Boletín 107 - Sara Khadem, el papel de la mujer durante la dictadura y el Día de la Mujer.
Boletín 107 - Sara Khadem, el papel de la mujer durante la dictadura y el Día de la Mujer.
Before shaking hands with her esteemed opponent in la Moncloa, Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez, Iranian Woman Grandmaster Sara Khadem had made the headlines worldwide for not wearing a headscarf during a competition. She is now exiled in Spain.
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In this week’s newsletter:
Edition 107 of Boletín (grammar search and tier 2/3 vocabulary).
Boletín extras.
Edition 107
The 8th March is International Womens’ Day and this has inspired the text selection this week in edition 107 of Boletín. Text one is about Woman Grandmaster and International Master Sara Khadem, text two is about the role of women during the dictatorship (adapted from a larger text on how the role of Women in Spain has changed in the last 50 years) and text three is a little primer on el Día Internacional de la Mujer.
Tier 2/3 vocabuary
Ajedrecista - chess player
El velo - veil, covering or headscarf
Acusar - to accuse
Asesinar - to kill
Dar la vuelta al mundo - to go or travel around the World
Dar la bienvenida - to welcome
Llevar a cabo - to do, perform or carry out
Tutela - guardianship
Renacer - to revive, come back
Un logro - an achievement
Remontarse - to go back to (time)
Exigir - to demand
En la actualidad - at present, currently
Grammar search
Qualifiers
Preterite tense
Imperfect tense
Present tense
The gerund (an -ing verb)
Relative pronoun que
The passive voice
The passive voice avoided with an se structure
Direct Object Pronouns
Grammar search
Boletín extras are available. The most useful of which is an updated index of topics from 1-100 including an index of exam style questions for targeted interventions based on mocks.
Feel free to download below a printable copy of the above tier 2/3 vocabulary and grammar search as an addiotional Boletín classroom or homework task.
Download edition 107 here.
Ollie
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