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A level Spanish induction assignment
2021
There are four strands to the summer home learning:
➢ Wider-reading
➢ Written assignment
➢ Presentation
➢ Grammar and Translation
This work has been designed to:
➢ Prepare you for the demands of the A-Level course
➢ Help you get into the habit of wider-reading and research
➢ Bring your grammar up to scratch
You should have this work ready for the first lesson back.
If you have any problems completing the work, or need any advice, you can
contact us at:
stjesso@monkswalk.herts.sch.uk or pemadda@monkswalk.herts.sch.uk on
the understanding that we may not reply immediately.
Over the summer, you should also ensure that you:
✓ Purchase the AQA A-level Spanish Year 1 and AS text book.
✓ Set out your folder for the year. You will need a lever-arch file with sub-
dividers for at least each of the six “themes”, the film, grammar and
wider reading.
Complete the tasks and bring them to your first
lesson in September
Remember, you will take from the course what you put in. Students who put in
plenty of independent work are always the most successful.
¡Mucha suerte y buenas vacaciones!
General Summer Tasks • Read Spanish news articles, watch the news in Spanish and keep up to date with current affairs in Spain and Hispanic countries. Useful websites are listed on the next page. • Read Spanish magazines online such as: Hola!, Pronto, Diez minutos. • Watch Spanish films and TV shows (there are plenty on Netflix). • Listen to Spanish music (you can find music on Youtube and Spotify). • Revise grammar using the following websites: www.languagesonline.org.uk, www.studyspanish.com, and www.spanishdict.com
Exam structure
Course overview We will cover grammar on a weekly basis. We will also study a book in year 12 and a film in year 13. AS Topics: Modern and traditional values (Los valores tradicionales y modernos) • Los cambios en la familia • Actitudes hacia el matrimonio/el divorcio • La influencia de la Iglesia Católica Cyberspace (El ciberespacio) • La influencia de internet • Las redes sociales: beneficios y peligros • Los móviles inteligentes en nuestra sociedad Equal rights (La igualdad de los sexos) • La mujer en el mercado laboral • El machismo y el feminismo • Los derechos de los gays y las personas transgénero Modern day idols (La influencia de los ídolos) • Cantantes y músicos • Estrellas de televisión y cine • Modelos Spanish regional identity (La identidad regional en España) • Tradiciones y costumbres • La gastronomía • Las lenguas Cultural heritage (El patrimonio cultural) • Sitios turísticos y civilizaciones prehispánicas • Arte y arquitectura • El patrimonio musical y su diversidad
A2 Topics: Immigration (La inmigración) • Los beneficios y los aspectos negativos • La inmigración en el mundo hispánico • Los indocumentados - problemas Racism (El racismo) • Las actitudes racistas y xenófobas • Las medidas contra el racismo • La legislación anti-racista Integration (La convivencia) • La convivencia de culturas • La educación • Las religiones Today’s youth, tomorrow’s citizens (Jóvenes de hoy, ciudadanos del mañana) • Los jóvenes y su actitud hacia la política • El paro entre los jóvenes • Su sociedad ideal Monarchies and dictatorships (Monarquías y dictaduras) • La dictadura de Franco • La evolución de la monarquía en España • Dictadores latinoamericanos Popular movements (Movimientos populares) • La efectividad de las manifestaciones y las huelgas • El poder de los sindicatos • Ejemplos de protestas sociales
Task 1 - Wider-reading log For the new A-Level course, you will actually be marked on your wider knowledge of the themes studied and how they relate to Spanish speaking countries. You are expected to read around the themes on a weekly basis, and you should get yourself into this habit now. Some useful websites are: https://elpais.com/ https://www.elmundo.es/ https://www.abc.es/ http://www.rtve.es/noticias/telediario-en-4/ https://www.newsinslowspanish.com/ https://www.bbc.com/mundo http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/ www.cervantes.es Over the summer, you should access at least four news items (these can be articles or videos). For each one, note down the date that you accessed the article, the website and title of the article, and a few brief comments (in Spanish) about it e.g. what it was about and your own opinion. As far as possible, they should relate to Spanish-speaking countries.
