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The Most Strange Spanish Festivals

El Colacho El Colacho or most commonly known as ‘Baby Jumping’ is celebrated during the summer in the Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia. It shows the triumph of good over evil… No one really knows about the actual origin of this festival! During the festival, a red and yellow-masked ‘devil’ runs through the streets … Read more

Las relaciones (GCSE)

Spanish GCSE resource on ‘las relaciones’/’relationships’. It includes: – Vocabulary task  – Reading (positive/negative) – Conversation – Writing task – Translation to English – 40 word writing task – High-level expressions task – Writing task on high-level expressions – Conversation – Other expressions Share! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Share on … Read more

El tiempo libre – Booklet (GCSE)

Spanish GCSE booklet containing a selection of tasks. It includes: – Vocabulary translation – Sentence translation into English – Writing task – Finish the sentences – Sentence translation into Spanish – Speaking photo card – General conversation questions – Presentation task – Reading out loud task Share! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on … Read more

High-Level Expressions (GCSE)

GCSE Spanish resource on ‘High-Level Expressions’. This resource includes: – Six idiomatic expressions with examples – Writing task to put the idioms into context – Translation task – Speaking task with a selection of questions Share! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Share on email Rate this! (Votes: 1 Average: 4)

Ideas for an A-Level taster session!

Are you looking for ideas for an A-Level taster session? I have done many taster lessons and I always have three things into account: 1) We should choose something that isn’t too difficult so that they students feel motivated and realise that they can actually use what they learnt during their GCSE course. Just keep … Read more

4 songs to learn Spanish!

We all love listening to music… It is not only one of the nicest things to do but it is also very relaxing and it can help us in many ways, for example, when learning a new language! I have always loved music and have always tried to learn songs in English as it is … Read more

My first Linguascope webinar

Last Tuesday, the 20th of June, I had the great opportunity of presenting in my first Linguascope webinar! I had a great experience and the feedback was very positive 🙂 My webinar was titled: ‘What does engagement in MFL look like?’ I shared plenty of practical ideas on how to ‘engage’ students and keep them … Read more

POR & PARA (GCSE)

Spanish GCSE resource to practise ‘POR’ & ‘PARA’. It includes: – Gap fill task – Reading task – Writing task – Speaking task Share! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Share on email Rate this! (Votes: 2 Average: 3)