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📱 Theme 3 · Topic 2

Media & technology.

Smartphones, social media, the internet, television, music streaming. The pros and cons of being always-online — and how to argue your case in Spanish. (Year 9 has a head start on this one.)

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Tarjetas de tecnología.

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PDF · 24 pages · Foundation & Higher

Revision & practice workbook

The complete printable booklet for this topic — knowledge organisers, sentence builders and AQA-style exam practice for all six subtopics, with a full answer key. Real scannable QR codes link each section to its live lesson page.

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One-page knowledge organiser

Media & technology — revision sheet

Everything for this topic on a single page: sentence builders, top vocab and grammar quick-fire for phones, social, TV & cinema, music, pros & cons and future tech. Tap the sheet to view it full size.

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AQA GCSE Spanish Media and technology knowledge organiser — a one-page revision sheet covering mobile phones, social networks, TV and cinema, music, pros and cons, and future technology.
Interactive presentation · 13 slides

The Mastery Blueprint — revision slides

A visual run-through of the whole topic — vocabulary, grammar mechanics and exam tactics. Flick through the slides and zoom in to read any of them, right here on the site.

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Media & technology · From phones to AI

Six bitesized lessons covering mobiles, social media, TV & film, music streaming, the pros & cons of being always-online, and the technology of the future. Each lesson has all eight steps (KS3 refresh → 20 new GCSE words → Foundation + Higher reading and listening with auto-marked quizzes → two-way translation → photo card → role-play → Foundation + Higher writing) plus a cultural-read article tying everything to real Spanish-speaking culture.

Bitesized lesson · all 8 steps

Lesson 1 — El móvil y yo

How we use our phones: apps, daily habits, frequency. Present tense + frequency adverbs + opinion-and-reason. Cultural anchor: Spain's WhatsApp culture.

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Bitesized lesson · all 8 steps

Lesson 2 — Las redes sociales

TikTok, Instagram, BeReal, influencers. Present + me gusta(n) + comparatives. Cultural anchor: Ibai, El Rubius, Lola Lolita.

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Bitesized lesson · all 8 steps

Lesson 3 — La televisión y el cine

Streaming, Netflix, cinema. Present + soler + infinitive + opinions. Cultural anchor: Almodóvar, La Casa de Papel, Élite.

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Bitesized lesson · all 8 steps

Lesson 4 — La música y el streaming

Spotify, concerts, Spanish-language music. Present + relative clauses + intensifiers. Cultural anchor: Bad Bunny, Rosalía, C. Tangana.

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Bitesized lesson · all 8 steps

Lesson 5 — Ventajas y desventajas

The balanced-argument lesson. Impersonal se + connectives + present subjunctive of opinion (H). Cultural anchor: Spain's Ley de Protección al Menor.

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Bitesized lesson · all 8 steps

Lesson 6 — La tecnología del futuro

AI, VR, self-driving cars, remote work. Future + conditional + si + imperfect subjunctive (H). Cultural anchor: AI in Spanish schools.

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⭐ Game · Tetris de frases

Tetris — Medios y tecnología.

Drag falling words into the right slot to build full sentences from this topic. Easy mode for solo practice, Difícil mode with lives for a class challenge. Pick one lesson or play with everything mixed.
⭐ Game · Endless runner

Calle Mayor — Medios y tecnología.

Run down the Spanish street. Read the English word at the top, then dodge into the lane with the correct Spanish translation. Vocabulary drawn from this topic's six lessons. Pick one lesson or play with everything mixed.
⭐ Game · Mountain climber

Summit Sentences — Medios y tecnología.

Climb the mountain by building Spanish sentences chunk by chunk. Each wrong tile loses oxygen — pick carefully. GCSE sentences pulled from this topic's six lessons, with grammar tips on every distractor.
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