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Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos!. Welcome to Spanish. In Year 8 in St Catherine’s College, we hope you will learn this new and exciting language and have fun at the same time. Why learn Spanish?. Spanish is spoken by 329,00,000 people in the world.
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Welcome!¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to Spanish. In Year 8 in St Catherine’s College, we hope you will learn this new and exciting language and have fun at the same time.
Why learn Spanish? • Spanish is spoken by 329,00,000 people in the world. • As well as in Spain, it is spoken in most of Latin America. • It is also the first language of many people in the USA.
Some well known speakers of Spanish… Beyonce Selena Gomez David Beckham Matthew Mc Conaughey Gwyneth Paltrow Will Smith
What will I learn in Year 8 Spanish classes? • How to greet people… • How to introduce yourself and say your name… • How to ask how someone is… ¡Me llamo Róisin! ¿Qué tal? ¡Bien!
Tengo once años. • How to talk about your age and ask how old someone is… • The alphabet and how to spell in Spanish. • Days of the week/ months/ dates. • How to say when your birthday is… ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
How to talk about things in your schoolbag… • How to speak about your school and the subjects you study… una regla un estuche un bolígrafo las ciencias la geografía el dibujo
Somos cinco en mi familia. • How to talk about your family… • How to talk about countries, nationalities and languages… Soy de España Soy española Hablo español
Rojo • How to talk about colours and describe flags. • Talk about and describe animals… Amarillo Rojo Tengo un gato. ¡Es gordo y grande!
Give a physical description of people… • Describe a person’s character and personality… Es inteligente, divertido y tonto
There are also many opportunities to learn Spanish outside the classroom…
¡Hasta septiembre! ¡Adiós!