ETALT Day 3 Spanish group

1. ETALT Day 3 Spanish group

2. Pronunciation revision • Pronunciation rules • These are some easy rules that will help you with the pronunciation of any Spanish word: • There are five vowels in the Spanish alphabet, the same as in English: a, e, i, o and u. However, they have only one possible pronunciation each. To remember their sound, try this: “part, pet, pit, port, put”. Or also: “bath, bet, bit, bought, boot”. Note: in Spanish there is no distinction between short and long vowels as there is in English (e.g., as in “bit”/”beat”). • The letter z may sound like s in “see” (Hispanic American accents) or like th in “thin” (standard Spaniard accent). • The letter c sounds like the Spanish z (i.e, like s or th, depending on the country) when it comes before e or i, and like c in “cat” in any other case. Therefore, ca, ce, ci, ic, co, cu sounds exactly like ka, ze, zi, ik, ko, ku. • The letter q always sounds like c in “cat”. Almost always, it is followed by a silent u, and is used with i or e only. Exceptions are some Latin or foreign words such as quórum, quid pro quo, Iraq (Irak) or quark (quark), in which the u is either not silent or not written at all. Rare exceptions apart, ca, que, qui, co, cu and ka, ke, ki, ko, ku sound exactly the same. • The letter j may sound like h in “hot” (Hispanic America) or like ch in the Scottish word “loch” (Spain). • The letter g sounds like the Spanish j when it comes before e/i, and like g in “got” in any other case. So, ga, ge, gi, ig, go, gu and ga, je, ji, ig, go, gu sound exactly the same. Also: • For g to sound like g in “got” before e/i, it must be followed by a silent u, as in guitarra (guitar). • But… what if we want to force the pronunciation of the u in gue/gui? Then, you must put a diaeresis (¨) over it, as in pingüino (penguin). • The letter h is always silent. So, Hola (hello) and ola (wave) have exactly the same pronunciation. • The letter y sounds like j in “jet” when it is placed at the beginning of a syllable: yo (I), mayo (May), and like y in “very” in any other case: y (and), muy (very). • The letter ll also sounds like j in “jet”, although in some regions may have a sound similar to y in “yet”. • The letter r sounds like tt in “matter” (with USA accent) when: • it is not at the beginning of a syllable, e.g., brazo (arm), tren (train), or when • it is placed between two vowels: pero (but), Corea (Korea). • In any other case it sounds as a strongly trilled r (again, Scottish style), i.e., at the beginning of a word, and after n, l, s, or some prefix: rápido (fast), honrado (honest), alrededor (around), Israel (Israel), subrayado (underlined). • The digraph rr is used to force a strongly trilled r between two vowels, e.g., perro (dog), correa (leash). • The letter w is only used in foreign words, and its sound resemble the original foreign sound. Basically, it may sound like a Spanish B (Wagner) or like an English W (Washington). • The letter ñ represents a nasal palatal phoneme, which is a sound that does not exist in English. It is commonly said that ñ is pronounced like n in “canyon” or in “onion”. Unfortunately, that is just a useful approximation, at best. Actually, you could think of the ñ as a new variety of n. It is not like n in “son”, because you don’t use the tip of your tongue. It is not like n in “song” either, because you also do not use the back of your tongue. Ñ is a sort of middle term between those, that is, you should press the roof of your mouth with the middle of your tongue (the tip of it could simply rest behind your lower teeth). Only then, in this position, you could try a short /ny/ sound that sort of blends with the next vowel.