Date Source/title Brief summary & thoughts
Task 2: Written assignment
Prepare a text of approximately 300 words in Spanish covering the following
points:
• Information about yourself and your interests.
• Details of what you did over the summer break.
• Details of your plans for the future – when you leave MWS.
In this assignment you should be using past, present and future tenses, so you
may wish to refer to your GCSE class notes. Try to make your work more
interesting by using time phrases, adjectives, adverbs, intensifiers and
remember to include opinions and reasons.Task 3: Presentation Prepare a three minute oral presentation on any area of Hispanic culture of interest to you. Examples may include: ‘La música latinoamericana’, ‘El fútbol español’, ‘Estar a favor o en contra de las corridas de toros’. It would be helpful to have some visuals to support your presentation, although there is no need to spend a lot of time making a Powerpoint. You do not need to learn it by heart – you may use notes. It should be in Spanish.
Task 4: Grammar and Translation Work Revise grammar using the following websites: www.languagesonline.org.uk, www.studyspanish.com, and www.spanishdict.com. Then complete the grammar and translation pages of the booklet. You may need to refer to the above websites or www.wordreference.com when completing the tasks.
The present tense Pablo is talking about what he does at the weekend. Fill in each gap with a verb from the box, making sure you use the correct form of the present tense. Normalmente los sábados por la mañana no (1) ……….. mucho. A veces (2) ……………………….con mis amigos por la tarde y (3) …………………………. al tenis o al baloncesto. Por la noche siempre (4) ……………………………….. al cine o al disco. Si (5) ………………………una fiesta entonces (6) ………………………………..ropa fina, si (7)……………………llevar vaqueros o chándal. De todos modos los domingos (8) ……………….. día de (9)…………………con la familia y después de un buen almuerzo muchas veces (10) ………………..hacer una siesta antes de pasear con mis padres. hacer tener ir ser estar preferir jugar querer salir ponerse
The preterite tense Translate into Spanish I arrived late to school this morning My holidays were incredible Last Saturday we had a party to celebrate my birthday The day before yesterday I went to the cinema and saw a fantastic film Yesterday I did nothing and read a very good book My brother studied eight subjects at school I got good marks in my exams I was really bored in the history lesson Last night my friends went to the sports centre to play in a football match I looked for my watch but couldn’t find it
The imperfect tense
The imperfect is a past tense that is used to describe what something was like,
what someone was doing, what used to happen or happened on a regular
basis. It is also used to refer to events that happened over a period of time.
Match up the sentence halves (write the letter). Then underline (highlight or
circle) all the verbs in the imperfect tense.
Letter
1. Señora Lopez leía
2. Los jóvenes desayunaban
3. Mi amiga jugaba
4. Señor Martinez y su hermana se daban
5. Roberto se peleaba
6. Pilar esperaba
7. La familía hacía sus maletas
8. Ana hablaba por teléfono
9. Elena tomaba
10.Los negociantes tomaban
A. con su hermano F. antes de salir
B. una copa en el bar G. al golf
C. un paseo en el jardín H. a un amigo en la recepción
D. una novela romántica I. una ducha
E. con todos sus amigas J. en el comedor
Translate each sentence into English:
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10.The future tense Translate into Spanish I don’t know what I will do next year If I get good marks I will be able to continue studying Next week I will know the results of my exams Perhaps I will not have enough money to study at university In the future the world will be very different How many pupils will study Spanish next year? Schools will have more computers If I have time I will play basketball on Friday It’s a pity but I think that there will always be bullying in schools Tomorrow evening we will go to a party and dance all night
The conditional tense The conditional tense is used to describe what you would do. Me encantaría trabajar con ordenadores (I would love to work with computers). Translate into Spanish: My brother would play football a lot more My friends would go swimming every day I would send text messages to all my family My sister would go to the cinema every weekend Rosa would watch television all the time My mother would go shopping with a friend every Saturday Would you go to the sports centre to do gymnastics? I would have more parties We would be fit because we would do more sport
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