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Tarjetas de fiestas.

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Lesson 1 — Las celebraciones y los festivales

Festivals and celebrations — how, when and with whom you celebrate, and what traditions mean to you. On-spec vocabulary with audio, reading & listening comprehension, translation, plus full photo-card, role-play and writing practice in the AQA exam style.

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Lesson 2 — Las fiestas tradicionales españolas

Spain's famous festivals — Las Fallas, La Tomatina, San Fermín and Semana Santa. Reading, listening, translation, photo card, role-play and writing practice.

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Lesson 3 — La Navidad y el Año Nuevo

Christmas and New Year — Nochebuena, the Three Kings, the twelve grapes and resolutions. On-spec vocab with the full set of skills practice.

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Lesson 4 — Las fiestas familiares

Family celebrations — birthdays, saints' days, weddings and anniversaries. Reading, listening, translation, photo card, role-play and writing.

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Lesson 5 — La comida y las celebraciones

Festive food — typical dishes and sweets, who cooks, sharing a meal and the sobremesa. On-spec vocab with the full set of skills practice.

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Lesson 6 — Las fiestas del mundo hispano

Festivals across the Spanish-speaking world — the Day of the Dead, Carnival and traditions from Spain to Latin America. The full set of skills practice.

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✍️ Writing workshop · Lesson 7

Lesson 7 — Bringing it all together: festival writing

A guided workshop for the three AQA writing tasks (50, 90 & 150 words) on festivals — bullet checklists that tick as you write, tap-in sentence starters, a tense tracker, a live word counter and model answers.

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