5 Basic Questions
- 1. 5 Basic Questions Most students want to learn Spanish so they communicate and begin relationships with a wider variety of people. But how can we do that? We will consider five basic questions that will help you get to know people. They are simple questions with simple answers and provide information so you can ask more questions.
- 2. The Questions! What is your name? Cual es tu nombre? Where do you live? Donde vives? What do you do? En que trabajas? Are you married? Estas casado/a? Where are you from? De donde eres? First, we will practice pronunciation, so you can feel comfortable and confident asking these questions to others. *PRACTICE HOW TO SAY EACH QUESTION WITH CORRECT PRONUNCIATION*
- 3. How to respond to each question • To continue, we will write down your answers to each question in English. Then we will translate those answers, talk about vocabulary, and practice responding to these five questions in Spanish. • *STUDENT WRITES ANSWER IN ENGLISH, YOU TRANSLATE, THEN PRACTICE SAYING THE TRANSLATED ANSWER WITH THE STUDENT*
- 4. Practicing Comprehension • Finally, I would like you to ask me each question one by one in SPANISH, and I will respond in SPANISH so we can practice comprehension skills • *ALLOW STUDENT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. GIVE A SIMPLE ANSWER. ASK “WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND” EXPLAIN ANY VOCABULARY THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT*
- 5. Food for thought • This is an excellent start for getting to know someone. But, how can we continue a conversation after going through these basic questions? • To continue our lesson, we will consider how to follow up each question. • As your homework assignment, come up with 5 natural follow up questions for each basic questions. Try to translate them into Spanish. We will discuss your answers and other options in our next lesson.
- 6. 5 Preguntas Básicas 5 Basic Questions (Introduction: 1 minute) GOAL: Learn 5 basic questions to start conversations in Spanish DURATION: 15 minutes
- 7. Las Preguntas The Questions (Activity: 5 minutes) 1. What is your name? ¿ Cuál es su nombre? 2. Where do you live? ¿Dónde vive? 3. What do you do? ¿ En que trabaja? 4. Are you married? ¿ Esta usted casado/a? 5. Where are you from? ¿ De donde es usted? NUEVO VOCABULARIO Nombre=Name Trabaja=Work(refers to a persons work) Donde=Where Vive= Live (refers to where a person lives) Casado=Married Que=What
- 8. Como responder a cada pregunta How to respond to each question (Activity: 4 minutes) 1. ¿ Cual es su nombre? My name is_____ Mi nombre es ____ 2. ¿ Donde vive? I live in ________ Vivo en __________ 3. ¿ En que trabaja? I work as a _____ Trabajo como ____ 4. ¿ Esta usted casado/a? Yes, I am married Si, estoy casado/a No, I am not married No estoy casado/a 5. ¿ De donde es usted? I am from ______ Soy de ________
- 9. Practicar aplicación y comprensión Practice Application and Comprehension (Activity: 3 minutes) Instructions: You will ask me each question one by one in SPANISH, and I will respond in SPANISH so we can practice your comprehension skills ¿ Cuál es su nombre? ¿ Dónde vive? ¿ En que trabaja? ¿ Esta usted casado/a? ¿ De donde es usted?
- 10. Que hemos aprendido What we have learned (Conclusion: 2 minutes) Now you can start conversations in Spanish using 5 basic questions ¿ Cuál es su nombre? ¿ Dónde vive? ¿ En que trabaja? ¿ Esta usted casado/a? ¿ De donde es usted? You have also learned 6 new vocabulary words Nombre Trabaja Vive Donde Casado Que In our next lesson, we will learn how to follow-up each basic question to keep conversation going…