Subjects / Junior Cycle / Spanish
Mapped to: Junior Cycle Modern Foreign Languages – Spanish (revised specification published May 2025 for students starting first year in 2026; the 2017 specification is being phased out with the 2025–2028 cohort) · official specification (NCCA). Topic names are StudyRoom's own summaries.
Communicative competence
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Yo y mi familia (Me and my family)Introduce yourself and describe the people in your family.CL 15 q
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Mi casa y mi barrio (Home and local area)Describe your home, its rooms and what there is in your area.CL 15 q
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El colegio (School)Talk about subjects, teachers, timetables and school life.CL 15 q
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El tiempo libre (Hobbies and sport)Say what you do in your free time, including sports and music.CL 15 q
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La comida y las compras (Food and shopping)Name foods, order in a café and buy things in a shop.CL 15 q
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Las vacaciones y el tiempo (Holidays and weather)Talk about holidays, transport and the weather.CL 15 q
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La rutina diaria (Daily routine)Describe your day using reflexive verbs and times.CL 15 q
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Comprensión lectora (Reading comprehension)Understand short emails, blogs and notices written in Spanish.CL 16 q
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Expresión escrita (Writing)Write notes, postcards, emails and short blog posts in Spanish.CL 15 q
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Expresión oral (Speaking)Prepare for spoken interaction and short presentations, such as the oral communication CBA.CL 15 q
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La salud y el cuerpo (Health and the body)Name parts of the body, say what hurts and talk about healthy habits.CL 15 q
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La ropa y la moda (Clothes and fashion)Describe clothes, colours and sizes and buy clothes in a shop.CL 15 q
Language awareness
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Artículos y género (Articles and gender)Use el, la, los, las, un, una and form plurals correctly.CL 15 q
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Los adjetivos (Adjective agreement)Make adjectives agree in gender and number and put them in the right place.CL 16 q
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El presente: verbos regulares (Present tense – regular)Conjugate regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the present tense.CL 15 q
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El presente: verbos irregulares (Present tense – irregular and stem-changing)Use common irregular and stem-changing verbs such as tener, hacer, salir and volver.CL 16 q
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Ser y estar (Two verbs 'to be')Choose between ser and estar for identity, location and states.CL 15 q
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Gustar y encantar (Saying what you like)Use me gusta / me gustan and similar verbs correctly.CL 15 q
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Preguntas y negación (Questions and negatives)Ask questions with question words and make sentences negative.CL 15 q
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Números, fechas y la hora (Numbers, dates and time)Use numbers, dates and clock times in Spanish.CL 15 q
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El pasado y el futuro próximo (Past tense and 'going to')Talk about what you did using the preterite and what you are going to do with ir a + infinitive.CL 17 q
Socio-cultural knowledge and intercultural awareness
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El mundo hispanohablante (The Spanish-speaking world)Learn about the countries, capitals and daily life of the Spanish-speaking world.CL 15 q
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Fiestas y tradiciones (Festivals and traditions)Discover festivals and customs from Spain and Latin America.CL 15 q