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Unit 1 Meeting People

El Espaol En El Mundo

Welcome to the Spanish Preliminary Beginners Course!

This course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. You havechosen to study a very important language which will enable you to discover a wholenew world, culture, and will hopefully have a positive effect in your future life.

Please, always follow your teacher's instructions regarding the pace at which youshould be working and the relevant course material required at each stage of yourstudy. Make sure that this week you purchase your dictionary and you organize yoursubscription to the magazine Que tal. All the information required has been sent withthis unit. Also dont forget to register to the nicenetclass.

In this Unit we will focus on introducing ourselves and meeting people from all over theworld, as well as on the unity and diversity which makes the Hispanic World sointeresting in so many ways. In your course leaflet you will encounter quite a fewinteresting differences and similarities within the Hispanic World.

Before you begin your work, we'd like to give you a few instructions on how to use thiscourse. So, study the following guide to terms and symbols carefully.


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Guide to terms and symbols used in this course

Here is a guide to the terms and symbols used in this course: what you should do everytime you are required to complete a task.

Ejercicio/Exercise A writing, listening, speaking or readingactivity to be done as part of the coursework.

Actividad escrita Written activity

Prctica oral Speaking activity

Comprensin auditiva Listening comprehension activityComprensin de lectura Reading comprehension activity

This is the symbol used for writing activities. Whenever you see this, you will needto write your response to some questions, to provide or to complete someinformation by ticking boxes, filling gaps, etc.

This symbol indicates that you need to ring your teacher to do your speaking (oral)exercises over the phone.

This is used for self-correcting exercises: each time, do the exercise as requiredthen check yourself with the section "Answers to self-correcting activities" which canbe found at the end of each unit of work.

This means that you have to read and understand a text, then answer somequestions based on it.

This means that you must use the CD we send you with this unit of work. TheCD is meant to guide you through the course as well as to get you to listen topre-recorded material. All listening comprehension and listening andresponding exercises will be on this course CD for you to listen to.

Course CD: for each unit of work you have a Course CD. this is for you to listen topre-recorded course material.

Stop and Study These symbols means that you have to stop andstudy what is presented to you.

Note: In order to give you immediate feedback, as well as to help you achieve greaterfluency by expanding vocabulary and allowing greater practice of structures inthe target language, it is recommended that you complete all oral exercises byway of weekly phone lessons. In this way, you will also have a better opportunityto be helped with any difficulties and to ask questions about your weekly work.

Good luck, entonces: pues, nios al trabajo!


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Listen to your course CD:

How do you pronounce the alphabet?

Take a few minutes and read aloud the Spanish Alphabet.

Letter Pronunciation Letter Pronunciation

A (ah) N (h-neh)

B (beh) (hn-yeh)

C (s/th) O (oh)Ch (cheh) P (peh)

D (deh) Q (koo)

E (eh) R (h-reh)

F (h-feh) rr (h-rreh)

G (heh) S (h-se)

H (h-cheh) T (teh)

I (ee) U (oo)

J (hh-tah) V (veh)K (kah) W (dh-blehveh)

L (h-leh) X (h-kees)

Ll (h-yeh) Y (ee-gree-h-gah)

M (h-meh) Z (sh-tah) (th-tah)

In this Unit you will learn:

To pronounce the Spanish alphabet correctly How to greet and say goodbye to friends and strangers in Spanish The importance of the Spanish language in the world

How to ask basic questions in Spanish How to introduce a friend to someone in Spanish To understand and use the numbers from 1 to 10


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Listen to your course CD: El Alfabeto Cmo se pronuncia?

How do you pronounce it?

Since youll have to pronounce everything you read correctly, its mandatory that you knowall of these sounds by heart. Start by repeating the big five. That is, the five main vowels:

A (ah) father maana E (eh) like met excelente I (ee) like keep dividirO (oh) like cot tono U (oo) like cool Lul

Keep going,these are the consonant sounds you will need to know. Do not forget thesesounds are pronounced the way theyre written.

