Spanish: Learn to Speak about Yourself

Spanish: Learn to Speak

about Yourself

Learning to speak about yourself is a great way to build confidence in your skills.

When I was a young teacher, I had the privilege of attending a day with Harry Wong, author of The First Days of School. He has loads of wisdom to share with teachers. One of the many things that he said that truly resonated with me is investing 10% of your life outside of school in improving your repertoire and skills as a teacher.

If you have a teacher in your life, you know it is WAY more than 10% of time outside of school that teachers invest. One extra time period that I always invest is the start of our summer break to create activities and materials. It is a fun way to “work”. I can put my feet up, stay in pyjamas and work while having coffee and no deadlines. I enjoy the time I have to invent creative learning activities. Also, there’s almost no time to get creative when school is on with so many other things to do.

Here is an activity I created some years ago to review beginning Spanish to learn to speak about yourself. I added some English translation for support.

Autobiografía

¿Cómo te llamas? What’s your name?

Me llamo…./My name is….

¿Dónde vives? Where do you live?

Vivo en…/I live in…

¿De dónde eres? Where are you from?

Soy de…/I am from…

¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you?

Tengo ____ años. I am…..years old.

¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? When is your birthday?

Mi cumpleaños es el___ de ____?/My birthday is the ____ of ___________.

enero

febrero

marzo

abril

mayo

junio

julio

agosto

septiembre

octubre

noviembre

diciembre

¿Dónde naciste? Where were you born?

Nací en ________. I was born in _________.

Dínos sobre tu familia. Tell us about your family.

Mi familia es ________. My family is….

grande

pequeña

¿Tienes hermanos? ¿Cuántos? ¿Cómo se llaman? Do you have siblings? How many? What are their names?

Tengo _____ hermano (a)(os)(as).

Describe tu personalidad y tu aspecto físico. ¿Cómo eres? Escribe un mínimo de cinco frases. Describe your personality and appearance.

Soy…..

amable

simpátic@

inteligente

deportista

fuerte

organizad@

estudios@

trabajador(a)

alt@

median@

rubi@

moren@

castañ@

¿Cuáles clases tienes? ¿Cuántas? ¿Cuándo? What classes do you have? How many? When?

Tengo….

inglés

español

francés

matemáticas

ciencias

arte

música

álgebra

geometría

cálculo

historia

tecnología

educación física

¿Qué hiciste durante el verano pasado? What did you do last summer?

(No) viajé

(No) estudié

(No) trabajé

(No) jugué deportes

(No) dibujé

(No) cociné

(No) leí

(No) miré la televisión

¿Cuáles idiomas hablas? What languages do you speak?

Hablo…..

inglés

español

árabe

japonés

chino

francés

italiano

Describe tu rutina diaria. Describe your daily routine.

Me despierto a las…. I wake up at …..

Me levanto a las….. I get up at …..

Me ducho. I take a shower.

Me maquillo. I put on makeup.

Me visto. I get dressed.

Me cepillo los dientes. I brush my teeth.

Salgo. I leave.

Trabajo. I work.

Voy a mis clases. I go to my classes.

Almuerzo. I eat lunch.

Voy a casa. I go home.

¿Adónde te gusta ir de compras? Where do you like to go shopping?

Me gusta ir a ___________

¿Juegas deportes? Do you play sports?

Juego______.

al tenis

golf

al voleból

al fútbol

al fútbol americano

al béisbol

¿Cuál es tu película favorita? What’s your favorite movie?

Mi película favorita es ________.

¿Cuál es tu comida favorita? What’s your favorite food?

Mi comida favorita es_______.

¿Cuál es tu programa favorito? What’s your favorite program?

Mi programa favorita es _______.

Get a notebook and personalize this. I find that writing things out by hands improves retention. You can then use that as a script to rehearse and memorize. Firstly, the activity will help you speak Spanish about this theme quickly. Next, once you have memorized and learned enough words and phrases, you will move into the B/intermediate level. A hallmark of this level is being able to create with language.

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