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A level Spanish

Transition pack Task 1 /160 Task 2 /30 Task 3 / Task 4 /94 Task 5 /

Nombre:__________________________


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Full details of the Spanish AQA A Level course can be found on the AQA website – you should download and read the Specification. http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/as-and-a-level/spanish-7692/introduction

What can I expect from the new A level Spanish course?

You will have 5 hours of teaching per week shared between St George’s and Carre’s, supplemented by at least half an hour per week of compulsory speaking practice with our two Spanish assistants. There are 2 themes which you will cover over the two years: Students must study the themes and sub-themes below in relation to at least one Spanish speaking country. Students must study the themes and sub-themes using a range of sources, including material from online media. 3.1 Social issues and trends (y12) 3.1.1 Aspects of Hispanic society (SGA) Modern and traditional values (Los valores tradicionales y modernos) • Los cambios en la familia • Actitudes hacia el matrimonio/el divorcio • La influencia de la Iglesia Católica (CGS) Cyberspace (El ciberespacio) • La influencia de internet • Las redes sociales: beneficios y peligros • Los móviles inteligentes en nuestra sociedad (SGA) Equal rights (La igualdad de los sexos) • La mujer en el mercado laboral • El machismo y el feminismo • Los derechos de los gays y las personas transgénero (y13) 3.1.2 Multiculturalism in Hispanic society Immigration (La inmigración) • Los beneficios y los aspectos negativos • La inmigración en el mundo hispánico • Los indocumentados - problemas Racism (El racismo) • Las actitudes racistas y xenófobas • Las medidas contra el racismo • La legislación anti-racista Integration (La convivencia) • La convivencia de culturas • La educación • Las religions 3.2 Political and artistic culture Students must study the themes and sub-themes below in relation to at least one Spanish speaking country. (y12) 3.2.1 Artistic culture in the Hispanic world (SGA) Modern day idols (La influencia de los ídolos) • Cantantes y músicos • Estrellas de televisión y cine • Modelos (CGS) Spanish regional identity (La identidad regional en España) • Tradiciones y costumbres • La gastronomía • Las lenguas


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(SGA) Cultural heritage (El patrimonio cultural) • Sitios turísticos y civilizaciones prehispánicas: Machu Picchu, la Alhambra, etc • Arte y arquitectura • El patrimonio musical y su diversidad (y13) 3.2.2 Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world Students must study Monarchies and dictatorships in relation to any relevant Spanish-speaking country or countries. Today's youth, tomorrow's citizens (Jóvenes de hoy, ciudadanos del mañana) • Los jóvenes y su actitud hacia la política : activismo o apatía • El paro entre los jóvenes • Su sociedad ideal Monarchies and dictatorships (Monarquías y dictaduras) • La dictadura de Franco • La evolución de la monarquía en España • Dictadores latinoamericanos Popular movements (Movimientos populares) • La efectividad de las manifestaciones y las huelgas • El poder de los sindicatos • Ejemplos de protestas sociales (eg. El 15-M, las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, …)

During y12 you will study the film ‘Laberinto del Fauno’ with Mrs Albuixech. During y13 you will study ‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’ with Mrs Collier. You will also undertake an individual research project on a theme of your choice. You will also study an enormous amount of grammar: Nouns: gender, singular and plural forms Articles: definite and indefinite (including lo plus adjective) Adjectives: agreement, position, apocopation (buen, mal), comparative and superlative, demonstrative (este, ese, aquel), indefinite (alguno, cualquiera, otro), possessive (short and long forms) (mi, mío) interrogative (cuánto, qué), relative (cuyo), exclamatory (qué), Adverbs: comparative and superlative interrogative (cómo, cuándo, dónde etc) Quantifiers/intensifiers (muy, bastante, poco, mucho) Pronouns: subject, object: direct and indirect, position and order, reflexive, relative (que, quien, el que, el cual), disjunctive/emphatic, demonstrative (éste, ése, aquél, esto, eso, aquello), indefinite (algo, alguien), possessive (el mío, la mía), interrogative (cuál, qué, quién) Verbs: regular and irregular forms of verbs, including: reflexive verbs, modes of address (tú, usted), radical-changing verbs, impersonal verbs, verbs followed by an infinitive (with or without a preposition), perfect infinitive, negative forms, interrogative forms, reflexive constructions (se vende, se nos dice que), uses of ser and estar, tenses: present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, perfect, future perfect (R), conditional perfect (R), pluperfect, passive voice: present and preterite tenses other tenses (R): continuous tenses, imperative, gerund, past participle, subjunctive mood: present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, uses of subjunctive: polite commands, negative commands, after verbs of wishing, command, request, motion, to express purpose (para que), to express possibility/impossibility, after conjunctions of time (cuando lleguemos), in conditional sentences after si, all other common uses (R) Prepositions: personal a uses of por and para Conjunctions: common, including y, pero, o, porque, como, cuando Number, quantity and time: constructions with hace and desde hace


