Colaboran Spanish

Colaboran Spanish is a service provided by ATHENA offering tuition and coaching in Spanish. The services provided include tuition of Spanish following a created scheme of work, on-line resources and tuition via video conferencing as well as some sessions in person. We also offer INSET training sessions for teachers wishing to teach Spanish in the school as well as advice on language teaching methodology. We have a long experience of delivering using video conferencing in a range of subjects and with a range of partners all over the world. Drop us a line if you are interested at ATHENA@seaz.bham.org.uk or visit our website for further details on http://www.athena.bham.org.uk/

Gaudi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD

Barcelona was born in Reus and spnt many years in Barcelona building La Casa Batllo, La Casa Mila i la Sagrada Familia. The queues to get in to visit are very long but they are well worth a visit inside. The one in this picture ihas a most intricate structure. If you visit make sure to listen to the free taped explanation. Casahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3

My home town Barcelona, a magnificent city with medieval quarters and a well designed city centre well worth seeing. Some fantastic original arquitecture from Gaudi which is extremely worth seeing. An excellent night life, art galleries, sea side, mountains and nice people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona

King's Night Epiphany

In Spain we celebrate the day when the 3 wise men went to visit Jesus with a big parade on 5th January followed by presents delivered to the children overnight. King's Day (6th January) is a magic day for children of all ages.

Canary Islands

Spain has two sets of islands. The Canary Islands are opposite.

Provinces:Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Extension: 7.500 Km2

Inhabitants: 930.015

http://www.red2000.com/spain/canarias/

La Rioja San Mateo's meal

A typical cake to celebrate the festivity of San Mateo in La Rioja. A week to celebrate wine making.

La Rioja San Mateo

La Rioja celebrates San Mateo in Septembre. It is a week full of activities to celebrate grape collection and wine making. Well worth a trip!

This is a clip of how the grapes are tread on. It is in Spanish.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DHbOria4-uk

Vino de la Rioja

Good wine from Spain. Spain has many vineyars that allow visits. I strongly recommend visiting one when you are in Spain. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/spain/0242020874.html

La Rioja

Typical souvenirs from La Rioja.

This picture shows some of the food that is eaten in Spain.

Inter-cultural understanding

A very important part of the Framework for Languages is inter-cultural understanding. It is important that pupils get to know some facts and figures about the geography, culture, way of doing things, current news and affairs of Spain and Latin America. A map of Spain and the world always helps and making reference to it on a regular basis. Also having quizzes or games about general knowledge always works well. Questions can be tailored made for each group according to their knowledge but here are a few to get you started.

What is the capital of Spain?
Name a famous Spanish sports man or sports woman
Name a famous Spanish dance
Name a few cities in Spain
How many people live in Spain?
How many people speak Spanish to some degree in the world?