MFL Curriculum map
Year 11
SPANISH (Red = Higher)
Term
Topic
Term 1
TOPIC: Family and
social issues
SMSC: Reflect on
the different family
situations possible
nowadays, reflect
on their personal
relationships with
others, group and
pair work.
Reflect on the
concept of equality
and what it entails;
reflect on poverties
and ways to
improve people’s
personal situation,
group and pair
work.
New skills addressed
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identify false friends
using verbal context to work
out meaning
extending phrases in
speaking and writing tasks
checking pronunciation
ignoring words not needed
for the completion of a task
identifying key words when
reading and listening
giving opinions
asking and answering
questions in written work
New grammar
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possessive
adjectives
estar+ past
participle
reflexive verbs
ir a + inf.
reflexive
constructions
hay que
tener que
subject pronouns
desde hace +
present tense
conjunctions
tenses: formation
of –ir and –er
verbs in present
tense +
conditional
negative forms
lo + adjective
agreement of
adjectives
use verbs with
Literacy skills addressed
All graduate unless
specified
LISTENING
LA1 F/H
LA2 F/H
LA3 F/H
LA4 F/H
LS1 F/H
LS2 F/H
LK1 F/H
LK2 F/H
LA2 F/H
LA3 H
LS2 H
LS3 H
LK2 H
LK2 F/H
SPEAKING
SA1 F/H
SA2 F/H
SA3 F/H
SS1 F/H
SS2 F/H
SS3 F/H
SK1 F/H
SK2 F/H
SK5 F/H
Key assessment tasks
w/c 28 Sep 15
LISTENING: Jan 12 Higher
or Foundation
READING: Jan 12 Higher or
Foundation
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Term 2
TOPIC: Holidays,
family and social
issues
SMSC: Choice of
holiday
destinations, target
language holiday
destinations,
environmental
issues and personal
responsibility and
response, pair and
group work.
Reflect on the
concept of equality
and what it entails;
reflect on poverties
and ways to
improve people’s
personal situation,
group and pair
work.
Food
SMSC: Difference in
eating habits
between Spanish
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expressing opinions
expressing and developing
ideas
listening for inferred
meaning
developing listening and
reading strategies
use time expressions
use high numbers and 24h
clock
learning complete phrases
to promote fluency
applying prior knowledge to
express ideas
introducing variety
identify false friends
using verbal context to work
out meaning
extending phrases in
speaking and writing tasks
checking pronunciation
ignoring words not needed
for the completion of a task
identifying key words when
reading and listening
giving opinions
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infinitive
regular –ar verbs
in present tense
comparative
adjectives
ser
use of phrases
with tener
tenses: formation
of –ir and –er
verbs in present
tense, preterite
(regular and
irregular),
immediate future,
imperfect (for
weather) and
conditional
Tenses: Difference
between
imperfect and
preterite
gustarse
disjunctive
pronouns
(receptive)
Interrogative
pronouns
por and para in
set expressions
por and para:
understanding the
difference in use
verbs of obligation
indefinite
SA2 H
Expert SK2 H
READING
RA4 F/H
RA5 F/H
RS1 F/H
RS2 F/H
RS3 1 F/H
Expert RK1
Expert RS3
Expert RS4
Expert RK2
Expert RK4
MOCK EXAMS: w/c 16 Nov
15
LISTENING: Jun 14 Higher
or Foundation
READING: Jun 14 Higher or
Foundation
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WRITING
WA1 11 F/H
WA2 11 F/H
WA3 11 F/H
WS1 11 F/H
WS2 11 F/H
WS3 11 F/H
WS4 11 F/H
WK 1 11 H
WK 2 11 F/H
WK 4 11 F/H
Expert WA1
Expert WA2
Expert WA3
Expert WK2
CA2: w/c 7 Dec 15
Family and holidays (+)
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speaking countries
and us, different
typical dishes in
different countries,
discuss healthy and
unhealthy food, pair
and group work.
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asking and answering
questions in written work
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Term 3
TOPIC: Lifestyle
choices and free
time
SMSC: Reflecting on
the type of life you
want for yourself
and how to get
there, reflecting on
the smoking and
the use of alcohol
and drugs, group
and pair work.
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identify false friends
using verbal context to work
out meaning
extending phrases in
speaking and writing tasks
checking pronunciation
ignoring words not needed
for the completion of a task
improving fluency by
learning complete phrases
using expressions to
recognise whether a
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possessive
adjectives
estar+ past
participle
reflexive verbs
ir a + inf.
reflexive
constructions
hay que
tener que
subject pronouns
conjunctions
negative forms
lo + adjective
agreement of
adjectives
use verbs with
infinitive
regular –ar verbs
in present tense
use of phrases
with tener
agreement of
adjectives
use verbs with
infinitive
regular –ar verbs
in present tense
tenses: preterite
tense of regular
verbs and
irregular of ir and
ser
direct object
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statement is in the past or
present tense
colloquial expressions
expressing preference
justifying opinions
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Term 4
TOPIC: Lifestyle
choices and free
time
pronouns
demonstrative
pronouns
use of infinitives
time and place
expressions
gerunds
indefinite articles
superlative
adverbs
PPE EXAMS: w/c 29 Feb 16
LISTENING: Jun 15 Higher
or Foundation
READING: Jun 15 Higher or
Foundation
CA3: w/c 14 Mar 16
Lifestyle choices and free
time (+)
Term 5
TOPIC: Listening
and Reading exam
skills
SMSC: Talk about
how this skill will be
useful in later life,
group and pair
work.
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identify false friends
using verbal context to work
out meaning
ignoring words not needed
for the completion of a task
identifying key words when
reading and listening
developing listening and
reading strategies
providing all the
information requested
looking for clues to
understand meaning
making use of context to
work out meaning
using knowledge of
grammatical categories to
work out meaning