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How is the course assessed? In year 12: Paper 1 (1 hour 45 minutes): Listening, Reading and Writing, including a translation from Spanish to English, and writing a summary in Spanish. Paper 2 (1 hour 30 minutes): Writing, including a translation from English to Spanish, and an essay about the film. Paper 3 (12-14 minutes): Speaking, including the discussion of 2 cards. Full A level: Paper 1 (2 hours 30 minutes): Listening, Reading and Writing, including a translation from Spanish to English, a translation from English to Spanish, and writing a summary in Spanish. Paper 2 (2 hours): Writing, 2 essays, one on the film and one on the text. Paper 3 (21-23 minutes): Speaking, including the discussion of a card, and the discussion of your individual research project. During the course of the year:

You will have an assessment in the first two weeks of term which will look at the work you have done over the summer as well as assess your suitability for the course.

You will sit a formal mock exam in April of y12 and March of y13.

You will be tested informally in class on a regular basis. You might like to do some extra work. Here are some ideas of other things you can do in your spare time:

TVEi Spanish television channel intended for a world audience. News, entertainment, films, quiz shows etc. Some films have subtitles in Spanish to make the language easier to follow. Select channel 825.

Sky television:-

Euronews

A news channel available in many languages including Spanish. Channel 528. You must select Spanish as your preferred language using your sky remote control. Press the services button on your remote then on screen select system set up then language and subtitles. You’re your changes. Selecting Spanish will only affect Euronews.

Sky news / BBC 24 etc

Watching the news in English will help you form opinions that will be useful for your language lessons and your oral exam when you must give your opinion on issues that affect Spanish speaking countries. One of the main problems we encounter when preparing for the oral exam is that students do not have basic knowledge of current affairs and issues and therefore no opinions.

PS4 / Xbox / DS Mobile phone etc

You can often select to change the language of the game you are playing. You can change the language of your phone menus into Spanish.

facebook Change your home page into Spanish

DVDs Check the back of any DVDs you have at home. You might be able to watch your favourite film with Spanish subtitles or dubbed into Spanish with English subtitles… or any permutation you like. The Simpsons in particular has a wide range of language choice! We also have a wide range of Spanish films to watch – visit St George’s library.

www.euronews.net Daily news in Spanish.

http://oye.languageskills.co.uk Username 1075, password academy

A very useful site designed by a teacher. Some of the topics are out of date, but there is a lot here that is useful.

www.memrise.com A fantastic website/app with a wealth of subject specific vocab to help you learn.

www.linguascope.com This site is primarily aimed at beginners but still has a lot you can get from

http://www.euronews.net/

http://oye.languageskills.co.uk/

http://www.memrise.com/

http://www.linguascope.com/


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Username stgeorges password 20twenty

Username Carresmfl password: 3langs4us

it. There are some valuable links for sixth formers – select the appropriate level. Use the intermediate section to help you revise key GCSE vocab and grammar. Also, try and beat your mates on word tetris!

www.languagesonline.org.uk

Some grammar resources and interactive exercises designed for AS and A2 level. Some of the topics are out of date, but there is a lot here that is useful.

www.bbcmundo.com

Fantastic site – the Spanish world service news site. The language used is perfect for A Level students.

www.studyspanish.com Grammar practice

www.espanol-extra.com Username: stgeorges300 password westgate

Lots of A Level specific topic exercises including listenings, readings, vocab sheets. Lots of grammar explanations and exercises. Some games to help you practise and learn new vocab.

http://oye.languageskills.co.uk/index.html

Some useful practice exercises

http://www.spanishrevision.co.uk/

Piggot School’s website with some useful listening and reading practice on it.

http://www.elmundo.es/ http://elpais.com/

2 Spanish quality daily newspapers.

http://www.wordreference.com/ http://www.spanishdict.com/

2 good online dictionaries.

