10K+ students - 4.8/5

Self study Conversation classes Personalized learning path

A2.21 (Spanish lesson): Through the decades

A través de las décadas

A2.21 (Spanish lesson): Through the decades

Learning goals:

  • Situation: Explora los estilos de vida a través de las décadas (Explore the lifestyles through the decades)
  • Verb: Ser (to be) - Pretérito indefinido, indicativo (Simple past, indicative)
  • Verb: Ver (to see) - Pretérito indefinido, indicativo (Simple past, indicative)
  • Verb: Ir (to go) - Pretérito indefinido, indicativo (Simple past, indicative)
  • Grammar: Expresiones temporales con el pretérito imperfecto y con el pretérito indefinido (Temporal expressions with the imperfect past and the preterite past)
  • Culture: Los años 70s, 80s, 90s => cambios en la sociedad/moda/estilo de vida (The 70s, 80s, 90s => changes in society/fashion/lifestyle)

Learning module 3 (A2): El buen pasado (The good old past)

Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

Core vocabulary (12)

 Divertirse (to enjoy oneself) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Yo me divierto caminando por el bosque.

(I enjoy walking through the woods.)

Divertirse

(To enjoy oneself)

 La década: The decade (Spanish)

Durante las décadas anteriores, la gente se divertía de maneras distintas.

(During previous decades, people had fun in different ways.)

La década

(The decade)

 El periodo: The period (Spanish)

A menudo, los periodos anteriores fueron muy diferentes.

(Often, the previous periods were very different.)

El periodo

(The period)

 El siglo: The century (Spanish)

A lo largo de los siglos, la moda ha cambiado a menudo.

(Throughout the centuries, fashion has often changed.)

El siglo

(The century)

 En los años: In the years (Spanish)

Me encantaba ir de fiesta en los años ochenta.

(I loved partying in the eighties.)

En los años

(In the years)

 La moda: The fashion (Spanish)

En diferentes décadas, las modas han cambiado a menudo.

(In different decades, fashions have often changed.)

La moda

(The fashion)

 La gente: The people (Spanish)

La gente se divertía mucho en los eventos de la década pasada.

(People had a lot of fun at events in the past decade.)

La gente

(The people)

 La época: The era (Spanish)

A menudo, las épocas históricas anteriores fueron muy diferentes de la nuestra.

(Often, previous historical periods were very different from our own.)

La época

(The era)

 Diferente: Different (Spanish)

La música era muy diferente en los años 80.

(Music was very different in the 1980s.)

Diferente

(Different)

 A menudo: Often (Spanish)

En los años ochenta, la gente se vestía diferente y a menudo veíamos modas muy coloridas.

(In the eighties, people dressed differently and often we saw very colourful fashions.)

A menudo

(Often)

 Muchas veces: Often (Spanish)

Muchas veces, la moda en la década de los 80 era muy diferente a la actual.

(Often, fashion in the 1980s was very different from what it is now.)

Muchas veces

(Often)

 Anteriormente: Previously (Spanish)

Anteriormente, la gente se divertía diferente en las décadas pasadas, a menudo organizaban grandes eventos.

(Previously, people enjoyed themselves differently in past decades, often organising large events.)

Anteriormente

(Previously)

Word list (15)

Core vocabulary (12): Verbs: 1, Adjectives: 1, Adverbs: 2, Interjection: 1, Nouns: 6, Sentences / word combination: 1
Context vocabulary: 3

Spanish English
A menudo Often
Anteriormente Previously
Diferente Different
Divertirse To enjoy oneself
Décadas Decades
El periodo The period
El siglo The century
En los años In the years
La década The decade
La gente The people
La moda The fashion
La época The era
Muchas veces Many times
Se divertía Was having a lot of fun
Te divertiste Did you have fun