Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Lazarillo de Tomas Audio Book

Subject Area

World Languages

Grade(s)

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

This link provides a downloadable reading of the book Lazarillo de Tormes, a book on the College Board's AP Spanish Literature and Culture Exam's suggested reading list. The audio file allows students to use interpretive listening skills as they gather information from this authentic text read by a Spanish speaker. The site divides the audio into 5 separate sections that match the book's natural divisions.

    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L4.2

    Interpret, restate, and react to what is heard, read, or viewed on familiar and new topics.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L4.2

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • the target language vocabulary for specific topics.
    • how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.

    Skills

    Intermediate Mid Level
    Students are able to:
    • understand basic information from advertisments and announcements, audio or print.
    • understand the main idea(s) of voice messages and videos
    • understand basic statements and questions in an interview.
    • understand questions in a survey or questionnaire.
    • understand information in a variety of print formats (ex: brochures, magazines, labels, etc.).
    • understand information in interpersonal communication.
    • understand main ideas, supporting details, themes, settings, characters and plot lines in literary texts.
    Intermediate High Level
    Students are able to:
    • understand basic information from advertisments and announcements, audio or print.
    • understand interpersonal exchanges, spoken or in print.
    • understand information in a variety of print formats (ex: brochures, magazines, labels, etc.).
    • understand main ideas, supporting details, themes, settings, characters and plot lines in literary texts.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    Intermediate Mid Level
    • effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
    • the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
    • other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
    Intermediate High:
    • effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
    • the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
    • other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L4.5

    Investigate perspectives through products of the target cultures.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L4.5

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
    • the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
    • background knowledge of the target culture.

    Skills

    Intermediate Mid Level
    Students are able to:
    • identify how a culture's beliefes and ideas are reflected in their products by describing the target culture's art, crafts, music, dance, etc..
    • analyze and clarify the purpose of the products from a target culture.
    • investigate and explain the relationship bewtween cultural products and perspectives.
    • investigate and explain the realtion between cultural practices and perspectives.
    Intermediate High Level
    Students are able to:
    • investigate the products and perspetives of a target culture.
    • investigate the beliefs (perspectives) associated with the target culture's products in the contexts of arts, crafts, graphic representations, music, and short videos.
    • investigate and explain the relationship bewtween cultural products and perspectives.
    • investigate and explain the realtion between cultural practices and perspectives.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • language and culture are inextricably linked.
    • an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better.
    • understanding of my own language and culture.
    • custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
    • other understandings will vary according to theme being taught.
    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L4.6

    Connect with other disciplines while using the target language in a variety of time frames and moods.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L4.6

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
    • the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
    • background knowledge of the target culture.

    Skills

    Intermediate Mid Level
    Students are able to:
    • identify and interpret basic information from authentic sources, such as news articles, event flyers, invitations, and advertisements.
    • identify a few target language news sources and stores.
    • use the target language to learn about other disciplines.
    • use information learned in the target language in other disciplines.
    • use the target language to make comparisons of similarities and differences in countries where target language is spoken.
    • use the target language to converse and present on a variety of topics and other disciplines.
    • use the target language to invesitgate and describe information learned in the target language.
    Intermediate High Level
    Students are able to:
      identify and interpret basic information from authentic sources, such as news articles, event flyers, invitations, and advertisements.
    • identify a few target language news sources and stores.
    • use the target language to learn about other disciplines.
    • use information learned in the target language in other disciplines.
    • use the target language to make comparisons of similarities and differences in countries where target language is spoken.
    • use the target language to investigate, explain, and present connections made with other disciplines.
    • use the target language to present to and interact with others for a variety of purposes in a variety of time frames and moods.
    • make oral or written presentations in the target language on topics being studied in other classes.
    • describe and compare key characteristics of countries where the target language is spoken.
    • research and compare how countries where the target language is spoken deal with current global issues (i.e., environment, economic crisis, migration, etc.).
    • research and report on contributions of the cultures that use the target language to science, medicine, and government.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
    • world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
    • strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
    • a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.
    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L4.7

    Acquire information related to diverse perspectives in the target culture in a variety of time frames and moods.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L4.7

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
    • the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
    • how perspectives of a target culture are portrayed through media and advertising.