More Useful websites: (most useful in bold)

www.institutocervantes.co.uk

www.members.tripod.es

www.bbk.ac.uk/tecla

www.mec.es (Government site – education, culture, sport)

www.cis.es (National social survey data)

www.weblisten.com (Music)

www.red2000.com (regions)

www.Sispain.org

www.okSpain.org

www.Spaintour.com

www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/spain/

www.travel.roughguides.com/roughguides.html

Los medios www.rtve.es (Spanish TV)

www.rtve.es/tve/informa/index (TV news)

www.elpais.com

www.tentaciones.elpais.es

www.elmundo.com

www.infoprensa.net

www.a3n.tv (Video news)

www.informativostelecinco.com (Channel 5 news) Buscador www.google.es

www.yahoo.es

Transition Work to be completed for September -

1. Read the Present Tense grammar notes and complete the exercises. Make sure you know the meanings of

all the verbs listed, and how to conjugate all the irregular verbs.

2. Match up the vocab and learn it.

3. Watch ‘El Laberinto del Fauno’. Answer the questions on the film

4. Do the reading and translation exercises

5. Write about technology

6. Prepare the speaking questions

7. Mark task 1, task 2 and task 4 using the answer booklet.

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

http://www.bbcmundo.com/

http://www.studyspanish.com/

http://www.espanol-extra.com/



http://www.spanishrevision.co.uk/

http://www.elmundo.es/

http://elpais.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/

http://www.spanishdict.com/

http://www.institutocervantes.co.uk/

http://www.members.tripod.es/

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/departments/Spanish/TeclaHom

http://www.mec.es/

http://www.cis.es/

http://www.weblisten.com/

http://www.red2000.com/

http://www.sispain.org/

http://www.okspain.org/

http://www.spaintour.com/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/spain/

http://www.travel.roughguides.com/roughguides.html

http://www.rtve.es/

http://www.rtve.es/tve/informa/index

http://www.elpais.com/

http://www.tentaciones.elpais.es/

http://www.elmundo.com/

http://www.infoprensa.net/

http://www.a3n.tv/

http://www.informativostelecinco.com/

http://www.google.es/

http://www.yahoo.es/


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I’ve got a test at the start of the course! What should I revise?

1. The grammar test will be on the aspects of grammar covered in this booklet, i.e. the present tense including ALL irregulars. You will need to know ALL the verbs mentioned in the booklet, e.g. the radical changers and what they change to. There will also be a vocab test on the vocab in exercise 8.

2. The vocab test will be on the vocab in task 2.

3. The speaking test will include a photo to describe and 3 minutes of general conversation questions,

like the ones in task 5.

4. The writing test will be like Q2 on the higher exam paper – 120 words, showing a wide range of

tenses and other ingredients.

For extra practice:

1. Make a start on your A level course by looking at and revising other tenses – use www.espanol-extra.com (see table above for password) or any other websites/publications.

2. You could thoroughly revise all the GCSE Vocabulary.

3. Read and listen to as much Spanish as you can – songs/films/news – look at the links above.




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Task 1: Revision of present tense verbs

INFINITIVE: -the basic form of the verb (the form you find in a dictionary)

Regular verbs

Ejercicio 1: Use a dictionary to find out the meanings of the verbs.

Bailar Tocar Abrir

Buscar Tomar Decidir

Cantar Trabajar Describir

Comprar Aprender Discutir

Escuchar Beber Escribir

Esperar Comer Permitir

Estudiar Correr Recibir

Hablar Creer Subir

Llegar Deber Vivir

Llevar Leer

Mirar Romper

Practicar Vender

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Forming regular present tense verbs: Take off the AR, ER or IR and add:-

You DON’T need to use the separate word for the pronoun – the ending tells us WHO.

Personal pronouns -AR -ER -IR

1 I Yo …o …o …o

2 You (1) Tú …as …es …es

3 He/She/It You (formal)

Él/Ella Usted

…a …e …e

4 We Nosotros/as

…amos …emos …imos

5 You (all) Vosotros/as

…áis …éis …ís

6 They You (formal + pl)

Ellos/Ellas Ustedes

…an

…en …en


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Ejercicio 2: Fill in the correct form of the present tense of the verb in brackets.

