then, they should make hypotheses based on the hints provided. The task aims at them using Imperfect Subjunctive and Conditional tense.

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A face-to-face role-play activity to practise Unit 2 Punto 16, Discussing obligation, duty and permission

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uso del imperfecto

Get your students to find out more about each other, and report their findings in the past.

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fechas y números

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¿Has hecho esto alguna vez? Using the present perfect to talk about the past when the time is unspecified.

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A dyslexia-friendly face-to-face activity to help recall of vocabulary (parts of the face) and strengthen the association between the word and "the way it sounds". Created as part of the Dyslexia Project.

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This task is in preparation for the speaking ECA. There are 4 possible "fiestas". In this exercise, each student gives a brief presentation of each fiesta. They have to explain to the group why they recommend that fiesta. As a group they decide which one of the festive occasions they would like to experience and why.They can also consider how they will travel and what type of accommodation they will book. The provenance of text and photographs is acknowledge on each document.

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Dialogue. The aim is to find out information from students following the models given.

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This task aims at introducing leisure activities and/or hobbies as well as revise the Present tense. I have used this task also to introduce and/or revise verbs in false beginners groups. Suitable for L194 and L140 f2f and Elluminate tutorials.

This lesson includes a PPP to work on free time activities, present tense and frequency adverbs. The second activity is a survey to reinforce these contents. Students fill in with their own answers and then move around the class interviewing peers. Students should interview same person until they hear the bell go. The idea is for them to interview as many students as possible and find one person with the most similar activities. This task was designed to be used for f2f tutorials but can be also adapted for Elluminate tutorials.

A dyslexia friendly face to face or Elluminate activity. Learning about Frida Kahlo and discussing Mexican art. It’s important to send the student’s guide beforehand.

A short video of the 'gigantes' during the 'fiesta mayor' in Caldes de Malavella, Gerona, Spain

Actividad basada en el análisis del cuadro "Guernica" de Picasso. La actividad se puede explotar tanto en el curso 204 como en el 314

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Esta canción de la artista Gloria Estefan se puede usar así o con huecos para rellenar. Invita a la reflexión sobre la conquista, el imperialismo, la globalización, la unidad de los pueblos hispánicos, y el papel de la música como un medio de comunicación. Se necesitaría internet o el CD/archivo mp3 con la canción.

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Presentación del imperativo afirmativo y su uso en la creación de anuncios publicitarios. Se ha incluido también la opción de la cláusula condicional con futuro simple. En estas últimas, los estudiantes tendrán que usar su imaginación para utilizar verbos que puedan conectarse con los productos. Se puede adaptar para cursos más altos utilizando frases más largas con conectores y también añadiendo el imperativo negativo.

Pretérito Imperfecto - Authentic material - Jing video The FILE should be downloaded and then opened in Firefox. The LINK openes directly on the browser.

Jumbled up dialogue for students to practise personal information. Ask them to unjumble it and then practise the dialogue in pairs with their own personal details (or not). Based on L194 Libro1 Unidad1 Preparación Estudiantes.pdf on the module website.

Power Point con información sobre cómo llegan los inmigrantes a España, y de qué países.

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This is a complete first lesson to introduce the Perfect Tense. The class consists of a warm-up activity. Students fill in the cards individually and then walk around the class talking with others to find something in common. The second activity is meant to contextualize the Perfect Tense by means of a tic-tac-toe task. Finally, students should read a biography to activity the use of the tense.

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Images of jobs/professions with labels in Spanish. The jobs chosen revise gender endings and provide practice of vowel sounds and "difficult" consonants (qu/r/j/h)

A face to face role play to practise Unit 2 Puntos 14 and 15. Use of the imperative and direct object pronouns. Students are moving to a new house and unpacking boxes. They discuss where to put a number of items: No lo guardes ahí, guárdalo en el armario del cuarto de baño.

This is a MOCK to prepare students for the EMA that I have used with my groups at the Spanish Intensives resi school in Alicante. Feel free to use it or adapt it if you want to do a mock oral with your students

Actividad para revisar los remedios naturales y usar las construcciones de opinión "pienso que, creo que, me parece que" además de la revisión del uso de "para".

A face to face role play to practise the present perfect and direct object pronouns. Students have just moved to a new house and cannot find a number of items: - No encuentro la cafetera. ¿Dónde la has puesto? - La he puesto en el armario de la derecha. - Ah, ya la veo.