A1.11.4 Spanish culture: Feeling the Seasons Through Music

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• Landscape

We discover the four seasons of the year through Spanish artists and their songs that make us travel and feel the changes of the seasons.

A1 Spanish Music and Film Spain

Level: A1

Module 2: De horas a estaciones (From hours to seasons)

Lesson 11: Estaciones, meses y partes del año. (Seasons, months and parts of the year)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Teacher instructions

• 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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There are Spanish songs about the seasons of the year. Amaral sings "Días de verano" about the hot months in summer. José Luis Perales sings "Canción de Otoño" about autumn. It is a cool season, with shorter days. Estopa celebrates spring with their song "La Primavera". This season has many sunny and rainy days. Mecano sings about the cold months of winter in "El Invierno".