Objetivo

• By the end of the lesson, you will be able to greet and say good-bye formally and informally while taking into account culturally appropriate gestures.

GreetingsTo be able to greet people in Spanish

Talk partners•Which languages do you know about or have you heard being spoken?

•Do you know anyone who or do you speak another language?

Here are some examples of different languages around the world:

Where in the world is English spoken?

United KingdomIreland

Australia

United States of America

Canada

India

South Africa

Where in the world is Spanish spoken?

Spain

Mexico

ArgentinaChile

Peru

Piensa: How would you greet the following people?

¡Hola!• This is the Spanish word for hi or hello• It has a silent letter in it, can you guess

which letter it is?

¡Hola!• ‘h’ is always a silent letter in Spanish• Can you think of some words in

English that begin with an ‘h’ practice saying them without the ‘h’ at the beginning

¡ Buenas noches!¡ Buenas tardes!¡ Qué tal!

¡ Buenos días !¡ Hola !

¡ Hola !

According to the time of day

Nota Cultural:El contacto

-What is physical contact like in the US when you greet someone?Does this vary with age of the person and social status?

- In many Latino countries it is common to kiss on the cheek when you meet; especially among women and men and women greeting each other. How would this make you feel?

Goodbyes

Spanish GoodbyesTo be able to say goodbye in

Spanish

Warm up!

Can you remember the greetings?

¡Hola!¡Buenos días!

¡Buenas noches!

¡Buenas tardes!

Saying goodbye

How many different ways can you think of for saying goodbye in English? Do we always use the same one?

Goodbye in Spanish• In Spanish the main way of saying goodbye is

¡Adiós!• People also use:

•¡Hasta luego! - see you later

•¡Hasta mañana! - see you tomorrow

•¡Nos vemos! - See you.

•¡gracias! - thank you

¡Adiós!

Makes an ‘ee’ sound

Make sure you put more effort into this sound

¡Gracias!

Makes an ‘ee’ sound

Makes a ‘th’ sound

¡Hasta luego!Remember the silent ‘h’

Piensa: How would you greet this person? Why might you greet him differently than a

younger person?

¿Cómo estás? How are you?

InformalTo a friend

FormalTo show more respect

(older people, boss, principalPolice)

¡bien, gracias ¿y tú?Fine, thank you, and you?

¿Cómo estás How are you?

¡Estoy bien, gracias ¿y usted?Fine, thank you, and you?

Canción de saludo:

• Sing to the tune of Are you Sleeping

Buenos días, buenos días

¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás?

Muy bien, gracias. Muy bien, gracias

¿y usted? ¿y usted?

(Replace “Buenos días” with “buenas noches/buenas tardes”)