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Abstract
Expertly structured Student Book for AQA GCSE 2016 Spanish (foundation tier). Designed to help learners use language independently and to the best of their ability, with fresh and engaging content from the target language culture.
- Designed for the new AQA GCSE Spanish qualification (foundation tier).
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A carefully designed programme of learning teaches the ‘building blocks’ of Spanish grammar and vocabulary.
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Includes popular topics, authentic material and real life-contexts; all with links to the Spanish culture.
- Each unit and module is structured to allow gradual progression.
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Exam preparation units are included for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.
- Revision forms the final module.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contenidos | 3 | ||
| Módulo 1: ¡Desconéctate! Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest | 6 | ||
| Punto de partida | 6 | ||
| Discussing holidays activities and weather | 6 | ||
| Revising the present tense of regular verbs | 6 | ||
| Unidad 1: ¿Cómo prefieres pasar las vacaciones? | 8 | ||
| Talking about holiday preferences | 8 | ||
| Revising the present tense of irregular verbs | 8 | ||
| Using verbs of opinion to refer to different people | 8 | ||
| Unidad 2: ¿Adónde fuiste? | 10 | ||
| Talking about a past holiday | 10 | ||
| Using the preterite tense | 10 | ||
| Writing a longer text | 10 | ||
| Unidad 3: ¡Destino Barcelona! | 12 | ||
| Describing a trip to Barcelona | 12 | ||
| Using two past tenses | 12 | ||
| Giving opinions in the past | 12 | ||
| Unidad 4: Quisiera reservar | 14 | ||
| Booking accommodation and dealing with problems | 14 | ||
| Using verbs with usted | 14 | ||
| Understanding higher numbers | 14 | ||
| Unidad 5: Mis vacaciones desastrosas | 16 | ||
| Giving an account of a holiday in the past | 16 | ||
| Using three tenses together | 16 | ||
| Identifying positive and negative opinions | 16 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 18 | ||
| Prueba oral | 20 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 22 | ||
| Palabras | 24 | ||
| Módulo 2: Mi vida en el insti Theme 3: Current and future study and employment | 26 | ||
| Punto de partida 1 | 26 | ||
| Giving opinions about school subjects | 26 | ||
| Describing subjects and teachers | 26 | ||
| Punto de partida 2 | 28 | ||
| Describing school uniform and the school day | 28 | ||
| Using adjectives | 28 | ||
| Unidad 1: ¡Mi nuevo insti! | 30 | ||
| Describing your school | 30 | ||
| Using negatives | 30 | ||
| Distinguishing between the present and the imperfect | 30 | ||
| Unidad 2: ¡Está prohibido! | 32 | ||
| Talking about school rules and problems | 32 | ||
| Using phrases followed by the infinitive | 32 | ||
| Tackling harder listening exercises | 32 | ||
| Unidad 3: ¡Destino Zaragoza! | 34 | ||
| Talking about plans for a school exchange | 34 | ||
| Using the near future tense | 34 | ||
| Asking and answering questions | 34 | ||
| Unidad 4: Mis clubs y mis éxitos | 36 | ||
| Talking about activities and achievements | 36 | ||
| Understanding object pronouns | 36 | ||
| Using three tenses together | 36 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 38 | ||
| Prueba oral | 40 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 42 | ||
| Palabras | 44 | ||
| Módulo 3: Mi gente Theme 1: Identity and culture | 46 | ||
| Punto de partida 1 | 46 | ||
| Talking about socialising and family | 46 | ||
| Using verbs in the present tense | 46 | ||
| Punto de partida 2 | 48 | ||
| Describing people | 48 | ||
| Using adjectival agreement | 48 | ||
