Lower Sixth Spanish- AS level (Year 12- L6C)
Eleven 50 mins sessions over 2 weeksL6C: Teacher A=4 periods, Teacher B= 4 periods, Teacher C= 3 periods
L6A: Teacher A=6 periods, Teacher B= 5 periods
RESOURCES: Course Book – Sigue AS Units 1-10. (Animo 1 supplements it)
Each student is issued with their own personal copy of: Collins billingual dictionary, Anaya
Diccionario de Español, Acción Gramática, The Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary and
Animo AS/A2 Grammar workbook.
Despite having a textbook the vast majority of resources are taken and adapted from real
sources such as the Internet, newspapers and magazines.
ICT- Students will regularly use the Moodle course created by teachers and available via the
school´s website to supplement their studies in the classroom and to expand their horizons in
terms of independent learning and research. They will have access to Kerboodle (an
interactive resource linked to AQA AS textbook), Oxbox ( linked to Animo 1) for additional
material and assessments, an Interactive Grammar workbook, Vocab Express and an array of
past papers and audio files.
The School Learning and Resource Centre (LRC) has a wide collection of titles covering
Spanish and South-American history, civilisation and literature. The Department also has a
large collection of literary texts covering all periods from the medieval to the contemporary.
DVDs- The Department's collection of DVDs suitable for Sixth-Form is constantly growing. The
students are encouraged to take films home but there is also the possibility to watch a variety
of them in the “Spanish Film Club”.
The Spanish assistant will see each student individually 25 mins per week. They will develop
the topics studied in class, will expand the students´ cultural knowledge of Spain and will help
them with their oral exam preparation.
The school has opted for the WJEC board and the topics to be studied are divided into two
main areas:
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Leisure and Tourism: Travel and tourism, sport, hobbies, entertainment, customs,
traditions, healthy living, health and nutrition, diet and exercise, unhealthy living, drugs,
aids, smoking, alcohol.

The Individual and Society: Relationships, responsibilities, gender issues, youth culture
(values, peer groups, fashions and trends), education, vocational training and future
careers.
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L6C- TEACHER A (Four 50 mins sessions over 2 weeks)
AUTUMN TERM (12 weeks)
TOPICS
Tema 1. Las relaciones personales: cómo vemos a los otros; problemas y relaciones
amorosos; la amistad; la familia monoparental; la familia del siglo XXI.
Tema 3. La educación en España: el sistema educativo español; la ciudadanía; los profes;
el bilingüismo; suspender; la jornada intensiva; igualdad entre los sexos; los problemas de los
gitanos; la vida tras el insti.
GRAMMAR AND SKILLS- to support Teacher C
Tema 1: Los tiempos presente y pretérito indefinido; verbos reflexivos; el uso de ser y estar;
pronombres – objeto directo/indirecto; uso de lo; concordancia y posición de adjetivos; uso de
por y para; adjetivos y pronombres posesivos.
Tema 3: La voz pasiva en perfecto, el “a” personal, el tiempo futuro, el presente de subjuntivo
Supplementary materials
Tema 1: Animo AS- Unit 8, AQA AS - Units 10, 1, 12
Tema 3: Animo AS- Unit 9
SPRING TERM (11 weeks)
Apart from the set topics the Spring term will be dedicated to prepare for the oral examination.
TOPICS
Tema 5. Los deportes en España: puntos de vista; niño torero; la niñez de un campeón de
tenis; el fútbol -más que un deporte; Real Madrid c. Barcelona; baloncesto; ciclismo; pelota;
golf; Fórmula 1.
Tema 7. Los medios de comunicación: televisión, incluso satélite y por cable; publicidad;
Internet y la prensa tradicional; podcasting; aspectos positivos y negativos del Internet;
telefonía móvil – el futuro.
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GRAMMAR AND SKILLS- to support Teacher C
Tema 5: Los tiempos: pretérito imperfecto, pretérito indefinido, presente del subjuntivo,
pretérito perfecto, futuro; pronombres posesivos.
Tema 7: Los imperativos (Vd.); el tiempo presente continuo; los verbos radicales en tiempo
presente; los adverbios; por y para.
Supplementary materials
Tema 5: Animo 1- Unit 5, AQA AS unit 7
Tema 7: Animo 1- Unit 1+ 2, AQA AS 1+ 2+3
SUMMER TERM ()
Apart from the set topics the Easter holiday and the Summer term will be dedicated to reivse
and prepare for the final examination, with plenty of past paper practice and exam technique
exercises.
TOPICS
Tema 9: El transporte: cómo llegar a Madrid; el transporte urbano; el tren; aprender a
conducir; el carsharing.
GRAMMAR AND SKILLS- to support Teacher C
Tema 9: Verbos reflexivos impersonales; si + imperfecto del subjuntivo + condicional;
interrogativos.
