Subjects / Leaving Certificate / Spanish
Mapped to: Leaving Certificate Spanish (current syllabus; senior cycle MFL redevelopment is at consultation stage, prescribed text lists updated 2024) · official specification (NCCA). Topic names are StudyRoom's own summaries.
Temas (Themes and vocabulary)
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La familia y las relaciones (Family and relationships)Describe family members, personalities and how you get on with people.HLOL 15 q
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La educación y el futuro (Education and future plans)Discuss school, exam pressure and your plans after the Leaving Cert.HLOL 15 q
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El trabajo (Work and jobs)Talk about jobs, part-time work and career ambitions.HLOL 15 q
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El medio ambiente (The environment)Discuss pollution, climate change and what we can do to protect the planet.HLOL 16 q
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La tecnología (Technology and social media)Weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of phones, the internet and social media.HLOL 15 q
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La salud y el estilo de vida (Health and lifestyle)Talk about illness, healthy habits, diet and exercise.HLOL 15 q
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Los jóvenes y la sociedad (Young people and social issues)Discuss issues such as housing, unemployment, emigration, bullying and racism.HLOL 15 q
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Los viajes y el turismo (Travel and tourism)Book accommodation and transport and talk about holidays.HLOL 15 q
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El ocio y la cultura (Leisure, sport and culture)Talk about hobbies, sport, music and film in detail.HLOL 15 q
Gramática (Grammar)
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El presente: irregulares y cambios de raíz (Present tense – irregular and stem-changing)Master stem-changing and irregular present-tense verbs.HLOL 15 q
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Ser y estarChoose correctly between ser and estar, including trickier uses.HLOL 15 q
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El pretérito indefinido (Preterite)Form regular and irregular preterite verbs for completed past actions.HLOL 15 q
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Indefinido vs imperfecto (Preterite vs imperfect)Decide between completed actions and descriptions or habits in the past.HLOL 16 q
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El pretérito perfecto (Present perfect)Use haber + past participle, including irregular participles.HLOL 15 q
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El futuro y el condicional (Future and conditional)Form the future and conditional tenses, including irregular stems.HLOL 15 q
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El presente de subjuntivo (Present subjunctive)Use the present subjunctive after wishes, opinions in the negative, impersonal expressions and cuando.HL 18 q
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Los pronombres de objeto (Object pronouns)Use direct and indirect object pronouns, alone and together.HLOL 16 q
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Por y paraChoose between por and para correctly.HLOL 15 q
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Gustar y verbos similares (Gustar-type verbs)Use gustar, doler, interesar, preocupar and similar verbs.HLOL 15 q
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El imperativo (Commands)Give positive and negative commands with tú, usted, vosotros and ustedes, including pronoun placement.HLOL 15 q
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El pretérito pluscuamperfecto (Pluperfect)Say what had already happened before another past event (había + participio).HLOL 16 q
Comprensión lectora (Reading comprehension)
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Comprensión lectora (Reading comprehension)Understand journalistic and literary-style texts and answer questions on them.HLOL 16 q
Expresión escrita (Written production)
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Cartas y correos (Letters and emails)Write formal and informal letters and emails.HLOL 15 q
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El diario y la nota (Diary entries and messages)Write diary entries and short notes or messages.HLOL 15 q
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El texto de opinión (Opinion writing)Write a structured opinion piece on a topical issue.HL 15 q
Expresión oral (Oral examination)
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El examen oral (Oral exam preparation)Prepare fluent, natural answers for the general conversation.HLOL 15 q
Cultura (Spain and Latin America)
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España y Latinoamérica (Spain and Latin America)Learn key facts about the geography, languages and culture of the Spanish-speaking world.HLOL 15 q