Situaciones: role play
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can prepare and perform a role-play in a service setting.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- When preparing and performing role-plays, it is important to answer using short phrases or sentences.
- You must avoid giving one-word answers in role-plays.
- Role-play answers must be kept brief. Overcomplicating answers runs the risk of introducing ambiguity.
- It is important to be aware of different forms of address, 'tú' and 'usted', when preparing and performing role-plays.
Keywords
Role-play - task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role-play
2nd person - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'you (informal)'
3rd person - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'she, he, it, they', or 'you (formal)'
Common misconception
When performing a role-play, one-word answers are enough.
When preparing and performing role-plays, it is important to answer using short phrases or sentences, avoiding one-word answers.
Teacher tip
Slides 8, 9 and Task A2 contain Higher Tier vocabulary. Students can have a tendency to rush or mumble their answers in a role-play, so encourage them to speak clearly in Task A1c.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is not a verb?
Q2.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
feeling, sentiment
afternoon
classroom
businessperson
teaching, instruction
sensation
Q4.Order the words to say: 'you need to study so I am going home'.
Q5.Write in English: 'hay tantas personas aquí'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'he is the worst teacher'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
bill
password
design
chemical
sales
size
Q2.'Me gusta porque es bonita'. Which prompt is being addressed?
Q3.'Say what food you want to buy'. Choose the best response to this prompt.
Q4.Which questions are formal?
Q5.You are talking to a shop assistant. Write in Spanish: 'What is your shop called?'.
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