Spanish - Year 12

El mundo laboral: Unit 2

• The current situation of Young people in Spain

• Job opportunities for young within the different sectors of the Spanish economy

• The positive and negative aspects of jobs in Spain, especially gender (in)equality

Los medios de comunicación: Unit 5

• The impact of TV in general, including soap operas.

• The present and future situation of the Spanish press and its impact in the digital age

• The impact of social networks on the life on Spanish

Grammar:

Comparatives and superlatives./Definite and indefinite articles

Adverbs/Demonstratives

The future and conditional tenses

The passive voice/ Prepositions/Negatives/Conjunctions/The-present subjunctive after: Verbs of influence. Expressions of possibility / probability. The perfect and pluperfect tenses/Subject pronouns/To use infinitives/To use the gerund

Film: Volver

Analysis: Pedro Almodovar (filmografia, evolucion)

El papel de las costumbres y las tradiciones: Unit 6

• Aspects of customs relating to food

• Some not-religious festivals that are celebrated in Spain and in Latin America

• Aspects of Latin American gastronomy and one traditional fiesta in Latin America

• Some religious fiestas in Spain

Grammar:

Constructions with verbs:

Verbs followed by a preposition

Verbs followed by the gerund

Verbs followed directly by an infinitive

The present subjunctive after:

Verbs/expressions of emotion.

conjunctions of time

Imperfect v preterite

Time expressions

por and para

Direct and Indirect pronouns

Film: Volver

Analysis: Pedro Almodovar (filmografia, evolucion)

El impacto turístico en España: Unit 3

• The changes of tourism: paying special attention at the last 50 years.

• Relationship between tourism and environment

• The economic benefits of tourism in Spain

Literary text: La casa de los espíritus

Chapters 1-4

•Acerca de la autora

•Contexto de la obra

•Historia de Chile

•Expresiones idiomáticas

•Recursos estilísticos

•Como explorar los efectos del lenguaje literario

Grammar:

Commands

Conditional

The passive

El impacto positivo de la inmigración en la sociedad española: Unit 7

• Immigration in Spain, from its origins to the present day

• The needs of the job market in Spain and the importance of immigration

• The Moorish influence on Spain particularly on its cuisine and the arts

Literary text: La casa de los espíritus:

Chapters 5 to 8

Grammar:

Ser y estar

Direct and indirect pronouns

The passive voice, including passive se

Los desafíos de la inmigración y de la integración en España: Unit 8

• The impact of immigration on schools in local communities

• The housing conditions of immigrants in Spain

• The marginalization and alienation that immigrants suffer

Literary text: La casa de los espíritus:

Chapters 9 to 13

Research project introduction

Los cambios de la estructura familiar: Unit 1

• The different types of family that exist in modern Spain today

• The different attitudes to marriage that exist in Spain today

• The different situations that may threaten family environments

La musica: Unit 4

• The influence of singers and musicians and changes in music styles

• Some aspects of Spanish guitar music

• The impact of the tango on popular culture

• Some Spanish and Latin American dances and their impact on popular music

Grammar:

Nouns, genders and plurals

Definite and indefinite articles

Adjectives: agreement and apocopation;

Lo + adjective

The present tense of regular and irregular verbs

Use of ser and estar

The present continuous tense

The preterite and imperfect tenses

Future and near future

Stem-changing verbs

Reflexive verbs.