SPANISH CONVERSATION STARTERS #1

KS3 SPANISH SPEAKING ACTIVITIES KS4 SPANISH SPEAKING PRACTICE GCSE SPANISH SPEAKING PRACTICE BEGINNER SPANISH CONVERSATION STARTERS WITH REFERENCE AND PLANNING BOOKLETS

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Students often find speaking quite challenging in Spanish class. They find it really useful to engage with activities that require them to reproduce language they are already familiar with, be creative with that language in order to produce new language, and also enable them to engage with entirely new language. This set features 100 conversation starters / speaking prompts in question format, featuring a broad range of language and grammar points. The CEFR level is roughly A2-B1. The set includes a reference booklet with all the language featured in the set, and a planning booklet. The activity works well as a spontaneous speaking activity, and students also benefit from a more focused approach, where they can research and plan more detailed and complex responses as their competence and skills develop.

The set features a broad range of language and grammar, some of which students may not yet have formally covered. It’s useful to include new or unknown language in learning activities, as this gives students the opportunity both to practise and consolidate knowledge, to engage with and actively learn new language, and so to progress in their learning.

Questions formats are varied, to ensure maximum opportunity to work with the different ways to ask questions in Spanish. Some questions seek to elicit very similar information, but are asked in different language: this avoids learners simply parroting learned responses to fixed prompts. The set works equally well as writing prompts, and the individual questions are great for Spanish centers and bell ringers too.

Remind students that it is not necessary to tell the truth - the purpose is to create and produce accurate and realistic language. Students can prepare their responses in as much detail as possible on the accompanying worksheet, remembering that these are starters / prompts, so that once they have responded, they should then say something to keep the conversation going.

The starters broadly address the following themes:
personal information; family & routines at home; hobbies & free time; likes & dislikes; local environment; food & drink; school & studies; sport & healthy living; travel, countries & languages; weather & seasons

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