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A2.7 (Spanish lesson): Holiday disaster?

¿Desastre en las vacaciones?

A2.7 (Spanish lesson): Holiday disaster?

Learning goals:

  • Situation: Hablando de los problemas que surgen durante tus vacaciones (Talking about problems arising during your holidays)
  • Situation: Eventos desafortunados durante las vacaciones (Unfortunate events during of holidays)
  • Verb: Ser (to be) - Imperativo negativo, imperativo (Negative imperative, imperative)
  • Verb: Perderse (to get lost) - Imperativo negativo, imperativo (Negative imperative, imperative)
  • Grammar: El imperativo negativo: los verbos irregulares (The negative imperative: irregular verbs)
  • Culture: El turismo en masa (Mass tourism)

Learning module 1 (A2): Viajar: ¡A lo desconocido! (Travelling: into the wild!)

Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

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Curriculum A2.7: ¿Desastre en las vacaciones?

Interactive exercises

Audio with translations

Presentations and student worksheets

Subtitled videos (self-study).

(Conversation) exercises

1. Vocabulary

Study the vocabulary and verbs before doing the listening exercises.

Vocabulary

34 words
Free
Verbs

Ser (To be) - Imperativo negativo, imperativo. Perderse (To get lost) - Imperativo negativo, imperativo

2. Listening materials

Our listening exercises implement the vocabulary and grammar of this lesson.

A2.7.1 Spanish dialogue: Lost on vacation

A simple dialogue between Ana and Pedro about problems on vacation.

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

A2.7.2 Spanish grammar: The negative imperative: irregular verbs

The negative imperative is used to give orders or instructions not to perform an action. With irregular verbs, it is important to know how they change in the conjugation.

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

A2.7.3 Spanish short story: A holiday disaster

A short story about a tourist who gets lost during his holiday.

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

A2.7.4 Spanish culture: Mass tourism

Mass tourism: the cases of Mallorca and Benidorm.

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

3. Exercises

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Writing exercises

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Conversation exercise

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4. Lesson preparation and recap exercises

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Recap exercises

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Known vocabulary

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Previously studied grammar

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