User:Gerardo Spanish Courses

'Lesson 1 Greetings  Objectives' '''By the end of the class, students should be able to:  My main goal for all of my classes is to engage my students in a communicative pedagogy since day one. It is important that students feel comfortable and speak the language as soon as the first day of classes.''' '''Learning activities  Outcomes'''
 * 1) recognize and pronounce the Spanish alphabet
 * 2) recognize the conjugation of the verbs llamarse and ser.
 * 3) ask and answer the following questions: ¿De dónde eres? ¿Cómo te llamas?
 * Warm up by chatting with the class by modeling greetings and writing on the board the vocabulary, phrases, and structures that I’m using.
 * Students will be introduced to the lesson.
 * Students will review the vocabulary by using images and the alphabet.
 * Students will read and prepare the ¡Manos a la obra! grammar-focused activities.
 * 1) Actividad 1
 * 2) Actividad 2
 * Students will work through the Pronunciation (or Ortografía).
 * Students will look over Cultura. They will see that there is a difference between formal and informal greetings.
 * Students will practice and provide information meaningful to them in the target language.
 * Students may recognize the difference in sounds. I will encourage students to make connections to the target language and emphasize the difference of their native language to the target language.