Ej.: los martes, (yo) ……bailo…… salsa en un club. (BAILAR)

1. En la clase, (yo) …………………………… mucho español. (ESCUCHAR)

2. Los lunes, vamos al bar y (nosotros) ……………………………… limonada (BEBER)

3. Normalmente, los niños …………………………… la tele cada día. (MIRAR)

4. (vosotros) ………………………………… en casa. (QUEDAR)

5. Cuando va a Madrid, normalmente Amy ……………………………… en la Plaza Mayor. (COMER)

6. Con su trabajo, Alicia ………………………… mucho dinero. (RECIBIR)

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Radical changing verbs In radical changing verbs, the last vowel before the ending changes to the letters in the brackets in parts 1,2,3 and 6. (I, you (s), he, they)

There are 3 main types of radical changing verbs

O UE EIE EI

with the odd exception - *The verb JUGAR uses the radical change U UE in the present.

Querer (ie) – to want

1. quiero 4. queremos

2. quieres 5. queréis

3. quiere 6. quieren

Ejercicio 3: Fill in the correct forms of the present tense of the verbs in the table.

-AR Jugar (ue)

-AR cerrar (ie)

-ER volver (ue)

-ER perder (ie)

-IR dormir (ue)

-IR pedir (i)

Juego

Juegas

Juega

Jugamos

Jugáis

juegan

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Some common radical changing verbs.

O UE EIE EI

Almorzar (ue)

Contar (ue)

Costar (ue)

Encontrar (ue)

Mostrar (ue)

Soñar (ue) con

Volar (ue)

Poder (ue)

Volver (ue)

Dormir (ue)

Morir (ue)

To snack

To count

To cost

To find

To show

To dream

To fly

To be able

To return

To sleep

To die

Cerrar (ie)

Comenzar (ie)

Empezar (ie)

Fregar (ie)

Pensar (ie)

Entender (ie)

Perder (ie)

Querer (ie)

Mentir (ie)

Preferir (ie)

To close

To begin

To begin

To scrub

To think

To understand

To lose

To want

To lie

To prefer

Conseguir (i)

Decir (i)

Elegir (i)

Pedir (i)

Repetir (i)

Seguir (i)

To achieve

To say

To choose

To ask for

To repeat

To follow

Ejercicio 4: Fill in the correct form of the present tense of the verb in the brackets

1. No …encuentro… mi bolígrafo. (yo, encontrar (ue))

2. ……………………….. a las 8.00 de la tarde. (nosotros, cerrar (ie))

3. ……………………………… con ir a Inglaterra. (ellos, soñar (ue))

4. …………………………… cada fin de semana a casa. (ella, volver(ue))

5. ………………………………… los platos todos los días. (ella, fregar (ie))

6. Cada mañana, me …………………………… la misma cosa. (él, pedir (i))

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Reflexive verbs

With reflexive verbs, the action is done to yourself. On the end of the infinitive, you will see the reflexive pronoun ‘se’ – oneself. Llamarse – to call oneself (be called) Acostarse (ue) – to put oneself to bed (to go to bed) Despertarse (ie) – to wake oneself up Ducharse – to shower onself (get showered)

1. Remove the reflexive pronoun ‘se’ 2. form the verb as you would normally – is it AR, ER, IR, and is it radical changing? 3. place the correct reflexive pronoun at the beginning.

Me ducho nos duchamos

Te duchas os ducháis

Se ducha se duchan

llamarse me llamo (i am called)

lavarse os laváis (you’re washing (yourself))

peinarse te peinas (you’re brushing your hair)


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Ejercicio 5: Fill in the correct form of the verbs in the table

REFEXIVE PRONOUNS -AR

afeitarse -ER

ponerse -IR

vestirse (i)

Me (myself)

Te (yourself)

Se (himself/herself)

Nos (ourselves)

Os (yourselves)

Se (themselves)

/12 Here is a list of commonly used reflexive verbs:

acostarse (ue) to go to bed llamarse to call oneself

afeitarse to shave mirarse to look at oneself

bañarse to have a bath peinarse to comb one’s hair

casarse (con alguien) to get married; to marry (someone) ponerse to become

cepillarse to brush oneself ponerse la ropa to put on clothing

despertarse (ie) to wake up preocuparse por to worry about

desvestirse (i) to undress oneself probarse (ue) to try on (clothing)

dormirse (ue) to fall asleep quitarse to take off, remove (clothing)

ducharse to take a shower secarse to dry oneself

enfermarse to get sick sentarse (ie) to sit down, seat oneself

enojarse to get angry, mad sentirse (ie) to feel (emotionally, physically)

irse to go away verse to see oneself

lavarse to wash oneself vestirse (ie) to get dressed

levantarse to stand up, get up

Ejercicio 6: Fill in the gaps with the correct part of the verb in brackets.

ej.: por la mañana, ……me levanto…. (yo, levantarse) temprano. 1. ¿A qué hora ………………………………………… por la mañana? (vosotros, levantarse)

2. ………………………………………… a las 8.00. (nosotros, levantarse)

3. ¿Y tú cuándo …………………………… (tú, lavarse)?

