ModernLanguagesCurriculumContent
Year8Spanish
AutumnTerm
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Elpresente:recapofthepresenttense.
Presentaciones(yoymisamigos):presentingourselvesandothers,revisionof
opinionsandjustifications.
Lasestrellas:FocusonSpanishspeakingcelebrities,makingcomparisons
Mirutinadiaria:Dailyroutine,reflexiveverbsinthepresenttense.
¿Adóndevas?:Whereareyougoing?Useoftheverb‘ir-togo’
Vamosasalir:nearfuturetense,formationanduses
combiningthepresentandthenearfuturetenses
Culture:famousSpanishspeakers.
Autumntermkeyassessment:Extendedwritingtask
Springterm
¿Tegustaríair……?:Using‘megustaría+infinitive’tomakeinvitation
Unasexcusas:modalverbs‘poder’and‘querer’toacceptanddeclineinvitations
¿Adóndefuiste?:Wheredidyougo?Useofthepreteritetensetotalkaboutpastvisits
toplacesofinterest.
• ¿Quéhiciste?:Extendingunderstandinganduseofarverbsinthepreteritetenseto
talkaboutactivitiesyoudidinthepast/onapastholiday.
• ¿Quétallopasaste?:Givingopinionsaboutpastevents.
• Unviajeestupendo:Anaccountofaholiday-usingthepresentandpreteritetenses
together
• Culture:PlacesofculturalandhistoricalinteresttovisitinSpainandLatinAmerica.
Springtermkeyassessments:Generalconversation,listeningcomprehension
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SummerTerm
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Lacomidaylasbebidas:¿Quédesayunas?
Foodanddrink:whatdoyoueatforbreakfast?Usingtimeexpressions.
Enelmercado:Inthemarket,shoppingforfoodandunderstandingprices.
Transactionallanguage
Enelrestaurant:Understandingamenu,orderinginarestaurant,using‘tú’or‘usted(
formalandinformalregister)
Unacenaespecial:Anaccountofaspecialmeal,preteritetenseof‘ir/er’verbs.
¿Quétegustacomer?:Opinionsoffoodanddrink,usingthreetensestogether.
Culture:comparingeatinghabitsinSpainandotherpartsofHispanicworldandtheUK.
FoodsandtraditionaldishesfromaroundtheSpanishspeakingworld.
CentaldeAbasto,MexicoCity,theWorld’slargestmarket.
Summertermkeyassessments:Translationandgeneralconversation
MFLatRHS:
Teacherswillusearangeofdifferentresourcesandactivitiestoengagestudentsinlanguagelearning.
Itisimportanttonotethatourcurriculumisflexibleandthatwemaymakesmallchangesdepending
ontheinterestsofourstudents,andinordertoensurethatlearningremainsrelevant.Equalfocusis
giventothedevelopmentofallfourskills:reading,listening,speakingandwriting.Studentsare
encouragedandexpectedtotrytouseFrenchandSpanishasoften,andasspontaneouslyasthey
can.
Extensionactivitiesthatparentscanundertaketosupportlearning:
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Studentsinyear8willbesetonepieceofhomeworkperweek,thiscouldbe,forexampleareading
task,ashortwrittenpiece,agrammarexercise,anonlineactivityorlearningvocabulary,please
encouragestudentstodevotesufficienttimetotheirSpanishhomework.
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Allowstudentstoteachyouvocabularytheyhavelearntatschool.
Testthemonspellingandhowtosaynewwordsandphrases.
Encouragestudentstousetheirresources,suchastheirexercisebookandtextbookstocomplete
theirworkandavoidonlinetranslators.
Encourageuseofwordreference.com(onlinedictionary)
Talktostudentsabouttheimportanceoflanguagelearning.
Watchforeignlanguagefilmstogether
Whenyouaretravellingabroadpleaseencourageyourdaughtertouseherlanguageskills.
Someusefulweblinks
www.linguascope.com(yourdaughterwillhavethecurrentlogindetails)
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.memrise.com