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This is super-important for Junior Cert. and Leaving Cert. and indeed for anyone studying this great language.
BIG TOPIC
This is a big topic in Spanish. That is why I have broken it down into six individual sections. Each part concentrates on one particular point (e.g. individual letters, listening etc.).
You will become an expert in the Spanish Alphabet because you…
Hear the Pronunciations of Letters
Practice Your Pronunciation
Can Download My Alphabet Chart
In this first section, you get the MyTeacherDave’s Alphabet Cards.
These cards teach you the pronunciation of each letter in the entire Spanish alphabet – one-by-one.
CLICK – PLAY -LISTEN – REPEAT
1) CLICK the audio button to PLAY the sound
2) LISTEN to the sound of the letter and sample word(s)
3) REPEAT the sound you hear
* EXTRA HELP *
CLICK the “TURN” button to turn the card and get some more helpful pronunciation information for any given letter!
NOTE
Sometimes there might be a short lag of a second or two until the audio plays after clicking!
1) CLICK on the image of the little man
(You will hear the sounds of the Spanish alphabet)
2) FOLLOW the letters of the alphabet chart as you hear them.
(You can do this by sight or with your finger/cursor)
3) LISTEN AGAIN, pause the audio and repeat the pronunciation.
You have a good idea of the sounds of the letters from your Alphabet Cards in Part 1.
In this section, let’s put all of the letters together.
CLICK HERE for a FREE downloadable PDF version of the alphabet chart
In questions 1 to 7, there are two letters – only one of these is actually produced.
1) CLICK on the image of the little man
2) SELECT the sound you hear in 1 to 7
3) CHECK answers with the “CHECK” button
4) RETRY and REPEAT until you get 100!
You may have noticed in the previous activities that some sounds in the Spanish alphabet are actually quite similar.
In this section, you will build your listening skills and be able to differentiate between some similar sounds.
You are doing great!
We are now coming to the end of the listening activities for the Spanish alphabet.
In the previous section, you had to listen to individual sounds. Now, you are going to listen to complete words.
In questions 1 to 7, there are two names – only one of these is actually produced.
1) CLICK on the image of the little man
2) SELECT the name you hear being spelt in 1 to 7
3) CHECK answers with the “CHECK” button
4) RETRY and REPEAT until you get 100!
In this section, you are now going to start spelling words in Spanish!
To do this, we are going to work with some pretty funny animals.
There are five cards with an animal on each one.
1) CLICK the audio button to hear the sound the animal makes.
2) SPELL the name of the animal OUT LOUD
3) SAY the full name of the animal OUT LOUD
* TIP *
Use the individual alpabet cards in Part 1 above if you are not 100% sure how to pronounce any letter.
CLICK THE BLUE BUTTON to get there in a jiffy!
Welcome to the very last part of MyTeacherDave’s Spanish Alphabet page.
As the title suggests, this part is ALL about you!
So far in your journey, you have done activities of listening, pronunciation and a little bit of spelling.
Let’s now apply all of the skills to talking specifically about you.
The baby in the picture is actually thinking the most important question on this whole page!
ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT SPELLING
To ask about how to spell something, we say:
“¿CÓMO SE ESCRIBE…?” = “HOW DO YOU SPELL…?”
Question => “¿Cómo se escribe tu nombre?“.
Answer => “Se escribe mi nombre D-A-V-E“.
Using the information about how to ask and answer questions about spelling, make questions and answers for the following:
1) Your name (“mi nombre”)
2) Your surname (“mi apellido”)
3) Your email address (“mi correo electrónico”)
4) Your school (“mi instituto”)
5) Your favourite animal (“mi animal favorito”)
BY THE WAY…
@ = “arroba” . = “punto” “space” = “espacio”
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