| Unidad 1: Mis aplicaciones favoritas | 50 | ||
| Talking about social networks | 50 | ||
| Using para with infinitives | 50 | ||
| Extending responses by referring to others | 50 | ||
| Unidad 2: ¿Qué estás haciendo? | 52 | ||
| Making arrangements | 52 | ||
| Using the present continuous | 52 | ||
| Improvising dialogues | 52 | ||
| Unidad 3: Leer es un placer | 54 | ||
| Talking about reading preferences | 54 | ||
| Using a range of connectives | 54 | ||
| Recognising similar ideas expressed differently | 54 | ||
| Unidad 4: Retratos y relaciones | 56 | ||
| Describing relationships | 56 | ||
| Using ser and estar | 56 | ||
| Understanding more detailed descriptions | 56 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 58 | ||
| Prueba oral | 60 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 62 | ||
| Palabras | 64 | ||
| Módulo 4: Intereses e influencias Theme 1: Identity and culture | 66 | ||
| Punto de partida 1 | 66 | ||
| Talking about free-time activities | 66 | ||
| Using stem-changing verbs | 66 | ||
| Punto de partida 2 | 68 | ||
| Talking about TV programmes and films | 68 | ||
| Using adjectives of nationality | 68 | ||
| Unidad 1: ¿Qué sueles hacer? | 70 | ||
| Talking about what you usually do | 70 | ||
| Using suelo + infinitive | 70 | ||
| Looking at context to identify missing words | 70 | ||
| Unidad 2: ¡Fanático del deporte! | 72 | ||
| Talking about sports | 72 | ||
| Using the imperfect tense to say what you used to do | 72 | ||
| Listening for different tenses | 72 | ||
| Unidad 3: | 74 | ||
| Talking about what’s trending | 74 | ||
| Using the perfect tense | 74 | ||
| Listening for clues | 74 | ||
| Unidad 4: En directo | 76 | ||
| Discussing different types of entertainment | 76 | ||
| Using algunos / otros / muchos / demasiados | 76 | ||
| Agreeing and disagreeing | 76 | ||
| Unidad 5: Modelos a seguir | 78 | ||
| Talking about who inspires you | 78 | ||
| Using the ‘he/she’ form of the perfect tense | 78 | ||
| Translating a text into English | 78 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 80 | ||
| Prueba oral | 82 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 84 | ||
| Palabras | 86 | ||
| Módulo 5: Ciudades Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest | 88 | ||
| Punto de partida 1 | 88 | ||
| Talking about the places in a town or city | 88 | ||
| Asking for and understanding directions | 88 | ||
| Punto de partida 2 | 90 | ||
| Talking about shops | 90 | ||
| Shopping for souvenirs | 90 | ||
| Unidad 1: ¿Cómo es tu zona? | 92 | ||
| Describing the features of a region | 92 | ||
| Using se puede and se pueden | 92 | ||
| Asking and responding to questions | 92 | ||
| Unidad 2: ¿Qué harás mañana? | 94 | ||
| Planning what to do | 94 | ||
| Using the future tense | 94 | ||
| Using exclamations | 94 | ||
| Unidad 3: De compras | 96 | ||
| Shopping for clothes and presents | 96 | ||
| Using demonstrative adjectives | 96 | ||
| Explaining preferences | 96 | ||
| Unidad 4: Los pros y los contras de la ciudad | 98 | ||
| Talking about problems in a town | 98 | ||
| Using tan and tanto | 98 | ||
| Using antonyms | 98 | ||
| Unidad 5: ¡Destino Arequipa! | 100 | ||
| Describing a visit in the past | 100 | ||
| Using different tenses together | 100 | ||
| Extending spoken answers | 100 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 102 | ||
| Prueba oral | 104 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 106 | ||
| Palabras | 108 | ||
| Módulo 6: De costumbre Theme 1: Identity and culture | 110 | ||
| Punto de partida 1 | 110 | ||
| Describing mealtimes | 110 | ||
| Talking about daily routine | 110 | ||
| Punto de partida 2 | 112 | ||
| Talking about illnesses and injuries | 112 | ||
| Asking for help at the pharmacy | 112 | ||
| Unidad 1: Dietas del mundo | 114 | ||
