The title of the post may well be misleading as the main thrust of the resources here is to teach about festivals. As most of the students I teach are muslim, I have included references to the influence of the Moors on Spain and the development of its language. In building up the language needed to talk about a festival celebtrated at home e.g. Eid I have also pointed out other festivals such as the Day of the Dead, Nochevieja and others. In an earlier post I have developed Spanish festivals at a higher level. As regards the title of the post, in building up to presenting the language needed to talk about Eid and other festivals I have pointed out some of the words in Spanish that come from Arabic.
VIDEOS: As usual you may need to download the videos from below or embed them within the PowerPoint. I have added subtitles to most of the Day of the Dead video to aid comprehension + the call to prayer video which I recorded on my phone in Córdoba is just for cultural background as is the Nochevieja countdown with the disappearing grapes!
POWERPOINT: una fiesta en casa WORKSHEET: Las Fiestas wordsearch Las fiestas Cuál es la fiesta más popular en España
Spanish Teaching Resources and Ideas 