!Mola! is a 2-year course that fully prepares in years 10 and 11 for Key Stage 4. !Mola! has been specially written to fit the requirements of the GCSE exam specifications for teaching from 2009. Written by two highly experienced teachers and examiners !Mola! aims to give students the confidence, fluency and linguistic competence that is required for success at Key Stage 4. Features of !Mola! include: - coverage of all GCSE topics offered by the awarding bodies - task types that will prepare students thoroughly for the new examinations - a thorough approach to Spanish grammar, with clear explanations and extensive practice - comprehensive treatment of topic-related vocabulary, giving a secure base for the examination - carefully developed sequences of activities that exploit the topics fully - a balanced approach to the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing - integration of cultural topics on Spanish-speaking countries into listening and reading texts Mola! is supported by !Mola! Teacher Guide and audio CD (978 1844 897032) which provides free audio CDs with all the listening exercises included.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 4. KS4 covers school years 10 and 11, and ages 15-16 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Hodder Education .

Series editor: Mike Thacker is a former Director of the Language Centre Judith O'Hare has worked for over 20 years as a teacher, inspector and consultant in MFL. She is an experienced writer of educational texts in modern languages and of Jacqueline Lopez-Cascante is an experienced MFL teacher and an OU tutor on the Spanish Graduate Programme. She is a former subject reviser for IGCSE Spanish for an English examination board.

This book has the following chapters: Modulo 1 Asi soy yo Mi familia y yo Talking about myself and my family Revising the present tense of key verbs Preparing a presentation on this topic Adjectives 'Como es tu casa? Describing your home Describing your bedroom Using prepositions Household chores Pocket money Daily routine Reflexive verbs Mi barrio Talking about your local area Finding your way around town Discussing advantages and disadvantages ser, estar, hay Using the imperfect tense Modulo 2 Gente joven El tiempo libre Saying what you like to do in your free time. Arranging to go out. Using the past and present tenses 'Como te enteras Saying what types of media you prefer Giving opinions and reasons Using impersonal verbs and infinitives 'A quien admiras? Practise using ser and tener to describe people Practise talking about people you admire Practise extended writing Using adverbs and adjectives The superlative Modulo 3 El mundo del trabajo 'Que tal tu cole? Different school subjects Daily routine School uniform Verbs expressing necessity and obligation Pronouns Las practicas de trabajo Applying for a job Workplace activities The imperfect and preterite tenses Opinions El futuro Future plans Using the future and conditional tenses Using adverbs Modulo 4 El mundo es un panuelo El transporte Travelling around Comparing types of transport. Interrogatives Prepositions De vacaciones Holiday plans Use of ir a and the infinitive Hotels and accommodation Using a dictionary El tiempo Talking about the weather Comparing climates Different tenses and verbs to describe the weather Fiestas Modulo 5 Asi es mi vida Una vida sana Parts of the body Health, healthy eating and exercise Impersonal verbs Formal imperatives The infinitive De compras Shops and places of business Quantities sizes and shapes Eating out Ordinal numbers Disjunctive pronouns !Vivir a tope! Talking about youth issues Using the subjunctive mood