4. …………………………… a las 8.10. (yo, lavarse)

5. ¿Dónde …………………………………? (ella, peinarse)

6. ……………………………… en el cuarto de baño. (ellas, peinarse)

7. ¿Cómo ……………………………… tus padres? (llamarse)

8. Mi padre ……………………… Jorge y mi madre ………………………… Montse. (llamarse x2) /9


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Verbos irregulares

Ejercicio 7

En español existen varios grupos de verbos irregulares en el presente:

irregulares en la primera persona yo

irregulares por cambio de vocal

irregulares con más de una irregularidad

verbos completamente irregulares.

Clasifica los siguientes verbos según su irregularidad:

saber recordar dormir tener ser estar caer

poder cerrar pedir coger conocer traer decir

venir ir salir perder servir jugar haber

querer poner dar hacer preferir valer oír

parecer ver huir construir volver morir traducir

producir sentir distribuir pensar contar repetir mover

corregir seguir elegir despertar sugerir volar vestir

nevar sonreír mentir

irregulares en la

primera persona yo

irregulares por cambio

de vocal

irregulares con más de

una irregularidad

verbos completamente

irregulares


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Ejercicio 8:- can you complete the table? Some are just irregular in the first person.

SER To be ESTAR To be TENER To have HACER To do, make

IR To go DECIR To say PONER to put SALIR to go out

VER to see CONOCER to know ( a person) SABER to know ( a fact) VENIR to come

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Task 2: Vocabulario los valores tradicionales – (p8)

Match up the vocab, and learn it for your test.

español inglés

1. Cambiar A third

2. El cambio Because of

3. Tardar en Franco dictatorship

4. A causa de Subsequently

5. La dictadura franquista Support

6. Posteriormente Family home

7. Acelerarse Once that

8. Hasta tal punto que To take place

9. Se ha hecho Emancipation

10. Occidental Pregnancy

11. En cuanto a To change

12. No solo …. sino que también The change

13. La adhesión To take a long time to

14. El hogar familiar The right of

15. Una vez que Wedding

16. El embarazo Western

17. El derecho de As far as … is concerned/ In relation to

18. vigésimo Not only ….. but also

19. La tasa de natalidad To accelerate

20. El soltero / La soltera To such a point that

21. La misa Has become

22. La boda Late

23. Tener lugar To carry out

24. La emancipación Marriage

25. Tardío Bigamy (2 or more spouses at once)

26. Llevar a cabo The precept

27. El precepto 20th

28. Un tercio Birth rate

29. El matrimonio Single man/woman

30. bígamo Mass/religious service


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Task 3: Work on the film ‘El Laberinto del Fauno’

A) Please watch the film “ El Laberinto del Fauno”

B) Complete the following exercise.

Mira la primera escena. ¿Cuáles de las palabras corresponden a lo que ves?

1. Escribe frases con las palabras elegidas.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. ¿Cuáles son las cosas de guerra que ves?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. ¿Te gustó la película? ¿Por qué? ¿Por qué no?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. ¿Es una película de historia o de fantasía? _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. ¿En qué época se sitúa la película? ¿Te gustaría haber vivido en esta época? _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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6. Cuando nos encontramos a Vidal ¿cómo te parece? Escribe unos adjetivos.

________________________________________________________________________________________________

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oscuridad soledad sangre destrucción

luz miedo tristeza alegría paz


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7. ¿Cuál es la importancia de los personajes de fantasía? _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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8. ¿Cuáles son los personajes que más/menos te gustan? ¿Por qué?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

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9. ¿Cuáles son las escenas más importantes en tu opinión?

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10. Las mujeres son más fuertes que los hombres en esta película. ¿Estás de acuerdo?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

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11. Qué opinas del final de la película?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

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Task 4 – Reading and translation Lee el artículo de ‘BBC mundo’ y responde a las preguntas.

Las 3 redes sociales favoritas de los adolescentes de Estados Unidos (y

ninguna es Facebook)

RedacciónBBC News Mundo 2 junio 2018

La salida de Facebook de los adolescentes estadounidenses es cada vez mayor.

