Aventuras Vascas and España Campo y Ciudad

7 x 20 min programmes

AVENTURAS VASCAS AND ESPAÑA - CAMPO Y CIUDAD DVD

Age Range: 11-16

This DVD consists of two series, Aventuras Vascas and España Campo y Ciudad. Aventuras Vascas tracks the progress, problems and adventures of two British students, Sophie and Richard, during a fortnight spent with host families in and around Bilbao. España Campo y Ciudad programmes, originally made by Channel 4 for the geography curriculum, have been re-edited to provide interesting, up-to-date material for language students.

Curriculum Connections

• Listening
• Writing 
• Speaking

Features

• Stimulates discussion and written work 
• Provides interesting and varied listening material
• Gives insights into contemporary Spain
• Target language subtitles to facilitate comprehension Programmes Aventuras Vascas 5 programmes offering learning scenarios that are relevant and meaningful in overcoming difficulties in communicating, collecting material for project work, getting on with the locals and getting to grips with common problems in Spanish grammar and pronunciation.

España - Campo y Ciudad

1. Bilbao: El Renacimiento de una Ciudad Focuses on the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art, the cleaning up of the river Nervion and the state-of-the-art public transport system 
2. Almería: El Campo en Crisis Focuses on the human misery behind the production of fruit and vegetables in Almería where immigrants from Morocco as young as 12 are risking their lives every day to work in what they see as a promised land