This Spanish scheme of work video introduces pupils to the sounds made by the letters ‘c’ and ‘z’ in Spanish, focusing on how these can produce either the ‘th’ sound (as in think) or a hard ‘k’ sound depending on their position in a word. Pupils explore when and why the letter ‘c’ makes a soft or hard sound based on the following vowel, and are introduced to the consistent pronunciation rules of Spanish phonics.

Through mouth mechanics and interactive repetition, pupils practise forming the ‘th’ sound using correct tongue placement and airflow, and compare this with the hard ‘k’ sound in words like cabeza and cocodrilo. The video also introduces regional variations, explaining how pronunciation of ‘c’ and ‘z’ changes across Spain and Latin America – sounding like ‘th’ in most of Spain and like ‘s’ in Latin American countries and the Canary Islands.

This video is supporting pupils to speak with clarity, cultural awareness, and phonetic accuracy.

Spanish Year 3 and Year 4 scheme of work.
Spanish Year 5 and Year 6 scheme of work.
Mixed-age Spanish scheme of work.