LGfL PML Podcasts Las Olimpiades SPANISH

LGfL PML Podcasts Las Olimpiades SPANISH

LGfL
PML
Podcasts
SPANISH
Las Olimpiades
A
Lancashire
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Episode Notes:
Welcome to this episode – Las Olimpiades
This episode introduces vocabulary associated with the Olympics and some linked activities
whilst at the same time providing information about nouns in Spanish.
Nouns in Spanish
All nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine. Gender is a constant challenge for
learners of several languages including Spanish. Why is a particular word masculine and
another feminine when they relate to both men and women? What's the logic behind gender in
Spanish? If only there was a logical explanation! But there's no simple answer to this question,
and no simple way to know the gender of every noun other than just learning the gender with
each word.
Masculine nouns will be preceded by un (meaning ‘a’ or ‘one’) or el (meaning ‘the’) and
feminine nouns by una (‘a’ or ‘one’) or la (‘the’). Un and una change to unos and unas
(meaning ‘some’) whilst el and la change to los and las (meaning ‘the’) respectively when the
noun becomes plural. As a simple rule of thumb, many nouns ending in ‘o’ in Spanish are
masculine and those ending in ‘a’ are feminine. However, be aware that there are many
exceptions to this! Similarly, nouns ending in ción are usually feminine.
Presentation of key words
Here are some key nouns linked to the topic of the Olympics.
Escuchad.
the opening ceremony
a stadium
the Olympic flame
a flag
the Union Jack
the gold medal
a silver medal
the bronze medal
the national anthem
athletics
cycling
swimming
boxing
badminton
hockey
a country
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la ceremonia de apertura
un estadio
la antorcha olímpica
una bandera
la bandera del Reino Unido
la medalla de oro
una medalla de plata
la medalla de bronce
el himno nacional
el atletismo
el ciclismo
la natación
el boxeo
el bádminton
el hockey
un país
Practice of key words
Now you have a go.
Escuchad y repetid.
la ceremonia de apertura
un estadio
la antorcha olímpica
una bandera
la bandera del Reino Unido
la medalla de oro
una medalla de plata
la medalla de bronce
el himno nacional
el atletismo
el ciclismo
la natación
el boxeo
el bádminton
el hockey
un país
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la ceremonia de apertura
un estadio
la antorcha olímpica
una bandera
la bandera del Reino Unido
la medalla de oro
una medalla de plata
la medalla de bronce
el himno nacional
el atletismo
el ciclismo
la natación
el boxeo
el bádminton
el hockey
un país
Activity 1
The Medal Table - La lista de medallas
Here is a very simple activity giving you the opportunity to practise numbers and at the same
time learn how to say the names of some countries in Spanish. You could display a table like
the one on the .pdf document (see end of document) and ask the following questions.
Which country has 5 gold medals?
Which country has 3 silver medals?
Which country is in position four?
¿Qué país tiene cinco medallas de oro?
¿Qué país tiene tres medallas de plata?
¿Qué país está en la posición cuatro?
Alternatively, you could play the oral game ¡Qué confusión! (What a muddle!) Feed the
children one piece of false information in the midst of a series of correct phrases and the first
child to notice shouts ‘¡Qué confusión!’ and has the chance to supply the correct statement.
Activity 2
If you are unsure if a word is masculine or feminine you can always use a bilingual dictionary
or an online bilingual dictionary to find out or check the gender of a word. If a noun is
masculine it will be preceded by ‘el’, a feminine noun will have ‘la’ before it and a plural either
‘los’ or ‘las’ respectively. However, beware as there are some feminine nouns that don’t follow
the rule and take ‘el’. These need to be learned separately. The plural of most Spanish nouns
is formed by adding‘s’ if the word ends in a vowel or ‘es’ if it ends in a consonant.
Ask your class to try looking up the words featured at the end of the .pdf document. Which
ones are masculine and which ones are feminine? Which could be either? To help with
pronunciation listen to the words
entrada
final
pista
concursante
campeón
equipo
Now see if you can make any of them plural. You can check all of these on the .pdf transcript
(see end of document)
Activity 3
To end this episode how about a game of Veo, veo (the Spanish equivalent of I spy)? This
could be used to practise any vocabulary but here we are consolidating the Spanish names of
countries involved in the Olympics together with the letters of the alphabet from a previous
podcast. (Please refer to the .pdf for the full transcript.) You may wish to get your class to
research the names of other countries in Spanish using a dictionary or atlas.
A: Veo, veo.
B: ¿Qué ves?
A: Veo la bandera de un país que empieza con la letra ‘P’.
B: ¿Es Portugal?
A: ¡No! No es Portugal.
B: ¿Es Polonia?
A: ¡No! No es Polonia.
B: ¿Es Perú?
A: ¡Sí! Es Perú. Ahora, te toca a ti.
That’s the end of this episode.
¡Adiós! ¡Hasta la vista!
Bye and listen in again soon!
¡Adiós! ¡Hasta luego!
I spy with my little eye.
What do you spy?
I spy the flag from a country
beginning with the letter ‘P’.
Is it Portugal?
No! It’s not Portugal.
Is it Poland?
No! It’s not Poland.
Is it Peru?
Yes! It’s Peru. Now it’s your turn.
LGfL-PML Podcasts: Las Olimpiades
Resource for Activity 1
La lista de medallas
La posición
El país
Oro
Plata
Bronce
1
Gran Bretaña
10
2
7
2
España
8
5
3
3
Los Estados Unidos (USA)
6
9
1
4
Australia
4
4
2
5
Alemania (Germany)
3
2
5
6
Francia
2
3
4
7
Italia
0
1
6
Answers for Activity 2
Spanish
English
Gender
Singular
Plural
entrada
ticket
feminine
la entrada
las entradas
final
final
feminine
la final
las finales
pista
track
feminine
la pista
las pistas
concursante
competitor
masculine / feminine
el / la concursante
los / las concursantes
campeón
champion
masculine / feminine
el campeón / la campeona
los campeones / las campeonas
equipo
team
masculine
el equipo
los equipos