SpanishLetter

English Sound Ejemplos

b as in beg botec before a, u, o: as in car caro

c before e, i: in Spain like th in thickIn LA like s in seven

ciencien

d at start of word as in dentist; between davowels softer; at end of word like th in thin adis/alud

f as in few faltag before a, o, u as in got;

before e, i like in ch in loch or like h in hatgatogitano

gu before e, i like g in got guitarrah always silent hombrej like ch in loch or like h jamn

k as in kick kilol as in long largoll in Spain as lli in million; in LA, Canaries, S. Spain like y in year;

in southern LA like sh in shatterllamar

m as in mother madren as in never nunca like ny in canyon niop as in pen pasa

qu like k in keel quinr between vowels or at end of word as in rule;

at beginning of word rolledpensarrosa

rr rolled as in Scottish r corres as in soon cosat as in tent tomatev as in Vince vistaw like v in view wterx at beginning of word like s;

before a consonant like s;between vowels like ks;in some words like ch in loch orh

xilfonoextranjerotaximexicano

y as in yes yo

z in Spain like th as in thick; in LA, Canaries and S. Spain like s inseven zapato


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Listen to the song: cancin El Borriquito

Pronunciation Tips

Consejos para mejorar tu pronunciacin.

Spanish is pronounced the way its spelled, and vice-versa. So pronounce eachsound the same way every time the corresponding letter appears.

Watch for exceptions. In some cases, for example, the letteru doesnt make the oosound (guitarra, guerra)

Spanish sounds are usually made towards the front of the mouth instead of the back,with little or no air coming out. And, short, choppy sounds are better than longstretched-out ones.

Accented () parts of words should always be pronounced LOUDER and with moreemphasis (ol). If theres no accent mark, say the last part of the word LOUDER andwith more emphasis (espaol). For words ending in a vowel, or in n ors, the next tothe last part of the word is stressed (importante).

Ejercicio 1 Read out the Spanish alphabet over the phone.

Ejercicio 2 Think of 5 Spanish words that you know. It could be ofMexican cooking, expressions you heard in moviesetc.Spell out these words to your teacher. Your teacherwill also spell you 5 words that you may know in Spanish.Have fun!!


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Ejercicio 3 Lets learn some classroom expressions!!

Can you repeat, please? Repite/(Repita), por favorHow do you say cat in Spanish? Cmo se dice cat en espaol?How is it spelt? Cmo se escribe?Im sorry Im late Siento llegar tarde

Im sorry Lo sientoIm sorry Perdona/perdone. Disculpe/disculpaI dont understand No entiendo/no comprendoJust a moment, please Un momento, por favorSlower, please Ms despacio, por favorWhat did you say Qu dices/ qu dijiste?

Algunas palabras y frases importantes que deberas saber:

Some words and important sentences you should know:

Escucha y repite:

Lee el texto/dilogo

Escribe una lista

Escribe frases

Now you

Adivina

Look for

Completa

CheckContesta

Contina

Ejemplo

Elige

Estudia

Inventa

Lee en voz alta

MiraUne

Verdad o mentira?

Muy bien

Otra vez, por favor

S?

Por favor

S, dime?

Cierra tu cuaderno

Cierra tu libro

Listo/Lista?

Listen and repeat.

Read the text/dialogue

Write a list

Write sentences

Ahora t

Guess

Busca

Complete

CompruebaAnswer

Continuekeep going

Example

Choose

Study

Make up/ invent

Read aloud

LookLink, join

True or false?

Very good

(Try) again please

Yes?

Please

Yes, tell me?

Close your exercise book

Close your book

Are you ready?


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Spanish is the first language of more than 400 million people in Central and Latin Americaand in Spain. As one of the major languages in the world, it is not only the official languageof 21 countries, but also one of the official languages of the United Nations. In addition,there are approximately 110,000 Spanish speakers in Australia and as such, Spanish isone of the major languages in Australias multicultural society.

It is perfectly correct to say: Estudio espaol or Estudio castellano (I studySpanish).The use of espaol to refer to the study of the Spanish language is usual inSpain as well as in those countries where this idiom is studied as a second language;while in Central America and Latin America the use of castellano is commonly used.

In addition to Spain, Spanish is the official language of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea,Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico,Uruguay, and Venezuela. Furthermore, it is widely spoken in several other nations,including Canada, Morocco, the Philippines, and the United States.

Profesor/a: Quieres aprender espaol?

Estudiante: S, me encantara.

Profesor/a: Para qu quieres aprender espaol?

