El Blog de Español de Aquinas

La nueva película de Tintin

Ayer fui al cine con mi amiga a ver la nueva película de Spielberg que trata de las aventuras de Tintin, el joven periodista creado por Hergé.  Tintin y su amigo de toda la vida, Milou (Snowy) y el Capitán Haddock van en búsqueda del tesoro del barco Unicornio.  Los efectos especiales son fantásticos y me gustó mucho ver la película en 3D.  

Fab Site for learning Spanish

My day was made today when one of our pupils shared this link with me.  It looks great and the Spanish songs are brilliant as they are done in karaoke style.  Click here.  Muchas gracias R. !

A fantastic site for listening

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin has a fantastic site with lots of resources which include videos in Spanish with transcripts and grammar explanations.  A great resource for all levels.

 

La vuelta al cole

Bienvenidos al departamento y al año nuevo.  Aquí hay mi primer intento a crear un código QR para el nuevo curso.  

Reading with Lingro

Lingro is an excellent site which helps you to translate vocabulary on the site you are using for reading practice.  This is an excellent resource to develop your vocabulary and improve Reading skills.

Practice your Speaking skills

Here is a link to a site which allows to you type your text into the box and select a Spanish voice to say it.  A good way to practice your speaking at home in preparation for your exam.

Acapela

 

Food vocabulary

 

 Here is a colourful way to help learn your food vocabulary.

 

¡ Qué aproveche!

Year 10 - listening revision

 Here is a podcast from MFL Sunderland on the topic of film.  

Podcasts to improve your listening skills

September is the perfect month to start good habits such as listening to Spanish every day, from a short news video to your favourite song.  The more you expose yourself to the language, the more trained your ear will become and also you will broaden your vocabulary, particularly where there is a transcript available with the audio.  If there is no transcript.....how about trying your own!!  Transcribing what you hear is challenging, but it pays off dividends in the end.  

 

Here are a few free podcasts which would be well worth downloading to your ipod.  You can then listen to them in your own time.  Search iTunes to download.

 

Así Se Hace

Coffee Break Spanish

News in Slow Spanish

News Time Spanish

¡Suerte!

Year 10 - El Cine

This month you are going to learn about going to the cinema and how to speak about films and give your opinions about them.  As part of European Day of Languages, you will get to see El Laberinto del Fauno. Before you watch it, you will do some research into the story behind the film.

¿Qué pasó en España entre 1936 y 1939?

¿Cómo se llamaba el dictador español?

¿Qué tipo de persona era este hombre?

¿En qué año murió?

The history of Spain is a fascinating one, so you will research what exactly happened in the country in the last century.  You will begin to understand that Spanish society has changed enormously since this period in its history.

We hope you enjoy the film!