3RD YEAR- OPTION LANGUAGE beginners (Year 9)
(Six 50 mins sessions over 2 weeks)
PUBLISHED RESOURCES: Course Book – Mira 1 (Each module is made up of 5 content
units)
Supplementary Materials – Caminos 1 (Textbook, cds, worksheets and assessment pack);
Dicho y hecho (Video, book); Diez temas (Video; book); España viva (Video, tapes, book);
Sueños (Video, tapes, book) Oye (Listening) A la onda (listening); A la carta (Reading); Cara
a cara (Speaking); Es decir (Speaking). All kept in L9.
In addition to the above published resources, supplementary materials relevant to each Unit
are catalogued and kept in electronic form in Shared Documents (W:drive) and in the Moodle
System. These are continually added to and updated by staff, and include links to internetbased materials. They are not listed below.
MODULE
TOPIC
GRAMMAR/SKILLS
¡Vamos!
Introducing yourself,
counting up to 31, saying
your age and when your
birthday is, Spanish
alphabet, talking about the
classroom.
En el instituto
Talking about your school
subjects, saying what you
do in lessons, talking about
your teachers, giving
opinions and reasons,
talking about snacks.
*Spanish pronunciation,
*Using the verb Tener (to
have) to give your age,
*Using the indefinite article
un/una (a),
*Understanding the definite
article el/la (the).
*Understanding regular –
AR, -ER,-IR verbs
*Using: estudiar (to study),
comer (to eat) ,beber (to
drink) .
*Using adjectives that end
in
-o/-a
*Understand adjectival
agreements
SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIALS
TERM 1
1
2
Caminos 1-Units 1-2
Diez temas 1; España
viva 1; Sueños 1; Oye
2(1); Cara a cara 1.
Caminos 1- unit 5
Oye 1(4); Cara a cara 4;
A la carta,13; Sueños 6.
TERM 2
3
4
Mi familia
Talking about your family,
counting up to 100, talking
about your pets, talking
about appearance and
character, describe hair
and eyes.
*Using the possessive
adjectives mi(s), tu(s),
su(s)
* Using adjectives after
nouns
*Make colours agree with
nouns
*Using the verb ser (to be)
En casa
*Recognise all forms of
Talk about where you live
verb vivir (to live)
and describe it, talk about
*Using the ver estar (to be)
the rooms in your house
for locations
and describe your
*Recognise all forms of –
bedroom, talk about
AR, -ER verbs
activities that you do in your *Using prepositions
bedroom.
*Using stem changing
verbs
Caminos 1, units 3-4
Diez temas 1; España
viva 1; Oye 1(1); Cara a
cara 2; Es decir 1; A la
onda 31; Oye 1(1); Cara
a cara 2; A la onda
11,24,25.
Caminos 1, units 6-8
Oye 1 (3); Sueños 7; A la
Onda 22; Diez temas 2
TERM 3
5
6
El tiempo libre
Saying what you do in your
free time, telling the time,
talking about sports, saying
what you like to do and
what you are going to do.
En la ciudad
Saying what your town is
like, asking about places in
town, making and
responding to invitations,
talking about the weather,
saying what you do in town.
*Using the verbs: salir (to go Caminos1, unit 5- 7- 9
out), hacer (to do/to make), ir
(to go)
*Practise pronunciation
*Using me gusta +
infinitive (I like doing…)
*Using ir + infinitive (I´m
going to…)
*Using porque (because)
and pero (but)
*Using hay to say what
there is
* Using the verb querer (to
Caminos 1, units 6-7
Oye 1(3); Sueños 3.
Cara a cara 3; Sueños 8.
want)
*Using two tenses together
The aim is to cover one module per half-term and complete the course by the End of Year
Examination. After the exam the students will be introduced to the Preterite tense using
Mira 2, module 3-Las vacaciones- in order to be prepared to join other students who have
been learning Spanish for 2 or 3 years and are continuing with the language up to IGCSE
level.