Estudiante: Para hablar, para entender, para leer.Para saber lo que dicen los parientes de mi novia/novio que son deEspaa/ de Per.Para charlar con latinoamericanos y espaoles.Para entender las noticias en la televisin y en la radio.Para leer los correos electrnicos (e-mails) y las cartas de mis amigos deMxico y de Argentina.Para viajar a Espaa, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Uruguay.Para entender las canciones en espaol.Para ir a bailar con mis amigos latinoamericanos.Para comprar cosas en Bolivia o en Ecuador.Para enamorarme en espaol.

Profesor/a: Bien, entonces vamos a aprender espaol juntos.

El espaol o castellano en el mundo.

The Spanish or Castilian language around the world.

Quieres aprender espaol?


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(English version)

Teacher: Do you want to learn Spanish?

Student: Yes, Id love to.

Teacher: Why do you want to learn Spanish?

Student: To speak, to understand, to read.To find out what my girlfriends/boyfriends relatives from Spain or Peru aresaying.To chat with Latin American and Spanish people.To understand the news on TV and radio.To read the e-mails and letters of my friends from Mexico and Argentina.To travel to Spain, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Uruguay.To understand the Spanish songs.To go dancing with my Latin American friends.To buy things in Bolivia or in Ecuador.

To fall in love in Spanish.Teacher: Well then, lets learn Spanish together.

Ejercicio 4 Why are you studying Spanish? State yourreasons in a few lines in English and send theseto your teacher. Take your time on this and try toproject how learning Spanish will affect your life inthe future.


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Learn These Expressions By Heart

Hola hello/hi

Buenos das good morning

Buenas tardes good afternoon

Buenas noches good night

Bienvenido(a, as, os) welcome

Adis goodbye

Hasta la vista until we meet again

Hasta luego so long/see you later

Hasta maana until tomorrow/see you tomorrow

Hasta pronto bye for now/see you soon

Nos vemos! Ill be seeing you!/ See you soon!

Mucho gusto, encantado (It is) nice/pleased/delighted to meet you

Muchas gracias Thank you very much

De nada Youre welcome

Can you guess what the man is saying? Circle the right answer.

a) Cmo te llamas?

b) Muchas gracias!

c) Mucho gusto!d) Hola, qu tal?

Saludos Greetings


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Informal Or Familiar

When talking to someone, you must choose one of two words for you: Usted or t.Whats the difference? T is used with people you know, or who are your age or younger;ustedwith older people or in a more formal situation. In the following questions andanswers you will find examples of the formal use. You will learn more about this in thenext unit.

Se pregunta (You ask)Cmo te llamas? What is your name? (Informal)

Se responde (You answer)Me llamo Mara Fernndez or My name is Mara FernndezMi nombre es Mara Fernndez

Se pregunta This is anotherway to sayCul es tu nombre? What is your name?

Se respondeMe llamo Jos orMi nombre es Jos My name is Jos

Se preguntaCmo ests? (t) How are you? (Informal)

Se respondeEstoy bien/ muy bien/ estupendo I am fine/ very well/ terrific/great

Se preguntaQu tal? How's it going? How are you? (Informal)

Se respondeBien/ bien gracias y t? Good/ good, thank you and you?

Se preguntaCmo se llama? What is your name? (Formal)

Se respondeMe llamo/Soy Luis lamos Im Luis lamos

Se preguntaCmo est Ud.? How are you? (Formal)

Se respondeAs, as/ms o menos/regular So, so/ more or less/ not too good/ bad/

no muy bien/mal/muy mal/ terrible very bad/terrible

Practice makes perfect!

Preguntas y respuestas

Questions and answers


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Dilogos Informales.

Josefina: Hola, cmo te llamas? Hi, what is your name?

Juan: Hola, me llamo Juan y t? Hi, my name is Juan, and yours?

Josefina: Me llamo Josefina. Chao Juan. My name is Josefina. Bye Juan.

Juan: Chao Josefina. Bye Josefina.

Horacio: Hola, cul es tu nombre?

Raquel: Me llamo Raquel, y t, cmo te llamas?

Horacio: Me llamo Horacio. Adis Raquel

Raquel: Adis Horacio.

Dilogos Formales.

Marcia: Buenos das, cmo se llama usted?

Good morning, what is your name?

