A. Listen to Karina talking about her holiday and answer the following questions:

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1 A. Listen to Karina talking about her holiday and answer the following questions: 1. Who did Karina go on holiday with? 2. Where did she go? 3. When did she go? 4. How long did she stay there? 5. What did she like most? Why? 6. What date does she mention and why is it important to her? 7. What did she like least? Why? 8. What did she think of Cuba overall? 9. Why did she decide to go on this trip? 10. Who would like to return there again? Page 1 of 6

2 B. Research task: Mexican Independence Day The Mexican Tourist Board has commissioned you as a copywriter to produce a leaflet about Mexican Independence Day which will attract English tourists to the country. You will need to research this national day and then produce an attractive leaflet which explains the event clearly. It must be written in your own words (copyright restrictions on publications do not allow you to copy and paste from the internet)! Answering the research questions below will help you to write clearly for your target audience. Tick off each question as you include it in your leaflet, adding relevant images. Research questions Tick here When is Mexico s Independence Day celebrated (the events run over two days)? How did Mexico first gain independence and from whom? How long did this struggle take? Who was Father Hidalgo and what was his role in winning independence? What sort of events take place to mark the occasion on each of the days? What are the slogans or Grito de Delores and what is their origin? What do the colours of the Mexican flag represent? What makes this event interesting for visiting tourists? Is there anything else you would want to know if you were going to visit? Page 2 of 6

3 C. Verb grids Conjugate the `I and `we form of the regular verbs in the first table below. Some of them are already completed for you, so just follow the pattern! Visitar Yo visito visitamos Yo visitaría visitaríamos Pasar Yo pasaba pasábamos Yo pasaré pasaremos Gustar A mí me gusto A nosotros nos gustó Now complete the table below with the I and we forms of each irregular verb. Ir Tener Ser Saber Page 3 of 6

4 Teaching notes Starter Launch the interactive Matching starter by going to and entering the resource number into the quick search box. Then click on the yellow star icon and select the first activity. This will introduce key vocabulary for the listening task which could be left onscreen to support lower-ability groups whilst listening. Task A: Listening comprehension Answers: 1. Who did Karina go on holiday with? Her cousins. 2. Where did she go? Cuba. 3. When did she go? A year ago. 4. How long did she stay there? Five days. 5. What did she like most? Why? Varadero / the beach, because she thinks it is the most beautiful beach she s ever seen. 6. What date does she mention and why is it important to her? 15 th September Mexico s Independence Day (NB: 15 th September is in fact the eve of Mexico s Independence Day but is also celebrated). Karina is from Mexico. 7. What did she like least? Why? Havana s Capitolio (the National Capitol Building), because it was closed. 8. What did she think of Cuba as a whole? Interesting and cultural with beautiful beaches. 9. Why did she decide to go on this trip? To celebrate her 18 th birthday. 10. Who would like to return there again? Karina and all her cousins! Task B: Research task Students will need access to the internet in order to research Mexico s Independence Day and this could make a good homework task. A useful website to check student work is: Page 4 of 6

5 Task C: Verb grids Answers: Visitar Yo visito Yo visitaba Yo visité Yo visitaré Yo visitaría visitamos visitábamos visitamos visitaremos visitaríamos Pasar Yo paso Yo pasaba Yo pasé Yo pasaré Yo pasaría pasamos pasábamos pasamos pasaremos pasaríamos Gustar Me gusta Nos gusta Me gustaba Nos gustaba A mí me gustó A nosotros nos gustó Me gustará Nos gustará Me gustaría Nos gustaría Ir Yo voy Yo iba Yo fui Yo iré Yo iría fuimos ibamos fuimos iremos iríamos Tener Yo tengo Yo tenía Yo tuve Yo tendré Yo tendría tenemos teníamos tuvimos tendremos tendríamos Saber Yo sé Yo sabía Yo supe Yo sabré Yo sabría sabemos supimos supimos sabremos sabríamos Page 5 of 6

6 Mini-plenary Having completed the listening activity you could use the interactive Choptalk activity as a mini-plenary. Launch this in the same way as the starter interactive above. This Choptalk task is an extract from the start of the listening transcript which students can drag into the correct order. If additional support is needed with this, the relevant section of the audio recording could be played again at this point. Choptalk answer: Me llamo Karina, tengo diecinueve años y les voy a platicar un poco de unas vacaciones que tuve con mis primos. Hace un año fuimos a Cuba y pasamos allí cinco días. Fuimos a Varadero y La Habana pero la parte que más me gustó de Cuba fue Varadero, que es básicamente la playa más bonita que yo he visitado. Transcript Me llamo Karina, tengo diecinueve años y les voy a platicar un poco de unas vacaciones que tuve con mis primos. Hace un año fuimos a Cuba y pasamos allí cinco días. Fuimos a Varadero y La Habana pero la parte que más me gustó de Cuba fue Varadero, que es básicamente la playa más bonita que yo he visitado, creo, y pasamos el 15 de septiembre allí, que es una fecha importante para México, donde vivo, porque es el día de la independencia de México. En La Habana visitamos el Capitolio, pero fue algo feo para mí porque estaba cerrado y no pudimos entrar. La verdad, me gustaría volver a ir a Cuba porque se me hizo un país muy interesante. Creo que tiene mucha cultura y las playas están hermosas. La verdad, cuando fuimos para allá, bueno, yo decidí ir para allá porque fue como mi regalo de cumpleaños, de 18 años, y mis primos me preguntaban que por qué allá y yo no sabía por qué decirles, pero cuando estábamos allá descubrí por qué. No sé, está como que todo es hermoso y lo disfrutamos mucho y todos queremos ir otra vez allá Page 6 of 6