Aula Internacional 3: B1.3 Overview
Chapter 7: Mensajes (Posts)
Transmit Messages and Develop Communication Strategies
- Manage phone conversations.
- Take and leave messages over the phone.
- Transmit messages.
- Convey orders, requests, and advice.
- Grammar:
- Indirect speech:
- Me ha dicho que… (He/she told me that…).
- Me ha pedido que… (He/she asked me to…).
- Me ha preguntado si… (He/she asked me if…).
- Me ha preguntado cuándo/dónde/por qué… (He/she asked me when/where/why…).
Chapter 8: El Turista Accidental (The Accidental Tourist)
- Telling Real or Invented Stories
- Resources for telling anecdotes.
- Ways to show interest when listening to a story.
- Discuss causes and consequences.
- Grammar:
- Connectors for causes and consequences:
- Como (since), porque (because), así que (so), de modo que (so that).
- Past perfect indicative (pretérito pluscuamperfecto):
- Había llegado antes (I had arrived earlier).
- Combining past tenses in storytelling:
- Imperfect tense (pretérito imperfecto), past perfect (pretérito pluscuamperfecto).
Chapter 9: Tenemos Que Hablar (We Need to Talk)
Writing a Couple Argument for a Film Script
- Express interests and feelings.
- Discuss relationships between people.
- Show disagreement in various tones and registers.
- Soften expressions of disagreement.
- Counter-argue.
- Grammar:
- Expressing emotions and opinions with the subjunctive:
- Me fascina/me encanta/odio/no aguanto que… (I’m fascinated/I love/I hate/I can’t stand that…).
- Expressing emotions with nouns or infinitives:
- Me fascina/n/me encanta/n/odio/no aguanto… sustantivo/infinitivo (I’m fascinated by/I love/hate/can’t stand… noun/verb).