A Level AQA SPANISH 2020-2021, Summaries of Spanish

Download A Level AQA SPANISH 2020-2021 and more Summaries Spanish in PDF only on Docsity! A Level AQA SPANISH COURSE INFORMATION 2020-2021 The Carlton Academy Name: ________________________ Contents Weighting of the exams Course Units and Breakdown How to prepare for Spanish at AS Level: - Download on your phone - Watch - Listen - Read - Sign up for Twitter - Newspapers and Magazines - Websites - On-line dictionary - Vocabulary Grammar Practice - What should I know by now? - Links to Grammar Practice Exercises Summer Work - Task Log 1 - Handy Vocab ORGANISING YOUR FILE For Y12&13 Label your folders as follows: Get one very large ring binder with 10 dividers. Bring to school on the first lesson back labelled as follows: AS: 1. Unit 1: Los valores tradicionales y modernos 2. Unit 2: El ciberespacio 3. Unit 3: La igualdad de los sexos 4. Unit 4: La influencia de los ídolos 5. Unit 5: La identidad regional en España 6. Unit 6: El patrimonio cultural A2: 1. Unit 1: La inmigración 2. Unit 2: El racismo 3. Unit 3: La convivencia 4. Unit 4: Jóvenes de hoy, ciudadanos de mañana 5. Unit 5: Monarquías y distaduras 6. Unit 6: Los movimientos populares 7. Grammar 8. Film – El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s labyrinth) 9. Text – La Casa de Bernarda Alba 10. Independent Research Project ✓ When you are given handouts, please ensure that they are filed in the appropriate section of your folder. If you miss a lesson for any reason, it is your responsibility to get a copy of anything handed out. ✓ It is essential that you bring your file to every lesson. ✓ The text books that we will be using are: AS AQA Spanish + AQA Spanish A Level Year 2 We would recommend that you purchase: - AQA Spanish AS Grammar Workbook by Chris Fuller - Pan’s Labyrinth (which is included in Amazon Prime Video if you already have a subscription. ✓ Use your private study time to develop your independent study skills (not just to complete homework!). ✓ Use online resources such as Kerboodle for explicit exam practice, or for more general information read Spanish newspapers or blogs. I would recommend you find a TV series in RTVE.es, use subtitles and watch it on your own time. How to prepare for Spanish at AS Level You have a few weeks in which to really prepare for your AS Level in Spanish. The leap from GCSE to AS Level is significant. At AS and A level you will be exploring topics in greater detail and moving to wider issues concerning society and the Hispanic society. Your work will be also different, as you will be expected to work more independently and take more responsibility for your own learning. The aim of this booklet is to start developing that independence, as you will have total freedom to choose what you are doing. This booklet contains links to a huge range of media, most of which is available for free online as well as tasks to complete before September. In order to keep pace, it is vital that you work through the tasks. Little and often is better than cramming this all into the last two weeks of August! Try to build some of them into your daily routine… Download on your phone… There are certain apps that will help you both in class and at home. They are free, so make sure that you make the best of them. Quizlet To revise vocabulary. You will play an active part in creating vocabulary lists. Wordreference Online dictionary. Several languages are available if you are a dual-linguist. Memrise Online vocab revision app Elmundo & elpais Spanish online newspapers. You must keep up to date with the Spanish current affairs. bbcnews Local, national and international current affairs Twitter Keep up to date by following the current affairs and re-twitting people in your class. Kindle reader For studying literature, you might want to get the eBook of the work to study (y13) Watch… Television - Watch the latest news in Spanish http://www.rtve.es/, or even just the weather forecast http://www.rtve.es/eltiempo/ . -Take in some culinary delights with Spanish Master Chef http://www.rtve.es/television/masterchef/ or some football http://www.rtve.es/deportes/champions-league/. - Or watch some cartoons in Spanish with your baby brother or sister; you can both learn some Spanish http://www.rtve.es/infantil/. You will recognise some of the programmes – any guesses what Sam el bombero is http://www.rtve.es/infantil/videos-juegos/#/videos/sam-bombero/todos/ You can also access the TV using: • Your own TV. If you get Euronews, you can put it into Spanish by pressing the red button • A very good website to find series and programs is http://www.mitele.es/ • Another TV station is www.antena3.com , if you click “Directo” you can watch live TV. • BBC Website http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z4dqxb. If you have trouble bringing the website up, type in www.bbc.co.uk/education. Then select England GCSE and scroll down until you find Modern Foreign Languages. Behind both the Speaking and Listening tabs there are loads of great videos to watch that only last a few minutes and they are a great way to practice your listening skills. Short Spanish videos http://www.lingus.tv/category/learn-spanish-videos/ website with Spanish videos at different levels. Movies Broadway Cinema often shows films in Spanish that you would not normally get to see at the cinema. Have a look at some updates