| Talking about typical foods | 114 | ||
| Using me gusta / me gustaría | 114 | ||
| Using quantity expressions | 114 | ||
| Unidad 2: ¡De fiesta! | 116 | ||
| Comparing different festivals | 116 | ||
| Using verbs in the ‘we’ and ‘they’ form | 116 | ||
| Working out the meaning of new words | 116 | ||
| Unidad 3: Un día especial | 118 | ||
| Describing a special day | 118 | ||
| Using reflexive verbs in the preterite | 118 | ||
| Inferring meaning in a literary text | 118 | ||
| Unidad 4: ¡A comer! | 120 | ||
| Ordering in a restaurant | 120 | ||
| Using estar to describe a temporary state | 120 | ||
| Understanding adjectives ending in -ísimo | 120 | ||
| Unidad 5: El festival de música | 122 | ||
| Talking about a music festival | 122 | ||
| Saying ‘before’ / ‘after’ (doing) | 122 | ||
| Using acabar de + infinitive | 122 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 124 | ||
| Prueba oral | 126 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 128 | ||
| Palabras | 130 | ||
| Módulo 7: ¡A currar! Theme 3: Current and future study and employment | 132 | ||
| Punto de partida | 132 | ||
| Talking about different jobs | 132 | ||
| Discussing job preferences | 132 | ||
| Unidad 1: ¿Qué haces para ganar dinero? | 134 | ||
| Talking about how you earn money | 134 | ||
| Using verbs followed by the inifinitive | 134 | ||
| Words with more than one meaning | 134 | ||
| Unidad 2: Mis prácticas laborales | 136 | ||
| Talking about work experience | 136 | ||
| Using the preterite and imperfect together | 136 | ||
| Extending your answers when speaking | 136 | ||
| Unidad 3: ¿Por qué aprender idiomas? | 138 | ||
| Talking about languages and travel | 138 | ||
| Using lo + adjective | 138 | ||
| Using the 24-hour clock | 138 | ||
| Unidad 4: Solicitando un trabajo | 140 | ||
| Applying for a summer job | 140 | ||
| Revising the perfect tense | 140 | ||
| Writing a formal letter | 140 | ||
| Unidad 5: El futuro | 142 | ||
| Discussing plans for the future | 142 | ||
| Using different ways to express future plans | 142 | ||
| Using ‘if’ clauses | 142 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 144 | ||
| Prueba oral | 146 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 148 | ||
| Palabras | 150 | ||
| Módulo 8: Hacia un mundo mejor Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest | 152 | ||
| Punto de partida 1 | 152 | ||
| Describing types of houses | 152 | ||
| Talking about the environment | 152 | ||
| Punto de partida 2 | 154 | ||
| Talking about healthy eating | 154 | ||
| Discussing diet-related problems | 154 | ||
| Unidad 1: ¡Piensa globalmente…! | 156 | ||
| Considering global issues | 156 | ||
| Using the superlative | 156 | ||
| Listening for high numbers | 156 | ||
| Unidad 2: ¡Actúa localmente! | 158 | ||
| Talking about local actions | 158 | ||
| Using se debería | 158 | ||
| Using synonyms | 158 | ||
| Unidad 3: ¡Vivir a tope! | 160 | ||
| Discussing healthy lifestyles | 160 | ||
| Understanding different tenses | 160 | ||
| Giving extended reasons | 160 | ||
| Unidad 4: ¡El deporte nos une! | 162 | ||
| Talking about international sporting events | 162 | ||
| Using verbs in the third person plural | 162 | ||
| Understanding equivalent expressions | 162 | ||
| Leer y escuchar | 164 | ||
| Prueba oral | 166 | ||
| Prueba escrita | 168 | ||
| Palabras | 170 | ||
| ¡A repasar! | 172 | ||
| Módulo 1: ¡Desconéctate! | 172 | ||
| Módulo 2: Mi vida en el insti | 174 | ||
| Módulo 3: Mi gente | 176 | ||
| Módulo 4: Intereses e influencias | 178 | ||
| Módulo 5: Ciudades | 180 | ||
| Módulo 6: De costumbre | 182 | ||
| Módulo 7: ¡A currar! | 184 | ||
| Módulo 8: Hacia un mundo mejor | 186 | ||
| General Conversation Questions | 188 | ||
| Te toca a ti | 190 | ||
| Gramática | 198 | ||
| Verb tables | 222 |