I've just completed a brand new resource called Reading aloud in Spanish, which I have designed to support all students, but especially those studying for GCSE, in reading aloud with accurate pronunciation.
Each page of the resource follows the same format:
- A QR code provides a model of the sound ('ll' in this case)
- In the Prepárate section, students can listen via a second QR code to the pronunciation of six sample words containing the focus sound.
- The final step - ¡Lee! - is the group of phrases and sentences, all containing the focus sound, the sounds from previous pages, and those sounds which are more or less the same in Spanish and in English (C (/k/), CH, F, L, M, N, P, S, T, X), for students to practise reading aloud.
- The sounds included are those which make Spanish significantly different to English - a, o, ll, ñ, e, i, u, ce/ci/z, d/-d, qu, b/v, ge/gi/j, r/rr. These are gradually built up, so that students are only ever reading aloud the focus sound, sounds from previous pages and the ten sounds which are more or less like English.