Spanish Elementary Stage

Independent practice: Select and open on your browser http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_alphabet http://www.lexis-es.com/spanishcourse/ver-english/practicar/exercises/archiv/resumen-gramatica.htm http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html http://languageguide.org/im/body/es/ http://eljuego.free.fr/Fichas_gramatica/FG_posesivos.htm#2 http://lingolex.com/spanish.htm

Dictionary On-Line: http://www.elpais.com/diccionarios/ingles-espanol/deal http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-spanish http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=deal

Some of these Spanish Steps are taken from this web site where you have the pronunciation of these short conversations: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/syllabus.shtml

Lección 1 El Taxi ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Taking un taxi from the airport to the city centre Greeting someone informally ¿cómo estas? ¿Qué tal? The words for 'I' and 'you': yo and tú Saying hola and chao Understanding and replying to ¿dónde? ¿a dónde? Saying Gracias Two verbs 'to be': estar and ser Questions words: Que ? (what?), Cual?(what? Which?) Donde? (Where?), Como? (How?)

Lección 2 El hotel ● ● ●

Booking into un hotel/Saying you've booked a room: Tengo una reserva Understanding key questions/requests Recognising the numbers 0-100 (Numeros Cardinales)

0 cero 8 ocho 15 quince 22 veintidos 30 treinta

1 uno 9 nueve 16 dieciseis 23 veintitres 40 cuarenta

2 dos 10 diez 17 diecisiete ...... 50 cincuenta

3 tres 4 cuatro 5 cinco 11 once 12 doce 13 trece 18 dieciocho 19 diecinueve 20 veinte

6 seis 7 siete 14 catorce 21 veintiuno

60 sesenta

90 noventa

70 setenta

80 ochenta

100 cien ● Asking and Telling the time ● Ask for opening and closing times: Airport depatures, arrivals. ● Days of the week, the months and the seasons. Use your agenda, timetable. ● Indicating things: éste, ésta and esto ● Book a room in a Hotel: Quiero, Me gustaria una habitación ● Reading about Juan Luis Guerra ● Filling in a form ● Spelling your last name: El alfabeto

Lección 3 "Ir de marcha": going out, “Salir de fiesta o parranda”: partying ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Exchanging basic info about you and your family Describing pictures about people, family Indicating things: éste, ésta and esto Indicating possession: mi, nuestro, vuestro Key vocabulary about clothing , hair, height, special features The dictionary form of verbs: llevar, ... Describe your daily routine. Your hobbies.

Lección 4 La cafetería/El Restaurante ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Ordering a snack and a drink in una cafetería, Ordering a meal Reading menus Likes and dislikes: me gusta, no me gusta Understanding key questions in a café/Understanding questions from waiter/waitress Asking for a simple snack and a (non-alcoholic) drink Offering someone a drink: I and you verb endings: tomo and tomas Accepting a drink Using "por favor" when you Ask for the bill “por favor, la cuenta”

Lección 5 El Parque ● ● ● ● ● ●

Look for new words about tourist sights, attractions and places Politely attracting someone's attention to ask the way to a place: Perdón, ¿el parque? Understanding key direction words: a la derecha, a la izquierda, etc. Asking for clarification/Saying that you speak a little of the language Work in pairs with maps of other countries. More numbers

Lección 6 ● ● ● ● ● ●

Asking for info at a tourist office Finding out about opening times of shops and museums Asking about places to visit Asking if a place is within walking distance Understanding information about a historic building Reading and recognition of the verbs.

Lección 7 El supermercado/Centro comercial ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Asking for price Asking for items: ¿Tiene? Understanding non-availability: No hay, No tengo Looking for things: Necesito, Busco, Estoy buscando Choosing clothes ¿Qué talla? Telling shopkeeper what clothes you want: Quiero + comprar/Quisiera + comprar Giving your size: Talla 36-40 Understanding common colours, Style and fashion Saying you like or not some items