La red social creada en ese país está definitivamente dejando de ser del gusto de los más jóvenes, quienes se están mudando a otras plataformas.

El Centro de Investigaciones Pew encontró que solo el 51% de los estadounidenses de entre 13 y 17 años utiliza Facebook, un descenso del 20% comparado con 2015.

La gran ganadora ha sido la plataforma de videos YouTube, que es usada por el 85% de adolescentes de entre esas edades en EE.UU.

Le sigue Instagram con el 72% y Snapchat con el 69%, de acuerdo con la encuesta del Pew.


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Twitter, que alguna vez compitió con las grandes, se ha quedado rezagado y ahora solo es utilizada por el 32% de ese grupo de jóvenes.

En cuanto a las 'apps', solo el 10% de los adolescentes que participaron en el estudio dijeron que usan Facebook más que cualquier otra aplicación de redes sociales.

A pesar de que Facebook ha perdido terreno, hay que recordar que la compañía dirigida por Mark Zuckerberg maneja Instagram, por lo que la firma de California aún domina el negocio entre los más jóvenes.

Pero está claro que Google, que gestiona YouTube y Twitter, está ganando un importante terreno.

9 de cada 10 tienen 'smartphone'

El estudio del Pew fue realizado tras llevarse a cabo entrevistas a 750 adolescentes estadounidenses de 13 a 17 años a principios de 2018.

Conluyó que el 95% de los jóvenes de ese país tienen un teléfono inteligente, un gran aumento desde el 73% reportado hace tres años.

De los resultados también se extrae que los adolescentes de familias con bajos ingresos prefieren más pasar su tiempo en Facebook que los de un hogar de mayores ingresos.

La encuesta de Pew no pudo encontrar un consenso claro entre los adolescentes sobre los efectos de las redes sociales en sus vidas.

El 31% consideró que estos sitios les generan efectos positivos, mientras que el 24% opinó que son negativos. La mayoría (45%) dijo sin embargo que el efecto no es ni positivo ni negativo.

"Siento que las redes sociales pueden hacer que las personas de mi edad se sientan menos solas. Crea un espacio donde puedes interactuar con otra personas", opinó una chica de 15 años.

En cambio, otra de la misma edad dijo: "Hacen que sea más difícil para las personas socializar en la vida real, porque se acostumbran a no interactuar de persona a persona".


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A. Prediction activity

Put these social networks in order of popularity for teenagers, according to you, from the most to the least popular. 8 marks

Twitter Snapchat YouTube Facebook

Reddit Instagram Tumblr

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

B. Missing percentage

Read the first part of the article (up to the bar chart) and add the missing percentages.

Un _________ % de los adolescentes estadounidenses tiene un teléfono inteligente.

Un _________ % de los estadounidenses de entre 12 y 17 años utiliza Facebook.

Un _________ % de menos adolescentes utiliza Facebook comparado con 2015.

Un _________ % de adolescentes de entre esas edades en EEUU utiliza YouTube.

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C. Summary

Read the rest of the article (below the red bar chart) and summarise the key points in English below.

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D Vocab

Match the verbs by writing the letters in the grid below.

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1. guardar a. to download

2. navegar b. to erase, delete

3. recibir c. to save

4. descargar d. to access

5. mandar e. to receive

6. colgar f. to create

7. borrar g. to send

8. grabar h. to upload/post (e.g. photos online etc.)

9. cargar i. to publish, to burn (e.g. a disk)

10. acceder j. to record

11. publicar k. to recharge (e.g. batteries, phone etc.)

12. crear l. to surf

12 marks

D. Translation warm-up

Translate the sentences, using the first letter of each Spanish word to help you.