Ricardo: Yo? yo me llamo Ricardo Rojas y usted?

Me?my name is Ricardo Rojas and you?Marcia: Yo me llamo Marcia Collados. Hasta maana seor Rojas.

My name is Marcia Collados. See you tomorrow Mr Rojas

Ricardo: Hasta pronto seorita Collados.

See you soon Miss Collados

Director: Buenas tarde seora Salas.Sra. Salas: Buenas tardes seor director

Dialogue One

Dialogue Two

Dialogue Three

Dialogue Four


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Exercise 5. Listen to the following 6 short dialoguesand determine whether the speakers arebeing formal or informal. Circle the correctletter. Send this exercise in.

Formal = F and Informal = I

1. F or I 2. F or I 3. F or I4. F or I 5. F or I 6. F or I

Exercise 6. Read this dialogue and complete it inSpanish (use you, t, familiar). Send it in toyour teacher.

Friend: Hola, qu tal?

You Say: Hi. Im fine. And you?Friend: Muy bien, gracias. Cmo te llamas?You Say: My name is (insert your name).Ask him/her: What is your name?

Friend: Me llamo Julin.You: Say: Pleased to meet you.

Julin: Encantado. Adis.You Say: Bye.

In all countries of the Spanish speaking world people do not only shake hands whenintroduced but also when they meet (or say goodbye to) someone they already know.

Amongst friends it is customary for a man and a woman or two women to exchange kisses(one on each cheek). Now it is becoming more popular in some countries to kiss amongstmen.

You can use ste when you are introducing a male to someone and sta when youare introducing a female.

ste es Juan This is Juan. (informal).sta es Juanita This is Juanita. (informal).

Can I introduce you to:Te presento a Ricardo/Rosa. (informal)Le presento al seor Snchez. (formal)

Le presento a la seorita Martnez. (formal)

(Yo) te presento a I introduce you to

To introduce someone, say:


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Mucho gusto (Pleased to meet you) orEncantado (man) (delighted to meet you)Encantada (woman) or (delighted to meet you)Es un placer (My pleasure)Between friends you might say: Hola, qu tal? orjust qu tal?

Estudia estos ejemplos - Study these examples.Beln is introducing Rosa to Juan.

Dilogo ABeln: Rosa, te presento a JuanRosa: Hola Juan!, encantadaJuan: Hola!, encantado

or

Dilogo BBeln: Rosa. ste es JuanRosa: Hola Juan! Mucho gusto!Juan: Hola! mucho gusto

You can also add mi amigo (my male friend) ormi amiga (my female friend). HereVanesa is introducing her male friend Ricardo to her friend Teresa in a very informal way.

Dilogo CVanesa: Teresa, ste es mi amigo Ricardo.Teresa: Hola! qu tal?Ricardo: Hola! qu tal!

Exercise 7. Now, translate into English dialogues A and

C and sent them in. What would you say inthese situations

Exercise 8. Write a dialogue and send it in. You areleaving the cinema and you recognise yourbest friend accompanied by two otherfriends. He/she introduces you to his/hertwo friends. In the dialogue, please say:

hello/pleased to meet you/what is yourname and good bye.

Your answer is:


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Exercise 9. Answer in Spanish. Self-correcting exercise.

1. At school one morning you greet the School Principal.

2 In the street one of your friends says Hola to you.

3. You walk into a restaurant one evening and greet the waitress.

4. You go to your best friends house early one afternoon: greet your friends mother.

5. You leave some Spanish friends one morning, expecting to be back by lunchtime.

6. You didnt understand what someone said to you.

7. A friend invites you to his house to have a meal with his family.

8. An old man whom you have helped across the road says thank you.

Exercise 10. How do you say these questions in Spanish?Self correcting exercise. (See correctanswers at the back)

1. What is your name?

2. My name is.

3. Say a greeting in informal Spanish.

4. Good bye.

5. Say two greetings in formal Spanish.

6. Introduce your Spanish teacher to your mother.


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Exercise 11. Read out these numbers over the telephone.

Learn these numbers by heart.

One Uno Two Dos Three Tres Four CuatroFive Cinco Six Seis Seven Siete Eight OchoNine Nueve Ten Diez

Ejercicio 12 Quiz 1. Write the correct response. Self -correcting exercise.

