Unit 1 - El parque

• About the unit
• Expectations
• New language
• Everyday language
• Praise words

About the unit

In this first unit the children are introduced to some of the most useful words and phrases in the Spanish language. The main objective of the unit is introductions. The children will start to learn the Spanish for greetings, saying goodbye, saying their names and saying how they are feeling. They will also become familiar with numbers one to five in Spanish, along with a few colours.

Expectations

At the end of this unit, most children will:

• greet somebody
• say goodbye to somebody
• count from one to five
• understand the concept of introducing themselves

Some children will not have made so much progress and will:

• develop pairwork and group skills by using language learnt in the unit
• understand the concept of a new language
• recognise some characters from the DVD

Some children will have progressed further and will:

• introduce themselves
• praise somebody
• initiate a short dialogue
• try to recall and use other words from the unit
• know the names of some of the characters from the DVD

New language

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Language	Spanish	English	Pronunciation	Listen	Activities
Saying hello	Hola	Hello	/ola/		1.1,1.3,1.7,1.8,1.9,1.22
Asking how somebody is	¿Qué tal?	How are you?	/keh tal/		1.1,1.5,1.8,1.22
Saying how you are feeling	Muy bien	Very well	/muee bee-en/		1.5,1.6,1.9
Saying goodbye	Adiós	Goodbye	/adee-oss/		1.1,1.7,1.14,1.15,1.21,1.22
Asking somebody's name	¿Cómo te llamas?	What’s your name?	/kommo te yamass/		1.1,1.4,1.7,1.22
Saying your name	Me llamo	My name is	/meh yammo/		1.1,1.4,1.7,1.8,1.9,1.22
	Soy ___	I am ___	/soy/		1.1,1.4,1.7,1.8,1.22
Using numbers 1 - 5	Uno	One	/oono/		1.2
	Dos	Two	/doss/		1.2
	Tres	Three	/tress/		1.2
	Cuatro	Four	/kwatro/		1.2
	Cinco	Five	/thinko/		1.2
Using common words and phrases	Arriba / Abajo	Up / Down	/arr-eebah/ /ah-baho/		1.1,1.13,1.22
Issuing commands to somebody	¡Cuidado!	Be careful!	/kweedado/		1.1,1.18,1.22
Recognising things (colours)	Rojo	Red	/ro-ho/		1.17
	Amarillo	Yellow	/ama-reeyo/		1.17
	Verde	Green	/ber-deh/		1.17
Counting things	Un columpio	A swing	/oon koloompeeoh/		1.1,1.16,1.22
Asking who somebody is	¿Quién es?	Who is it?	/keyen ess/		1.1,1.19,1.22
Saying who somebody is	Es Speekee	It is Speekee	/ess speekee/		1.1,1.19,1.22
Reciprocating a question to somebody	¿Y tú?	And you?	/ee too/		1.1,1.9,1.22
Asking what there is	¿Qué hay en la bolsa?	What’s in the bag?	/keh ay en la bol-sah/		1.1,1.20,1.22
Asking what the time is	¿Qué hora es?	What time is it?	/keh ora ess/		1.1,1.14,1.22
Saying what the time is	Son las cinco	It’s five o’clock	/son lass thinko/		1.1,1.14,1.22

Everyday language

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The Everyday Language Flashcards for this unit are:

Language	Spanish	English	Pronunciation	Listen	Activity
Saying hello	Hola	Hello	/ola/		1.1,1.3,1.7,1.8,1.9,1.22
Asking how somebody is	¿Qué tal?	How are you?	/keh tal/		1.1,1.5,1.8,1.22
Saying how you are feeling	Muy bien	Very well	/muee bee-en/		1.5,1.6,1.9
Saying goodbye	Adiós	Goodbye	/adee-oss/		1.1,1.7,1.14,1.15,1.21,1.22

Downloadable flashcards are available with the site licence.

Notes

Point out to the children that Spanish question marks go before the word (when they are upside down) as well as at the end of the word.

The four flashcards, when in the order shown above, make a short conversation – which you could roleplay with the children.

Praise words

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The praise words for this unit are:

Spanish	English	Pronunciation	Listen
Fantástico	Fantastic	/fan-tass-tikko/
Muy bien	Very good	/muee bee-en/