Sub-topic 2: ¡Hola!
Suggested Lexical Content
¡Hola!
¿Cómo está/ estás?
¡Muy bien, gracias!
¿Cuál es su/ tu nombre?
Mi nombre es Carlos.
¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Cómo se llama?
Me llamo Carlos.
¡Fue un placer haberlo/haberla conocido!
¡Fue un placer haberte conocido!
¡Igualmente! / ¡Gracias igual!
¡Adiós!
¡Qué le/te vaya bien!
De nada
¡Feliz noche!
¡Pasa/pase buenas noches!
¡Buenos/as días/tardes/noches!
¡Gracias igual!
¡Felicidades!
¡Buena suerte!
¡Gracias por su atención!
¡Hasta pronto/ luego/mañana!
¡Cuídese/cuídate mucho!
¡Bienvenido/s!
¡Gracias!
Specific Learning Objectives
After completing this subtopic, the student will be able to:
- Understand everyday expressions such as greetings and farewells.
- Say “hello” and respond to greetings.
- Say “goodbye” and respond to a farewell.
Suggested Activities
Oral and Written Comprehension
Step 1
▪ The teacher will elicit from the students a list of greeting words.
Step 2
▪ As the greeting words are stated by the students, the teacher will write down the list on the board.
Step 3
▪ If the students are unable to provide all the vocabulary words, the teacher will modify the students’ vocabulary list by adding new words or phrases. The teacher needs to ensure that all vocabulary, which will be useful for the development of this lesson (suggested vocabulary), is included in the list.
Step 4
▪ The teacher will introduce the respective English translation of the Spanish Vocabulary words. The vocabulary list will reveal to the students the format of how to respond to each greeting and farewell.
Step 5
▪ The teacher will give the students considerable time to familiarize themselves with the vocabulary. Teachers can provide a time span of 10 minutes.
Oral Comprehension and Expression
Step 6
▪ To practice the vocabulary, the teacher will ask the students to form a circle at the center of the classroom. The teacher will be at the center of the circle with a ball in his/her hand. While stating the English form of greeting and farewell, the teacher will throw the ball to one of the students. The student, who catches the ball, will state the Spanish Translation of the greeting or farewell word that was provided by the teacher. The exercise will continue until all students have participated in the activity. The teacher will ensure that the students have internalized the vocabulary of "greetings and goodbyes".
▪ (For this activity, the teacher gradually erases the vocabulary from the board as the students internalize it).
Oral and Written Comprehension
Step 7
▪ Using Bristol board strips, the teacher will write various greetings and farewell responses. Using the paper strips, students will be playing an interactive game.
Step 8
The interactive game consists of the following:
▪ The Bristol board strips will be placed on a table located at the center of the classroom.
▪ The teacher will divide the students into two groups. Each group will move to the opposite (left and right hand) corner of the class to face each other. Each group will compete to become the winners of the game.
Step 9
▪ At random, the teacher will state the name of one student of each group.
▪ The teacher will call out a greeting or farewell word/phrase.
▪ As the teacher states the word, the two selected students will run towards the table to find the correct Bristol board strips that contain the greeting or farewell that the teacher stated.
▪ Whoever finds the correct Bristol board strip will get one point for their group. The interactive game will continue until all participants get an opportunity to participate. The group that accumulates the most points at the end of the game will be the winner.
Oral Comprehension and Expression
Step 10
▪ For the revision of the vocabulary, the teacher will ask the students to form a circle at the center of the classroom. The teacher will stand at the center of the circle with a ball in his/her hand. While stating the English form of a greeting and farewell word/phrase, the teacher throws the ball to one of the students. The student, who catches the ball, will state the Spanish Translation of the greeting or farewell word that was provided by the teacher. The exercise will continue until all students have participated in the activity. The teacher ensures that all students have internalized the vocabulary.
Written Expression
Step 11
▪ The teacher will ask the students to do Exercise # 3 of the workbook. In this exercise, the student will develop written expression skills in the target language.
