Welcome!

¡Bienvenidos!

Welcome to Spanish. In Year 8 in St Catherine’s College, we hope you

will learn this new and exciting language and have fun at the same

time.

Why learn Spanish?

• Spanish is spoken by 329,00,000 people in the world.

• As well as in Spain, it is spoken in most of Latin America.

• It is also the first language of many people in the USA.

Some well known speakers of Spanish…

Selena Gomez David Beckham Beyonce

Matthew Mc Conaughey

Will Smith Gwyneth Paltrow

What will I learn in Year 8 Spanish classes?

• How to greet people…

• How to introduce yourself and say your name…

• How to ask how someone is…

¡Me llamo Róisin!

¿Qué tal?

¡Bien!

• How to talk about your age

and ask how old someone is…

• The alphabet and how to spell in Spanish.

• Days of the week/ months/ dates.

• How to say when your birthday is…

¡Feliz cumpleaños!

Tengo once años.

• How to talk about things in your schoolbag…

• How to speak about your school and the subjects you study…

una regla un bolígrafo

la geografía el dibujo

un estuche

las ciencias

• How to talk about your family…

• How to talk about countries, nationalities and languages…

Somos cinco en mi familia.

Soy de EspañaSoy españolaHablo español

• How to talk about colours and describe flags.

• Talk about and describe animals…

Tengo un gato.¡Es gordo y grande!

Amarillo

Rojo

Rojo

• Give a physical description of people…

• Describe a person’s character and personality…

Es inteligente, divertido y tonto

There are also many opportunities to learn Spanish outside the

classroom…

The Spanish Club

The Spanish Exchange

Spanish Summer School

¡Hasta septiembre!

¡Adiós!