The resources below are for the presentation + practice of the present progressive in Spanish. Following the presentation of the grammar and some time spent on spelling changes and reflexive verbs in the present progressive the focus is on practice. The video of Shakira and Piqué (now a long-standing couple + expecting their first child) is there as a cultural element. I ask the students to imagine that they are the paparazzi shouting out what is happening at each particular moment in the frenzy of getting pictures. I pause the video at various points to ask what is happening. On a technical point, you may prefer to embed the video yourself in the PowerPoint. The videos are below. The PowerPoint then goes on to present some verbs which will be needed to gain some understanding of the lyrics of the Shakira song “Estoy Aquí” which is then used for further practice of the present continous. Everything is rounded off with students having to describe what is happening in a scene on a beach. I have included another scene in the PowerPoint although this would require some presentation of the verbs needed to describe the picture in depth.

POWERPOINT: http://www.slideshare.net/njones40/present-progressive-in-spanish-14722620 ESTOY AQUI WORKSHEETS: Estoy aquí   Estoy aqui TRANSCRIPT

Trying to predict what happens next in a video can be a fun and creative way to get students to practise the future tense. Before getting to that stage clearly there’s a lot of work to be done in teaching the future tense(s). Below is a PowerPoint to support this. The creative outcome stage is where you show one of the “Simon’s Cat” videos from YouTube. You only show it up to the point where the cat appears above the bed, which is quite early on in the video. You pause at this point + ask the class, with the aid of dictionaries or support, to write out what will happen next. Once you gather in suggestions you can then continue with the clip and tick off those that were correct. [As usual the video is embedded into the PowerPoint, but you will need to be connected to the internet for this to work].

POWERPOINT: mis-planes-para-el-futuro   WORKSHEET: IMMEDIATE FUTURE use of the verb IR worksheet  El futuro WORKSHEET

The resources below are ones which I have used to teach the imperfect subjunctive + the conditional tense. As the song “Si yo fuera un chico” can be easily translated by many students it is a good way of quickly teaching this structure. The presentation, as you can see, goes on to look at “chuletas” + whether you would ever copy in an exam. The listening exercise on “chuletas” comes from the amazing Notes in Spanish website although I have only used the last part of this particular podcast – http://www.notesinspanish.com/2007/09/28/advanced-spanish-podcast-80-el-sistema-educativo/ . I used to use this site a lot especially at the advanced level although I am no longer sure whether they are updating it.

In the PowerPoint the only embedded video is that of Carme Chacón revealing the “chuleta” on her hand – hardly essential, but it’s there in case you want to show it. As ever, the videos are from YouTube + you have to be connected to the internet for them to work.

The Beyoncé video has to be watched on the YouTube site itself due to copywrite laws. You click on the link on the relevant slide.

POWERPOINT: the imperfect subjunctive + conditional CHULETAS  WORKSHEETS: Si yo fuera un chico BLANKS  Si yo fuera un chico   The Imperfect Subjunctive   SUBJUNCK si COMPLETE THE SENTENCES   SUBJUNCL intro to the imperfect subj   the conditional tense   A2 listening practice las chuletas   Aquí copia hasta el apuntador

Over the years of trying to contextualise the teaching of the subjunctive, I developed a few resources liked to songs from the soundtracks of different Almodóvar films. This obviously provides an opportunity to listen to some music but also to take the opportunity to present who Almodóvar is.

The song “Piensa en mí” which is used in the film “Tacones Lejanos” uses the subjuctive after “cuando”. “Sufre Como Yo” uses it after “querer” (when wanting another person to do something). As well as the exercises relating to the songs, I have attached my grammar explanation sheets. My PowerPoint for introducing Almodóvar is also attached + I go on to use other resources which I may post at a future date.

POWERPOINT Piensa en mi LETRA   WORKSHEET   SUBJUNC3 introduction + CUANDO   POWERPOINT   INTRODUCCION a Pedro Almodóvar    WORKSHEET   Sufre como yo Albert Plá    WORKSHEET   SUBJUNC4 wanting and requesting    WORKSHEET   SUBJUNC7 prose trans sentences QUERER

The songs “Sufre Como Yo” (Albert Plá) + “Piensa En Mí” (Luz Casal) can be downloaded from iTunes.

This is not exactly brilliant and there are errors in the presentation, but sometimes when teaching certain groups I find I have to simplify things to a point where perhaps it is not strictly correct Spanish. You will see what I mean in the presentation in some of the usage of the preterite tense. The point of the lesson was to get a borderline grade C GCSE group to cope with that question that always appears in the reading paper where they have to decide whether the person is making reference to the past, present or the future. I have not taught the full verb paradigm to them as frankly they do not need it and also they would not cope. So, I present a very simplified version of how to make those tenses. Any purists out there please forgive me! I have added in reference to two Spanish footballers – Raúl González and Fernando Torres. On the slides referring to these two palyers the students have to anticipate which verbs make most sense (present/past/future). Those with football knowledge will have an advantage, but that doesn’t matter. Even without it you can make an intelligent guess. It all finishes off with a reading comprehension for which I have produced a Foundation and a Higher version.

POWERPOINT   el año próximo   WORKSHEET   Fernando Torres FOUNDATION VERSION    WORKSHEET    Fernando Torres HIGHER

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JRaUnTSKSo