in case there are some films coming up during the summer. Last year they played the international well-known opera Carmen. Platforms such as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix broadcast some Spanish films and TV series. Listen… To the radio The great thing about listening to the radio is that you can get on with something else at the same time (tidying your room???). Listen live using the Escuchar Ahora or the En directo button. • Radio Nacional de España (RNE) (www.rtve.es) – if you click RADIO and then scroll down, on the left-hand side it has different sections (see black circle) and on the right-hand side it has where you can listen live (see red circle) • • Radio Nacional. Sus programas llegan a todos los públicos. Noticias, entretenimiento, cultura, deportes... • Radio 3 is the station that the young listen to. It is just like Radio 1 or Capital FM and has music videos and interviews. http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio3/ , Gain Access to a range of programmes relating to music, festivals, cinema etc: • @Spain - The official Twitter for tourism in Spain • @lafrasedeldia_ - Más que palabras. A Spanish site which tweets inspirational sayings for each day. • @spanishaddicts – El español de la calle (typical spoken Spanish). Esto no son simples traducciones literales, es mucho más que eso. Spanish phrases, vocab, articles and more. • @muyinteresante – Revista de ciencia, historia, tecnología, salud, psicología, innovación y curiosidades. A Spanish news organisation that tweets in Spanish only. Great for practicing your reading skills. • @superbritanico – Funny tweets that translate literally Spanish sayings into English … good to earn Spanish sayings Newspapers and Magazines Read a foreign language newspaper – El Pais in Spanish is available in larger paper shops. In central news in the avenue (West Bridgford) if you ask them they can deliver it to the shop. El Pais has its own website http://elpais.com/ so that you can read the paper online. You do not have to read the whole paper, just scan the headlines & pick out ONE article that grabs your attention. In order to see both sides of the coin, and even analyse it from a critical point of view, also access http://elmundo.es and you will be able to draw a line between their different political views. This website gives you access to newspapers all over the world. Here is the link to a range of Spanish papers. http://www.mediatico.com/en/newspapers/europe/spain/national/ In Spain there is also a news website for young people: http://primerasnoticias.com/. It has sections on the Internet and Mobile Technology; Science and Wildlife; Education; Culture; Sport; Society and Health. A glance today contained articles about Facebook, video games and bullying to name but a few. To catch up on the latest gossip and to see what the celebs are wearing, take a look at http://www.hola.com/. This is our equivalent of Hello! Magazine. Websites http://es.maryglasgowplus.com/students Magazines with reading and listening tasks. There are three different levels. Find them in the library or access them online.. Look at the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/tv/onlinenews.shtml for links to Spanish programmes available on line. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ takes you through to news in Spanish. Great website with magazine articles http://www.veintemundos.com/en/ you need to register for free to access the articles, activities… If you are searching for information, try switching to the Spanish www.wikipedia.es Remember that anyone can write on Wikipedia so you must validate your research elsewhere and never quote from it! It is a good place to start though. If you scroll down, you will be able to read the sources used, so it might be a good starting point to follow those links instead. A website in English with some great links to various topics: http://spanish.about.com/ Spanish lessons of different levels http://www.spanishlearninglab.com/ Website that teaches grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, common mistakes… http://gotspanish.com/ Another website with links to a variety of aspects of Spanish language learning: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, verbs… http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm On-line dictionary A good on-line dictionary is: http://www.wordreference.com/ Vocabulary As you all know memrise has lists of vocabulary that can work on and learn new things. Please create an account if you haven’t got one yet. http://www.memrise.com/ https://quizlet.com/ is a website that we are going to use in years 12 & 13 where you can upload vocabulary list and share them with the rest of the class. Also, you can search for vocabulary on different topics. The website has different ways to help you to learn vocabulary – flashcards, quizzes… Please create an account as we will use it a lot. TOP TIP: Don’t look up every word you are not sure of when reading an article/ book When you are reading articles etc, try not to look up every word as it will take you forever. Skim and scan the text to get the gist. Remember to use the context or the article, cognates and common sense to figure out what the article is saying. Pick out a couple of words that you like the look of, that you feel may be real hurdles to getting the idea of the text, look them up