    Skills

    Intermediate Mid Level
    Students are able to:
    • use the target language to find and analyze information on the diverse perspectives of the target culture and make comparisons with the diverse perspectives of their own culture.
    • use the target language to make comparison of current events and how they are reported.
    • use the target language to identify advertisements and compare them with target culture and students'own culture.
    Intermediate High Level
    Students are able to:
    • use the target language to investigate, compare, and contrast current events and advertisements from the target culture to a student's own culture.
    • identify and explain the diverse perspectives of the target culture through the lens of a culture's perspectives.
    • communicate in the target language in a variety of time frames and moods.
    • use the target language to make comparison of current events and how they are reported.
    • use the target language to identify advertisements and compare them with target culture and students'own culture.
    • research how a major figure from history, science, or the arts is described in the target language and use it to expand what they already know.
    • compare how products are marketed in the target culture versus the United States.
    • compare news articles on front pages of newspapers from countries where the target language is spoken.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
    • world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
    • strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
    • a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.
    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L5.2

    Understand the main idea and a few details in texts on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interests in various time frames and moods using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L5.2

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • variety of time frames.
    • the target language vocabulary for specific topics.
    • the target language vocabulary for various types of documents (written or audio/video) (i.e., literary texts, newspapers, magazines, websites, radio/tv ads, announcements, or live presentations).

    Skills

    Intermediate Mid & High Level
    Students are able to:
    • relate the main themes and significant details on topics from other subjects and products of the cultures as presented on TV, radio, video, or live presentations.
    • describe the main themes and significant details on topics from other subjects and products of the cultures as found in printed sources for target language audiences.
    • identify the principal characters and discuss the main ideas and themes in selected literary texts.
    • comprehend spoken and written messages in the target language.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
    • the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
    • other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L5.5

    Analyze perspectives through products of the target cultures.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L5.5

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
    • the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
    • background knowledge of the target culture.

    Skills

    Intermediate High Level
    Students are able to:
    • nvestigate the products and perspetives of a target culture.
    • investigate the beliefs (perspectives) associated with the target culture's products in the contexts of arts, crafts, graphic representations, music, and short videos.
    • investigate and explain the relationship bewtween cultural products and perspectives.
    • investigate and explain the realtion between cultural practices and perspectives.
    • analyze the function of everyday objects produced in the culture.
    • compare and analyze perspectives reflected in news reports, social media, pamphlets, advertisements, etc.
    • discuss perspectives reflected in creative works of the culture.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • language and culture are inextricably linked.
    • an ability to communicate in another language fosters a better.
    • understanding of my own language and culture.
    • custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
    • other understandings will vary according to theme being taught.
    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L5.6

    Connect with other disciplines in the target language using complex sentence structure in a variety of time frames and aspects.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L5.6

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
    • the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
    • background knowledge of the target culture.

    Skills

    Intermediate High Level
    Students are able to:
    • identify and interpret basic information from authentic sources, such as news articles, event flyers, invitations, and advertisements.
    • identify a few target language news sources and stores.
    • use the target language to learn about other disciplines.
    • use information learned in the target language in other disciplines.
    • use the target language to make comparisons of similarities and differences in countries where target language is spoken.
    • use the target language to investigate, explain, and present connections made with other disciplines.
    • use the target language to present to and interact with others for a variety of purposes in a variety of time frames and moods.
    • make oral or written presentations in the target language on topics being studied in other classes.
    • describe and compare key characteristics of countries where the target language is spoken.
    • research and compare how countries where the target language is spoken deal with current global issues (i.e., environment, economic crisis, migration, etc.).
    • research and report on contributions of the cultures that use the target language to science, medicine, and government.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
    • world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
    • strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
    • a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.
    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - World Languages

    WL17.WL.L5.7

    Acquire information related to diverse perspectives in the target culture using varied vocabulary and more complex sentence structure.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:WL17.WL.L5.7

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to communicate in a variety of tenses and moods.
    • the target language vocabulary for specific purposes.
    • how perspectives of a target culture are portrayed through media and advertising.

    Skills

    Intermediate High Level
    Students are able to:
    • use the target language to investigate, compare, and contrast current events and advertisements from the target culture to a student's own culture.
    • identify and explain the diverse perspectives of the target culture through the lens of a culture's perspectives.
    • communicate in the target language in a variety of time frames and moods.
    • use the target language to make comparison of current events and how they are reported.
    • use the target language to identify advertisements and compare them with target culture and students'own culture.
    • research how a major figure from history, science, or the arts is described in the target language and use it to expand what they already know.
    • compare how products are marketed in the target culture versus the United States.
    • compare news articles on front pages of newspapers from countries where the target language is spoken.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • proficiency in a foreign language is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
    • world language learning offers opportunities to uncover big ideas in and about other disciplines.
    • strategies used to acquire a language are transferable to other areas of learning throughout life.
    • a second language facilitates the acquisition of information about the world outside our experiences.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    Other

    Resource Provider other

    LibriVox
    Accessibility
    License

    License Type

    Public Domain
    ALSDE LOGO