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.
Listen carefully. Your teacher will play the audio twice on the class speakers. Listen out for name, age and where someone lives, then answer the questions together as a class.
You have just said your profile out loud with your partner. 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 Spanish word order you have just practised.
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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