A2.4.4 Spanish culture: Barajas Airport: Gateway to Madrid

• A4
• Landscape

Discover Barajas Airport in Madrid. An important place to travel and get to know the capital of Spain.

A2 Spanish Geography Spain

Level: A2

Module 1: Viajar: ¡A lo desconocido! (Travelling: into the wild!)

Lesson 4: En el aeropuerto y en el aire (At the airport and on air)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

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• Listen to the text or read out loud.
• The introduced extra vocabulary serves as language immersion and is not part of the core curriculum.
• Discuss the exercises and apply the new vocabulary in a conversation.
• Discuss and compare the culture topic with the own country.

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The airport of Barajas is in Madrid. It is very big and modern. From here, many people travel all over the world. Barajas has four terminals. The T4 is the newest and the largest. In the airport, you can check-in your suitcase and present your passport. There are many shops and restaurants to eat. Every day, many planes arrive and depart. There are also buses and trains to go to the centre of Madrid. Barajas is a gate of Madrid to discover Spain!