3. A Spanish phonemic pangram But it can be even easier: What if I tell you that in a single sentence you can find every possible pronunciation of each letter of the alphabet? La cigüeña gigante bebió ocho copas de whisky, más quince jarras llenas de fría cerveza rubia, y enseguida huyó en un taxi. The giant stork drank eight glasses of whisky, plus fifteen full mugs of cold pale ale, and escaped in a taxi right away. Were you right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGOB2Xvzk8g&feature=player_embedded

4. Websites to help Pronunciation with audio http://www.espanol-ingles.com.mx/spanish-pronunciation/ Spanish syllabification http://www.transparent.com/spanish/syllabization-in-spanish/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=languageblog&utm_content=spanish Learning Spanish generally http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/

5. Exploiting Videos BBC video clips - lots of video choice with authentic Spanish speakers All learning zone clips have ideas for use in class and background details. http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/learningzone/clips/queryengine?SuppressCaching=1&ContentType=text%2Fhtml%3B+charset%3Dutf-8&oper_1=eq&attrib_1=SCHOOL_LEVEL_NAME&bool_1=AND&oper_2=eq&attrib_2=SUBJECT_NAME&val_2_1=Spanish&bool_2=AND&oper_3=eq&attrib_3=TOPIC&val_3_1=&bool_3=AND&attrib_4=SearchText&oper_4=eq&val_4_1=&config=results&page=1&pagesize=12&val_1_1=Primary&level=Primary&subject=Spanish&topic=&clipsBrowse.x=31&clipsBrowse.y=8 Videos for one word only ‘Chocolate’ (playground clapping game) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEOoHApBJgo&feature=related Videos with minimal language ‘Abuelito ¿Que hora es?’ (another playground game – counting) http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/playground-counting-game-from-spain/11941.html ‘Papo en escuela’ (an English parrot learning school vocabulary) http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/daily-school-routines-in-spanish/11940.html Videos with short phrases ‘Soy una taza’ (a song with actions) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-wBnCDGaM http://www.scribd.com/doc/12869899/Canta-Juega-Taza-Tetera?in_collection=3032314 ‘En el pueblo’ (Spanish children introducing their town) http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/en-el-pueblo/5688.html

6. Soy una taza TazaTeteraCucharaCucharónPlato hondoPlato llanoCuchillitoTenedorSaleroAzucareroBatidoraOlla exprésSoy una taza, una tetera, una cuchara, un cucharón, un plato hondo, un plato llano, un cuchillito, un tenedor.Soy un salero, azucarero, batidora, olla exprés¡chu chu!

7. Creating sentences

9. KS2 Spanish Core Language Verbs Pronouns yo – I tú – youél/ella – he/she Usted – you (polite, sing.) nosotros – we vosotros – you (fam.pl.) ellos/ellas – they Ustedes – you (polite, pl.) Estar – to be (stand, stay, state) Tener – to have Ser – to be (essence, identity, existence) http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.p.thompson/ser-estar.htm http://www.languagerealm.com/spanish/ser_and_estar.php http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/spanish/serestar/1.htm

10. KS2 Spanish Useful Vocabulary Referring to things una cosa – a thingesto – thiseso – thatalgo (más) – something (else)otro – (an)othermucho – a lot(un) poco – (a) little muy – verytodo – all/everything es – it/he/she is Referring to places aquí – hereallí – there hay – there is no hay – there isn’t Asking questions ¿Por qué? – why? ¿Qué? – what? ¿Cuándo? – when? ¿Dónde? – where? ¿Quién? – who? ¿Cuánto(s)? – how much/many? ¿Cómo? – how? Time words ahora – nowantes – before después – afterhoy – todayayer – yesterdaymañana – tomorrowotra vez - againsiempre – alwaysa menudo – oftena veces – sometimesnunca – neverla semana pasada – last weekla semana que viene – next week Saying what you did fui – I wenthice – I didví – I sawjugué – I playedcomí – I atebebí – I drank

11. KS2 Spanish Describing Pictures Making links y – ando – ortambién – alsopero – butporque – becausecon – withsin – without Opinions Sentence building Pienso que – I think that Creo que – I believe thatMe parece que – it seems that..

12. ¿Cómo se llama? ¿Cuántos años tiene? ¿Cómo es (físicamente)? ¿Cómo te parece su carácter? ¿Qué tiene como familia? ¿Tiene animales en casa? ¿Dónde vive? ¿Dónde trabaja? ¿Qué le gusta? ¿Qué no le gusta?