Supplementary materials
Tema 9: AQA A2- unit 1C
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L6C- TEACHER B (Four 50 mins sessions over 2 weeks)
AUTUMN TERM (12 weeks)
TOPICS
Tema 2. Los españoles y el ocio: estilos de vida; senderismo; de tapas; fiestas y folklore;
música pop; Buena Vista Social Club; Festival de música de Granada
Tema 4. La comida, la salud: gastronomía y bebida española; costumbres y cambios; dieta
moderna; comer sano; la nutrición; bebidas españolas; la cultura de la delgadez; adelgazar
con y sin riesgos; obesidad.
GRAMMAR AND SKILLS- to support Teacher C
Tema 2: Los tiempos pretérito imperfecto, pretérito indefinido, pretérito perfecto, pretérito
pluscuamperfecto; presente del subjuntivo; pronombres objeto; participios usados como
adjetivos
Tema 4: Adjetivos; artículos; interrogativos; plurales; presente del subjuntivo; imperativos;
adverbios.
Supplementary materials
Tema 2: Animo AS- Unit 3, AQA AS - Units 4, 5, 6
Tema 4: Animo AS- Unit 6, AQA AS – Unit 8
Assessment aims:
By the end of every unit the students should have compiled a detailed list of topic related
vocabulary, written at least one topic related essay and practised talking about a exam type
card.
SPRING TERM (11 weeks)
Apart from the set topics the Spring term will be dedicated to prepare for the oral examination.
TOPICS
Tema 6: Problemas sociales: el alcohol y los jóvenes; el macro botellón; el tabaco;
marihuana; las drogas; SIDA; las adicciones del siglo XXI; enganchados al trabajo
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Tema 8. El mundo del trabajo: la ambición (y falta de ambición); buscando trabajo; la mujer
en el mundo laboral; el techo de vidrio; empleos tradicionales y nuevos; el trabajo voluntario
GRAMMAR AND SKILLS- to support Teacher C
Tema 6: La voz pasiva; el uso de los tiempos pasados indicativos; los negativos
Tema 8: Adjetivos; negativos; imperfecto del subjuntivo; le/les.
Supplementary materials
Tema 6: Animo 1- Unit 4 + 6, AQA AS unit 8B
Tema 8: Animo 1- Unit 9, AQA AS unit 8C
Assessment aims:
By the end of every unit the students should have compiled a detailed list of topic related
vocabulary, written at least one topic related essay and practised talking about a exam type
card.
SUMMER TERM
Apart from the set topics the Easter holiday and the Summer term will be dedicated to reivse
and prepare for the final examination, with plenty of past paper practice and exam technique
exercises.
TOPICS
Tema 10. Las vacaciones: España – imán turístico; los españoles y las vacaciones; las
vacaciones y la familia; vacaciones sin aventura; vacaciones con amigos; preocupaciones de
los padres; esquí; camping; turismo cultural; escapar del estrés.
GRAMMAR AND SKILLS- to support Teacher C
Tema 10: Pretérito pluscuamperfecto; ser y estar; por y para; uso del subjuntivo; cuyo.
Supplementary materials
Tema 10: Animo AS unit 7, AQA AS unit 9.
Assessment aims:
By the end of every unit the students should have compiled a detailed list of topic related
vocabulary, written at least one topic related essay and practised talking about a exam type
card.
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Lower Sixth Spanish- AS level (Year 12- L6C)
L6C- TEACHER C (Three 50 mins sessions over 2 weeks)
Teacher C will dedicate one lesson a week to introduce and practise grammar points and the
3rd lesson to practise listening and reading skills in the language lab; as well as practising
debating skills and supporting with the preparation of the oral exam.
Resources: Sigue AS textbook, Animo 1 textbook and Grammar workbook, AQA AS
textbook, Kerboodle, Oxbox, Vocab Express (the Grammar section) and a wealth of
photocopiable resources and others taken from the Internet.
AUTUMN TERM (12 weeks)
1. Nouns and gender, collective nouns and verbal agreements
2. Adjectives, agreements, word order, shortened adj, suffixes
3. Present tense- regular verbs and reflexive verb verbs
4. Present tense- irregular verbs and radical changing verbs
5. “Gustar” and friends...
6. Negatives and Por vs para
Half-Term
7. Preterite tense, including “pretérito grave”
8. Perfect and Imperfect tense
9. Preterite vs Imperfect????
10. Ser vs Estar
11. +12. Pronouns- personal, reflexive, impersonal, direct and indirect, prepositional,
relative, possessive, demonstrative, personal “a”.
SPRING TERM (11 weeks)
1. Future and Conditional.
2. Imperative
3. Subjunctive
4. Subjunctive
5. The Passive and how to avoid it.
6. Infinitive constructions
Half-Term
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7. Direct and Indirect Speech
8. Imperfect Subjunctive
9. Si- clauses (Type 1+2)
10. Revision Tenses
11. Revision ser vs estar; por vs para; Subjunctive.
SUMMER TERM
There are only a few weeks left until Study Leave starts so focus should be placed on
revision of the most challenging topics and structures, making sure the students use them
in context and not only on drill exercises.
Teacher C will set written homework as well as a good deal of learning tasks to make sure
the students learn endings and common usage. Assessments will be done regularly.
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