carefully and add them to your vocab booklet. The aim at this stage is to get the gist of the article, not be able to translate it completely. You will be surprised how much more enjoyable reading will be if you really pay attention to this tip. At the bottom of this website there is a link to other website : - yabla – free videos but requires registration Grammar Practice What should I know by now? This is a common question asked by students about to start their AS level. You should be able to: Refer to Appendix 1 (at the end of the booklet after your work log) You should also have a look at some of the basic grammar that we have learnt throughout KS3 & KS4 such as: adjective agreements, word order, adjectives and pronouns (personal, possessive, demonstrative, Object Direct and Indirect), a revision of the subjunctive we saw… Links to Grammar Practice Exercises The grammar areas in the box above are in Spanish GCSE Revision Guides which are available on Amazon for less than £5. Try CGP, Pearson or Letts which also has a CD with it. Also look at your KS4 Vocabulary Books – ask your teacher if you need a new one. The following websites are also very useful interactive sites for grammar and language-based activities. Take a look at them. They wouldn’t be on here if they weren’t worth a look. ✓ Languages on line: The Grammar Revision resources on www.languagesonline.org.uk are great as you can then select what tense you want to revise, read the explanations and complete the exercises. You can do these as often as you like and it gives you a percentage. Another useful tactic is to translate the examples and exercises into English to ensure you understand the meaning of each tense. ✓ Lightbulb languages at http://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resources-sp-al.htm ✓ www.studyspanish.com Very detailed grammar explanations and practice tasks, including tests. For some of the tasks you need to subscribe and pay but there are enough free resources available to everyone. ✓ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/z4yyjhv - recap of GCSE Content and grammar to recap everything you will already be expected to know ✓ http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/newgr/ats/ - online grammar exercises. ✓ Complete exercices on Appendix 2 – to apply grammar that you have revised. y h f h f g f h g g h h u u o u You can look up AS Resources or just do some Grammar revision Appendix 1: Grammar self-assessment I D O N O T K N O W N E E D T O L E A R N Q U I T E C O N F I D E N T F U L L Y C O N F I D E N T Nouns: gender, singular and plural forms Articles: definite (el, la...), indefinite (un, una) Adjectives: agreements (fem, pl...) Position/word order comparative and superlative (más, menos, el más.) comparative and superlative irregular (mejor...) indefinite (cada, algunos, algunas) possessive (mi/tu/su/nuestro...) interrogative (¿qué?, ¿cuál?, ¿cuáles?...) Adverbs: comparative and superlative interrogative (¿cómo? ¿cuándo?) Quantifiers/intensifiers (muy, bastante...) Pronouns: Subject (yo, tú...) object: direct and indirect (lo, las, les...) reflexive (me, te...) object: direct and indirect indefinite (alguien) possessive (el mío, la mía...) (R) interrogative (¿Quién? ¿quiénes?) interrogative (¿qué?) (R) Verbs: modes of address (tú, vosotros, usted) Verbs + infinitive (suelo + inf, quiero + inf) Opinion verbs + inf - me gusta/me interesa etc. Verbs + de (acabo de) Negatives (no, nunca, jamás...) Present (regular) Present (irregular) Perfect (he + ado/ido) Perfect with reflexives Imperfect Near Future (voy a + infinitive) ‘Will’ Future Conditional Future perfect (habrá hecho...) (R) Conditional perfect (habría salido...) (R) Pluperfect (había llegado...) Present continuous (hablando, comiendo...) Subjunctive mood (how to form it) Subjunctive mood (which expressions trigger it?) Things I need to work on: I D O N O T N E E D T O L E A R N N E E D T O L E A R N Q U I T E C O N F I D E N T F U L L Y C O N F I D E N T Prepositions: a/al/ a la... with countries, towns, places with month, dates, time Desde hace, acabar de Number, quantity and time Conjunctions Things I need to work on: (R) recognise only Appendix 2: Grammar exercises Ejercicio 1: Selecciona la palabra correcta para el espacio. 1. Cuando llegué a casa, mi prima había _______. a) salir b) salido c) saliendo d) salía 2. ¡Qué tiempo maravilloso! ¡Está ______! a) nevar b) nevando c) nevado d) nevó 3. ¿Qué quiere ________ este niño? a) dice b) decir c) diciendo d) dicho 4. Álvaro, ¿cuándo vas a ______ el ruido? a) terminar b) terminando c) terminas d) terminado 5. No quiero ______ porque está lloviendo. a) salgo b) salir c) saliendo d) sale 6. ¿Quién ha ______ el premio? a) ganado b) ganando c) gana d) ganó 7. Este profesor me habla como si ______ un niño. a) soy b) fuera c) fui d) fue 8. Sí, sí. Yo he _____ con ella. a) hablando b) hablado c) hablo d) hablé 9. Yo se lo explicada a Juan para que lo _______. a) comprender b) comprende c) comprenderá d) comprendiera 10. ¡Ojalá que ______ los niños mañana! a) vienen b) vendrán c) vengan d) vendrían Ejercicio 2: Cambia los verbos del presente al pretérito. 1. (Yo) hablo = _______________________ 2. (Yo) voy a casa = ____________________ 3. María y José comen = _________________ 4. (Yo) oigo la música = _________________ 5. El perro muerde = _________________ 6. Juana juega = ___________________