KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
¿Adónde vamos? Role-play, read aloud
Travel and tourism: lugares y personas famosos
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Your learning goal
I can complete read aloud and role-play tasks in the context of visiting countries in the Hispanic world.
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¿Adónde vamos? Role-play, read aloud: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can complete read aloud and role-play tasks in the context of visiting countries in the Hispanic world.
Key learning points
- [ce], [ci] and [z] sound like the 'th' in 'think' in most of Spain, and 's' in Latin America and the Canary Islands.
- [h] is silent at the beginning of a word or in between vowels. [ch] is pronounced like 'noche'.
- It’s important to identify tricky sounds before attempting read aloud tasks.
- When preparing and performing role-plays, it is important to answer using short phrases or sentences.
- The question you ask must be relevant to the context of the role-play.
Words to know
- read aloud
- task in which the student reads aloud a text in Spanish
- role-play
- task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role-play
Common mistakes
[ce], [ci] and [z] always sound like the 'th' in 'think' in Spain, the Canary Islands and Latin America.
[ce], [ci] and [z] sound like the 'th' in 'think' in most of Spain, and 's' in Latin America and the Canary Islands.
For parents, carers and teachers
- For the role-play, the suggestion of developing answers is aimed at Higher-tier students.