Unit 8: De vacaciones
Por favor, para ir a la catedral?
Ask how to get somewhere and use basic city vocabulary.
A19 min
Move around a tourist city using simple requests and direction words.
Warm-up
Key words
cathedral
catedral
pharmacy
farmacia
post office
correos
left
izquierda
Input
En el aeropuerto
Miguel llega al aeropuerto internacional con dos maletas pequenas. Su vuelo sale a las diez y media, asi que tiene tiempo. Primero mira la pantalla para buscar su puerta de embarque. Luego pasa el control de seguridad sin problemas. Compra una botella de agua y un sandwich. Cuando anuncian su vuelo, camina hasta la puerta y sube al avion.
- Which travel actions happen in the text?
- Which city service words can you reuse?
Focus
Tourist directions
On vacation, the learner needs very direct city-navigation language that works immediately.
- Use para ir a plus the destination in a help request.
- Use city service nouns like farmacia and correos.
- Use izquierda and derecha for basic route guidance.
Perdon, para ir a la catedral?La farmacia esta a la izquierda.Sigue recto.
Practice
Micro-exercises
Exercise 1
Choose the best tourist help request.
Exercise 2
Choose a city service word.
Exercise 3
Choose the best answer for this por favor, para ir a la catedral? situation.
Exercise 4
Complete: La farmacia esta a la ___ . Choose the best option.
Exercise 5
Choose the Spanish for "cathedral".
Exercise 6
Complete: La farmacia esta a la ___ .
Exercise 7
Translate to Spanish: cathedral.
Exercise 8
Translate to Spanish: pharmacy.
Exercise 9
Translate to Spanish: post office.
Exercise 10
Translate to Spanish: left.
Exercise 11
Put the sentence in the correct order.
rectoSigue
Exercise 12
Put the sentence in the correct order.
iralacatedralPerdonpara
Exercise 13
Put the sentence in the correct order.
alaizquierdaLafarmaciaesta
Exercise 14
Put the sentence in the correct order.
Siguerecto
Exercise 15
Put the sentence in the correct order.
cercaCorreosesta
Exercise 16
Choose the most natural reply for this por favor, para ir a la catedral? exchange.
Exercise 17
Choose the most natural reply for this por favor, para ir a la catedral? exchange.
Exercise 18
Choose the most natural reply for this por favor, para ir a la catedral? exchange.
Exercise 19
Choose the most natural reply for this por favor, para ir a la catedral? exchange.
Exercise 20
Choose the most natural reply for this por favor, para ir a la catedral? exchange.
Use it
Tutor handoff
Copy and paste this prompt into Virtual Tutor to continue the lesson in guided conversation form.
Act as a patient A1 tutor. Roleplay a tourist asking for directions in a Spanish city. Make me ask for the cathedral, pharmacy, and post office.