1. El alfabeto espaÑol

2. INtroducciÓn
¿Qué ya sabes del alfabeto español? (What do you already know about the Spanish alphabet?)
¿Qué piensas que vamos a aprender del alfabeto español? (What do you think we are going to learn about the alphabet?)

3. AL FIN Al fin de esta lección, vas a poder…
decir por que es importante saber el alfabeto en español.
pronunciar las vocales en español y dar información de ellas.
decir el alfabeto en español.
explicar el uso de los acentos escritos.
comparar el alfabeto español y el alfabeto inglés.

4. ¿Por quÉ es importante? Spanish is a PHONETIC language.
Words are spelled the way they are pronounced.
Most letters will have only one sound!!

5. VOCALES a e i o u Pronunciation Trick- mouth gets smaller
Each vowel has only one sound
“Short” sounds

6. El Alfabeto: Las Letras Symbol/ Name/ Pronounciation
There are officially 27 letters in the Spanish alphabet.
A B C CH D E F G
H I J K L LL M N
Ñ O P Q R RR S T
U V W X Y Z
Why do you think are CH, LL and RR highlighted?
CH, LL, RR were officially removed from the Spanish alphabet in 2010

7. El Alfabeto: Las Letras Symbol/ Name/ Pronounciation
A B C CH D E F G
H I J K L LL M N
Ñ O P Q R RR S T
U V W X Y Z
“HEY”
“ACHE”
“HOTA”
“E- YAY” KA
UVE DOBLE
DOBLE UVE
DOBLE V, DOBLE U, ”
UVE
VAY
EQUIS YE
IGRIEGA

9. Practicamos con…
COSMO
CHANT

10. Acentos Escritos: Where do they go? over some vowels What does it do?
shows stress/emphasis on a syllable
How do you “say” it when spelling?
Á (“a” con acento)

11. Acentos Escritos: When do we need a written accent?
1) show pronunciation if the word “breaks” rule
If a word ends in a vowel, n or s, the natural stress is on the second to last syllable= Hola; soFÁ
If a word ends in a consonant (other than n or s), stress is on last syllable = paPEL, LÁpiz

12. Acentos Escritos: When do we need a written accent?
2) to differentiate between 2 words with same pronunciation but different meanings
*(tu/tú; el/él; solo/sólo)*
3) to indicate question words
*¿quién? ¿qué? ¿cuándo?...*

13. Letras especiales:
ñ: extra letter in the Spanish alphabet (CANYON); ~ is called a tilde. It is NOT an accent!
ch, ll , & rr: used to be in Spanish alphabet but were removed
h: silent

14. Letras especiales: b & v:
In many countries they have the same pronunciation /b/.
Both B and V used to both be named “be”. In 2010, V was renamed “uve”. Before the switch, we would use the following trick when spelling...
B: “b grande” or “b de burro”
V: “ v chica” or “v de vaca”

15. Letras especiales:
k & w: only used in “loan words”; considered foreign letters (EJ: kayak, waterpolo)
rr: “doble R”; makes a vibrating or trilling sound; think about the sound a motorcycle makes (VRRRRROOOOOM)
r: may sound like a “RR” if a word begins or ends with it, or if it follows a consonant (EJ: rápido, televisor, verdad)

16. Letras especiales: c: can have 2 pronunciations:
When followed by a, o, u, or a consonant other than an h, it is a ‘hard c,’ pronounced like /k/. (como, practica)
When followed by e or i, it is a ‘soft c,’ and is pronounced like the /s / (doce, gracias, silencio).
g : can also have 2 pronunciations
‘hard g,’ : /g/ (grande, pegamento)
‘soft g,’ : /h/ (gimnasio, eligir)

17. Letras especiales:
d: may sound like a “th” in certain situations (ciudad/ miedo)
ll: can be pronounced 3 different ways depending on the region. /y/, /j/ or /zh/

18. Practicamos:¿Cómo se ESCRIBE y pronuncia
Practicamos:¿Cómo se ESCRIBE y pronuncia? Can you Spell and pronounce these words?
gato
niño
pared
reloj
pizarra
equipo
viento
habichuela
televisor
favorito
berenjena
mantequilla
xilófono

19. PRACTICAMOS: similaridades y diferencias
Create a double bubble map to compare and contrast the Spanish and English alphabets. Be sure it is a BALANCED map that includes at least 3 well developed similarities and differences.

20. Need more practice:
click on Lesson 101- then on Alphabet

21. ¿PUEDES? decir el alfabeto en español.
pronunciar las vocales en español y dar 3 hechos de ellas.
explicar el uso de los acentos escritos.
comparar el alfabeto español y el alfabeto inglés.
explicar por que es importante saber el alfabeto en español.