1. I downloaded all the history files.

D t l a d h

2. How many hours a week do you surf the net?

C h p s n I

3. I receive more than fifteen text messages on my mobile every day.

R m d q m d t e

m m c d

4. I deleted my homework by mistake.

B m d p e

5. I love posting photos of my friends on social networks.

M e c f d m a e

l r s

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E. Translate into English

Ayer me levanté temprano y leí las noticias en el periódico digital. Miré mi correo electrónico y borré todo el correo

basura. Luego escribí un email a mi amigo Tomás y colgué varias fotos de mis vacaciones en Menorca en las redes

sociales. Navegué en la red por una hora. 10 marks

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F. Translate into Spanish

The number of internet users in Spain is bigger than ever. These users connect to the internet at work, at school and

at home. Many young internet users have mobile phones and laptops. Internet users also send emails and use

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Checklist for Speaking and Writing tasks 5 and 6

Check verbs and tenses are conjugated correctly

Respond to all bullet points in the task

Structure your writing in paragraphs Tick off each bullet point Make a plan before writing

Tenses

Include a range of verbs and tenses, e.g. present, present continuous, preterite, near future, future, imperfect, imperfect continuous, perfect, pluperfect, passive

Linking words, quantifiers and time phrases

Try, for example: y, también, pero, o, además, sin embargo, por eso, así que, por lo tanto, primero, luego, después, por último, a menudo, la última vez que, por desgracia, sobre todo, incluso, en cambio, a causa de, gracias a, a pesar de …

Opinions and reasons

Give opinions held by others as well as your own opinions: A mi madre le encanta … Give opinions in different tenses: me gustó …, antes me gustaba pero ahora … Add complex opinions: Lo que más/menos me gusta/gustó es que / fue que

Extended sentences and variety of structures

Refer to yourself and others to use a range of verb forms, including impersonal verbs Contrast or develop two points of view: por un lado … por otro lado, una ventaja … otra ventaja Vary your sentence structures: porque, ya que, dado que, aunque, cuando, donde, que, si Introduce the subjunctive with set phrases: es importante que, es probable que, espero que, quiero

que, no creo que, me molesta que, no es justo que Use phrases or verbs followed by the infinitive: antes de / después de, tengo que, me gustaría, se

debe Extend sentences with que or donde: el hotel donde me alojé era fantástico Include ‘if’ clauses: Si voy a París siempre voy a visitar la Torre Eiffel. / Si reciclara más, ayudaría al

medio ambiente (with subjunctive). Add comparatives and superlatives: más que / menos que, el/la mejor, el/la peor Give more than one example: No solo … sino también …

Interesting vocabulary and idiomatic language

Include an idiomatic phrase: ¡Ni hablar!, poner un granito de arena Add an exclamation: ¡Qué día tan divertido! Use suffixes: Es aburridísimo

Check for accuracy

Check accents and spellings

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Task 5 - Writing

Write about 120 words on the following. It must be YOUR OWN words, NOT google translate. We can tell!

Para que usas la tecnología

Las ventajas y desventajs de la tecnología

Ideas: When do you use it, how often, what did you use it for yesterday and tomorrow? Compare your use of it to your parents’/siblings’. Try to make a balanced argument and don’t forget to use PEEL! Checklist – as well as looking at the full list on the previous page, check the following:

1. Have you added the right accents?

2. Check spellings and gender of nouns.

3. Check if you’ve used the definite/indefinite articles correctly (‘the’ or ‘a’).

4. Check adjective agreements.

5. Check your tenses.

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Task 6 - Speaking Please prepare for a speaking test with the Spanish Assistant that you are used to working with, Mrs Nelson or Mrs Bishop, that you will do in the first two weeks in September.

This will be one photo card and some general conversation questions. Here are some of the questions you might be asked and an example of a photo card. 1. ¿Cómo eras cuando tenías cinco años? (what were you like when you were 5?)

2. Para ti, ¿Cómo es un buen amigo? (what is a good friend like?) 3. ¿Adónde vas a ir con tus amigos el fin de semana que viene? (where are you going to go next w/e?) 4. ¿Cómo sería tu novio perfecto/tu novia perfecta? ... ¿Por qué? (what would your ideal boy/girlfriend be like?)

5. ¿Cómo es el pueblo o la ciudad donde vives? (what is town or city where you live like?)

6. ¿Dónde te gustaría vivir en el futuro? ¿Por qué? (where would you like to live in future?)

7. En el futuro, ¿qué te gustaría hacer para tener una vida más sana? (what would like to do to be healthy?)

8. ¿Qué hiciste de vacaciones el año pasado? ¿Cómo fue? (what did you do last year? What was it like?)

9. ¿Te gustaría trabajar en España? ... ¿Por qué (no)? (would you like to work in Spain?)

10. ¿Por qué has escogido estudiar español este año? (why have you chosen to study Spanish this year?)

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Documents

A level Spanishsleafordjsf.org/sites/default/files/files... · 2. The vocab test will be on the vocab in task 2. 3. The speaking test will include a photo to describe and 3 minutes