Greetings and Everyday Expressions

What the resources cover

This unit sits in the strand Foundations: Sounds, Greetings and Basics, within Spanish language. Most of what is listed is flashcards, and they start with the essentials. Basic Greetings flashcards run from Hola and Buenos dias to Como te llamas and mucho gusto. Español 101 adds questions such as where you are from and how old you are, with model answers.

Questions and classroom language

Basic Spanish Questions practises asking about likes, birthdays, ages and what someone is like. Spanish Questions pasado reuses many of the same questions and adds past-tense ones, such as asking where someone went. There is also a deck of classroom commands and phrases, from lee and escucha to repite and de nada, and a quiz on classroom commands.

Idioms and fixed expressions

Once the basics feel comfortable, move on to Expresiones Idiomaticas con Tener, which covers tener hambre, tener miedo, tener prisa and many more. Spanish Idioms And Fixed Expressions looks at phrases such as dar por sentado and suele decirse que. A mind map on idiomatic expressions gives a quick overview of the same ground.

A sensible order

1. Start with Basic Greetings flashcards and the greetings quizzes.
2. Move to Español 101 and Basic Spanish Questions for introductions and simple conversation.
3. Add classroom phrases, then the tener and idiom decks.
4. Finish with the revision mind maps, including one for 2013 unit 1 AQA GCSE Spanish, and a test such as Spanish oral test unit 1.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a mind map first to see how the topic fits together. Then take a quiz without looking at your notes. Any answer you miss tells you which flashcard deck to go back to. Teachers can pick a deck or quiz to set as a starter or a quick check.

Choose one deck today, work through it, and then try a quiz on the same theme.