KS4 · Spanish · Year 10
Dos idiomas, dos culturas: develop reading, practise transcription
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Your learning goal
I can interpret past, present and future time frames in reading comprehension questions about 'los Nuyoricans'.
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I can interpret past, present and future time frames in reading comprehension questions about 'los Nuyoricans'.
Key learning points
- You can use adverbs of time and verb tenses to interpret time frames in reading comprehension tasks.
- In Spanish, the strong vowels are [a], [e] and [o]. These are always fully pronounced and don't glide into other sounds.
- The stress in Spanish words ending in a vowel, 'n' or 's' falls on the penultimate syllable.
- The stress in Spanish words ending in a consonant, excluding 'n' and 's', falls on the final syllable.
- Words that break the rules of stress in Spanish pronunciation indicate where the stress should fall with an accent.
Words to know
- strong vowel
- vowels that are always fully pronounced and don't glide into other sounds; the strong vowels are [a], [e] and [o]
- stress
- pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Common mistakes
In Spanish, 'mañana' always means 'morning'.
In Spanish 'mañana' has two meanings. It can mean 'morning' or 'tomorrow'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Learning Cycle 3 contains Higher Tier content. When demonstrating the pronunciation of strong vowels, it is a good idea to emphasise the open mouth position required.