You have twenty seconds to tell someone who you are. What makes the cut: your name, your age, where you live, one thing you love?
Today you string four facts into a short spoken profile in Spanish, just like meeting a new classmate on a video call to Spain.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Give a four-fact spoken profile about yourself
- Write sentences for name, age, where you live and one thing you like
- Notice how Spanish talks about age differently from English
Tap each phrase on the table, listen, then say it back together. Your four-fact profile uses four frames: name, age with tengo (I have), where you live, and one thing you like. The other phrases are handy extras you can add if you want.
Meet Lucía in Sevilla:
Me llamo Lucía. Tengo once años. Vivo en Sevilla. Me gusta el flamenco. (My name is Lucía. I am eleven. I live in Seville. I like flamenco.)
Age numbers you may need: diez (10), once (11), doce (12), trece (13)
Like options (all singular with Me gusta): el fútbol, el cine, la música, la lectura, el baloncesto, el tenis
Imagine you are answering Lucía on a video call: give your name, age, Irish town or city, and one thing you like.
Two children, Isabel and Carlos, talk about their brothers and sisters. Listen for tengo: it is the word Lucía used for her age, and here it means I have. Your teacher will play the clip twice, then we answer the questions together.
Open your copy. Using the model still on the board, write your own four sentences: name, age, where you live, and one thing you like. Personalise the slots; keep the accents and the Spanish word order you have been practising out loud.
- Me llamo — My name is
- Tengo ... años — I am ... years old
- Vivo en — I live in
- Me gusta — I like
- No me gusta — I don't like
- Mi color favorito es... — My favourite colour is...
- Mi comida favorita es... — My favourite food is...
- Tengo una mascota — I have a pet
Work with a partner. Take turns giving your four-fact profile, as if you are answering Lucía on a video call: name, age, where you live, and one thing you like. Partner A goes first, then swap so Partner B speaks. You may add one extra fact (No me gusta..., a favourite colour or food, or a pet) if you want.
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