Making new friends. GRAMMAR Ser, to be Verbs ending in -ar (hablar, estudiar, trabajar) Gender Plurals Adjectives. Exploiting the course material

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1 1 Making new friends AIMS OF THE UNIT Greetings Introducing yourself and others Saying where you are from Giving information about your job Giving information about the languages you speak GRAMMAR Ser, to be Verbs ending in -ar (hablar, estudiar, trabajar) Gender Plurals Adjectives Exploiting the course material Conversations 1 Introduce yourself and ask students how they are. Students then practise introducing each other in groups of three. Exercise 2 This exercise could be done orally in class. Then encourage each student to adopt a personality (perhaps that of a film or pop star or politician). Students practise introducing each other, in threes. Conversations 2 In pairs, students ask each other where they are from. This could be developed into a chain activity in which student A asks student B, student B asks student C and so on around the class. Exercise 4 Discuss how students might address certain people (their bank manager, their boss, fellow students and so on). Allocate roles and then ask students to ask the same questions, using the appropriate form of address. Conversations 3 With a partner, ask students to spell out their surname. Ask them not to reveal it beforehand, so that they know they have done it correctly, if their partner can tell them what they are called. Alternatively, they can adopt a different surname or that of a famous personality. Ask students what jobs they do. Encourage them to look up the name of their job or profession in a dictionary if they have one. Otherwise, give them the Spanish equivalent. Then encourage student A to say: Soy (John). Soy (dentista). Student B says: Éste es (John). Es (dentista). Yo soy (Clare), soy (representante). Continue around the class. Exercise 7 Ask students to fill out a form like those in the coursebook, this time with their own details. Alternatively, students could fill out the same form with a partner s details. 1 Web resource material to accompany Breakthrough Spanish 1 and the Breakthrough Spanish 1 Activity Book, Unit 1

2 Further activities Get students to write down pairs of characters (Tom and Jerry, Harpo and Groucho) on two slips of paper. These slips are then distributed around the class. Students have to find their partner by asking questions such as: Eres Harpo? Eres norteamericano? Ask students to design a business card with their name, profession, the company they work for and where it is located. Students then introduce themselves to one another and show the card to their partner to confirm the information. Finally, they could introduce each other to the rest of the class. Exploiting material from the Breakthrough Spanish Activity Book Exercise 6 Encourage students to complete this word search as quickly as possible, by declaring the person who finishes first the winner. Alternatively, this activity could be done in pairs. Exercise 7 Some students might like to write their own short letters based on the one in the text. If names are omitted, letters could be circulated around the class and students could guess who wrote them. Answers to exercises on the worksheets PAGE 3: EXERCISE 1 a. Penélope Cruz b. Enrique Iglesias PAGE 3: EXERCISE 2 a. Ben Bradley, Carmen Ruiz b. canadiense, española c. estudiante, secretaria d. Montreal, Madrid e. inglés, español; español, francés PAGE 4: EXERCISE 1 i c, ii g, iii a, iv f, v b, vi d, vii e. PAGE 4: EXERCISE 2 A i. Eres de Las Palmas? ii. Hablas catalán? iii. Eres estudiante? iv. Trabajas? B i. Es usted de Las Palmas? ii. Habla usted catalán? iii. Es usted estudiante? iv. Trabaja usted? PAGE 4: EXERCISE 3 a. es francés b. es galés c. es española d. es francesa e. es español f. es norteamericano g. es escocés. 2 Web resource material to accompany Breakthrough Spanish 1 and the Breakthrough Spanish 1 Activity Book, Unit 1

3 Exercise 1 Two famous Spanish people are talking about themselves. Write down their names as soon as you have guessed who they are. a. Hola, qué hay? Soy española, de Madrid, pero vivo ahora en Estados Unidos. Hablo castellano y bastante inglés. Soy amiga de Tom Cruise y soy actriz. b. Buenos días, soy español, de Madrid, pero vivo en Miami, Estados Unidos. Soy cantante. Soy hijo de otro cantante latino, muy, pero muy famoso! Exercise 2 Two young people get talking in a disco... Read the conversation and then complete the grid. Carmen: Hola! Soy Carmen Ruiz... Ben: Hola! Soy Ben Bradley... Carmen: Ah! Eres norteamericano? Ben: No, soy canadiense, de Montreal. Carmen: Y yo soy española, de Valladolid. Ben: Encantado! Eres estudiante? Carmen: No, soy secretaria bilingüe, trabajo aquí en Madrid. Ben: Y qué idiomas hablas? Carmen: Francés y español. Y tú? Ben: Yo soy estudiante. Estudio español en la Universidad de Montreal. También trabajo en un bar. Carmen: Hablas muy bien el español! Ben: Gracias. Ben Carmen Nombre y apellido Nacionalidad Profesión Residencia Idiomas 3 Web resource material to accompany Breakthrough Spanish 1 and the Breakthrough Spanish 1 Activity Book, Unit 1

4 Exercise 1 Match up the opposites from both columns. i. sí a. noches ii. estudio b. encantada iii. días c. no iv. éste d. señora v. encantado e. mucho vi. señor f. ésta vii. poco g. trabajo Exercise 2 Here are two people. Write down how you think you would ask them the following questions. Remember that you address a young boy differently from an elderly lady. i. Are you from Las Palmas? ii. Do you speak Catalan? iii. Are you a student? iv. Do you work? Exercise 3 Look at the names and decide where each person is from. Write in their nationality. a. Jean Pierre Dubois es b. Evan Jones es c. Carmen de la Torre es d. Catherine Deneuve es e. Carlos Menéndez es f. Chuck Clinton es g. Iain McGregor es 4 Web resource material to accompany Breakthrough Spanish 1 and the Breakthrough Spanish 1 Activity Book, Unit 1

5 A Activity 1 You are the receptionist (el or la recepcionista). You start the conversation, using the correct form of address. Ask B his or her name. Ask how it is spelt. If your partner is a woman, ask her if she is Mrs or Miss. (Omit if your partner is a man.) Ask your partner s nationality. Thank him or her. Activity 2 You and your partner have met for the first time in a bar. Reply to his or her questions. Decide beforehand if you are going to use tú or usted. Your partner starts the conversation. Return the greeting. Say yes, you are English. You re from Chester. Say no, you are not a student. Yes, you work. You work in Manchester. Say you speak very little. Say yes, you speak French. English and French are your two languages. Feel free to have another go at this conversation, substituting your own information or using your imagination for the different answers. 5 Web resource material to accompany Breakthrough Spanish 1 and the Breakthrough Spanish 1 Activity Book, Unit 1

6 B Activity 1 You are checking in at a hotel. Reply to your partner s questions, giving the correct replies. Give your full name. Spell out your surname. If you are a woman, say whether you are Mrs or Miss. Give your nationality. Activity 2 You and your partner have met for the first time in a bar. Reply to his or her questions. Decide beforehand if you are going to use tú or usted. You start the conversation. Greet your partner. Ask if he or she is English. Ask if he or she is a student. Ask if he or she works. Where does he or she work? Ask if he or she speaks Spanish. Ask if he or she speaks French. You might wish to run through this conversation again, to enable your partner to give you different replies. 6 Web resource material to accompany Breakthrough Spanish 1 and the Breakthrough Spanish 1 Activity Book, Unit 1