1.1.3: Conversación
Preparación comunicativa 1
Paso 1. Have a look at the following situations, and decide whether you would use a formal or informal register. Justify your answers. In some case, both registers would be appropriate. Explain why.
- Two strangers holding a conversation on the street.
- A patient talking with their doctor.
- You are being interviewed for a new job by your future employer.
- A young boy is having a conversation with his best friend.
- A father is talking with his daughter/son.
- Two neighbors are talking to each other.
Paso 2. With a classmate, create short dialogues for each of the situations in Paso 1 . Use Situations 1-3 and the information in tu vocabulario as guidance (e.g., imagine that people are greeting each other and/or introducing themselves for the first time).
Preparación comunicativa 2
Paso 1. Look at the image below and, with a classmate, create two different dialogues: Introductions (meeting for the first time) and greetings (having already met and seeing each other again). Use Situations 1-3 and the information in the vocabulario as guidance.
By Informedmag, licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Paso 2. What register did you choose for your conversation? Why? Is this the same way you greet your friends? What other expressions can you use in Spanish? Are your classmates’ dialogues similar to yours?
Preparación comunicativa 3
In this section, you will apply what you’ve learned so far to communicate with your peers.
Conversación 1. Imagine that you and your classmate meet on campus. Greet each other using the informal forms. Ask each other how you are doing. Conclude the conversation with a goodbye.
Conversación 2. You are meeting your instructor on the first day of class. Estudiante 1 ( Student 1 ) will play the role of the student and Estudiante 2 ( Student 2 ) will be the instructor. Greet each other using formal and/or informal forms, depending on your role. Make sure you:
- ask the other person how they are doing;
- introduce yourself;
- say where you are from and answer each other’s questions.