1. Which greeting would you not use to say hello when meeting somebody?a. hola! cmo ests?b. mucho gustoc. qu tal?d. hasta luego

2. Translate the following: lo siento.

3. Which phrase means Ill be seeing you?a. hasta pronto

b. nos vemosc. adiosd. hasta luego

4. What is the formal way to say how are you?

5. Which phrase means what is your name? (formal)

Ejercicio 13 Quiz 2. Self correcting exercise. Circle the right answer.

1. Hola - cmo ests? (estoy bien/hasta luego).2. Te presento a (hola/mucho gusto).3. Bienvenido (Muchas gracias/de nada).4. Cmo se llama Ud.? (me llamo, te presento).5. Buenos das! (buenos das, buenas tardes).6. Oye - me pegaste! (bienvenidos, lo siento) [hey, you hit me].7. Hasta pronto, nos vemos (qu pasa, nos vemos).8. Muchas gracias (de nada/ s).

9. Te presento a mi amigo (disculpe, encantada).10. Hasta maana, chao (perdn, chao).

Los Nmeros - The numbers


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Ejercicio 14. Pronunciation Exercises:

1. Vowels. Read these words aloud over the phone to your teacher.

A) ala Ana - mam - pap - casa

E) elefante ele - Pepe Beln tele

I) cima vino kilo lira - difcil

O) oso pozo moto mozo botn

U) buzo rudo suma bus fusil

2. Remember that the letter C has two sounds:

a) In a combination ce and ci it sounds like sceleste cerdo cena - cinta cielo cita

b) In a combination ca-co-cu it sounds like Kcasa cama como cosa Cuba curso

3. a) Keep in mind that there are two R sounds in Spanish (soft and hard):the single R sound and the double R (or RR).

b) Keep in mind that the single R (soft sound) is used whenever thesingle R appears in a word, except when it is at the beginning of a

word or after an L, N or S, then the RR (hard sound) is used.c) Keep in mind that the Spanish R does not have the distinctive R

sound of English. Think of it as an entirely separate letter.

Remember that the single R is pronounced with a single flap of thetongue against the roof of mouth.

Now read these words to your teacher

caro arena iris aro bravo gris - triste

Rosa Ricardo Roma Rub Romn Ral - Ramona

Now be careful with the pronunciation of these words:

carro - caro -perro pero - cerro cero corro coro morro moro -forro - foro

Finally read these sentences aloud to your teacher

a) Pedro tiene un carro caro y un perro bravo.

b) Rosa Rojas est triste, perdi su ratn gris.


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Complete List of ExercisesUnit 1 Meeting people

Speaking:Exercise 1Exercise 2Exercise 3Exercise 11Exercise 14

Reading

Exercise 6

WritingExercise 4Exercise 7Exercise 8

ListeningExercise 5


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Answers to self-correcting exercises

Ejercicio 9

a. Buenos das, seor directorb. Hola or Hola, qu tal!

c. Buenas nochesd. Buenas tardese. Hasta pronto or hasta luegof. Repite or repita, por favorg. Muchas graciash. De nada

Ejercicio 10

a. Cmo te llamas? or Cul es tu nombre? or Cmo se llama?b. Me llamo or Mi nombre esc. Hola - Qu tal?d. Adise. Buenos das Buenas tardes Buenas nochesf. Mam, te presento a mi profesora de espaol or Mam esta es mi profesora de

espaol.

Ejercicio 12 Quiz 1

1. Which greeting would you NOT use to say hello when meeting somebody?hasta luego2. Translate the following: lo siento

Im sorry3. Which phrase means Illbe seeing you?

b) nos vemos4. What is the formal way to say how are you?

Cmo est?5. Which phrase means what is your name? (formal)

Cmo se llama? Or Cul essu nombre?

Ejercicio 13 Quiz 2

1. Hola - cmo ests? (estoy bien)2. Te presento a (mucho gusto)3. Bienvenido (Muchas gracias)4. Cmo se llama Ud.? (me llamo)5. Buenos das! (buenos das)6. Oye - me pegaste! [hey, you hit me] (lo siento)7. Hasta pronto (nos vemos)8. Muchas gracias (de nada)

9. Te presento a mi amigo (encantada)10. Hasta maana (chao)

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