Module I – Social Relationships (4 units & 4 Key Assignments)
Unit 1:Introductions and Greetings
Key Vocabulary/Learning Outcomes:
Greetings and introductions–introducing themselves and others.
Ask someone their name and say their name.
Ask someone where they live and reply.
Ser – “soy” and “es”. (in general, students do not need to conjugate verbs, and only need the present tense, mainly in 1st and 3rd person single, in some basic tenses)
Nationalities – I am Irish, Spanish, and the names of a few countries.
Basic occupations – profesor, camarero, estudiante etc.
Names of Spanish cities, ports, airports etc. Map of Spain.
Family
Nombre, Apellido, Fecha de Nacimiento, Nacionalidad, direccion.
Roleplays:Introductions
Their names
Where they live, nationality, occupation
Talk about their family
Posters:Large map of Spain
Family trees
Word Banks:Greetings
Nationalities and Countries
Family
Occupations
At the end of this unit, or by unit 2 (as they need to learn Months and some numbers) the students should be ready to complete Key Assignment Number 1:
Make an I.D. card (Names, Date of Birth, Nationality, Address)
Unit 2 – Numbers
Key Vocabulary:
Numbers 1-10:Bingo, sums, number games, counting games.
Numbers 1-20:
Numbers 20-30:
Numbers up to 100: etc.
To be able to say their exam number in single digits.
Telephone numbers – double digits.
¿Cuántos anos tienes? – Tengo …… anos.
Students say their age and then ask each other.
Time – La hora
Times for class, tv. Programmes, meal times etc.
Expressions of time “por la manana” etc.
Calendar:Days
Months
Dates
Ask and answer about their birthdays.
Write their date of birth.
Activities:
Games – Bingo, Counting games (skip every 3rd number.., count backwards), Sums
Matching exercises on dates of birth.
Roleplays – Ask about different times, eg. of tv times, classes..
Ask about their birthdays.
Vox Pop -Students birthdays – most popular month..
Displays -Clock , Calendar, result of the Vox Pop etc. made by the students.
Unit 3: Likes and Dislikes
Key Vocabulary:
Likes and dislikes: (¿te gusta..?, me gusta, no me gusta..)
Sports
Football teams
Music
School Subjects. Etc.
Reasons:Adjectives (Es interesante, facil, aburrido..)
Activities:
Vox Pop Survey on likes and dislikes.
Role play asking each other about 3 things he/she likes
Research Sports in Spain, eg. Real Madrid F.C., Bullfighting.
Key Assignments:
Complete Key Assignment Number 2:
Students ask several other students about 3 things they like and 3 things they don’t like (Record it)
¿John, Qué te gusta?- me gusta el futbol, musica pop y television.
¿Qué no te gusta?- no me gusta el golf, musica rock y espanol.
Begin Key Assignment Number 3:
Students brainstorm topics to do with Spain and choose one to investigate, eg. a place, a sport, a football club, a Spanish celebrity, etc. and begin to carry out some research.
Possible visit to the local library.
Keep a list of the topics and who is doing what. Check their progress and when possible give them some time on the internet, or help them with writing a letter, getting books etc.
Unit 4:Food and Drink
Key Vocabulary:
Basic menus – teach some simple food and drink vocabulary.
Class discussion on visits to Spain, opinion of Spanish food, difference in meal times, cooking, use of ingredients, types of restaurants and menus - “menu del día”..
Explain/discuss Tapas.
“Primer plato/entremeses, segundo plato, postre, bebidas, cuánto cuesta?, la cuenta, por favor, gracias”, etc
How to order a meal.
Me gusta..drinks/pizza/chips.. Likes and dislikes
More menus and practice ordering a meal
Vocabulary - 1) Starters
2) Main courses (Meat and Fish dishes)
3) Desserts, icecream flavours, explain what “flan” means etc.)
4) Drinks
5) Fruit and Vegetables
Activities:
Roleplay – Camarero/Cliente – Taking an order and ordering a meal.
Class discussion and research of food and eating in Spain.
Vox Pop Surveys – likes dislikes on Drinks/Food/Icecream/fish or meat/fruit and veg.
Students design their own menus.
Students make a price chart for some fruit, veg, meat, icecream, drinks..
Students design and present advertisements for different icecreams, food, drinks..
Key Assignment Number 4:
Roleplay: I took an order and gave an order from a menuin Spanish (and recorded it)