EL ALFABETOESPAÑOL

¿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?)

INTRODUCCIÓN

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.

AL FIN

Spanish is a PHONETIC language.

Words are spelled the way they are

pronounced.

Most letters will have only one

sound!!

¿POR QUÉ ES IMPORTANTE?

a e i o u

Pronunciation Trick- mouth gets smaller

Each vowel has only one sound

“Short” sounds

VOCALES

EL ALFABETO: LAS LETRASSYMBOL/ 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

CH, LL, RR were

officially

removed from

the Spanish

alphabet in

2010

Why do you

think are CH,

LL and RR

highlighted?

EL ALFABETO: LAS LETRASSYMBOL/ 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”

YE

IGRIEGA

UVE DOBLE

DOBLE UVE

DOBLE V,

DOBLE U,

”

EQUISUVE

VAY

“E- YAY”KA“HOTA”

Practicamos con…COSMO

CHANT

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)

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

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?...*

ACENTOS ESCRITOS:

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

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”

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)

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)

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/

LETRAS ESPECIALES:

gato

niño

pared

reloj

pizarra

equipo

viento

PRACTICAMOS:¿CÓMO SE ESCRIBE Y

PRONUNCIA? CAN YOU SPELL AND PRONOUNCE

THESE WORDS?

habichuela

televisor

favorito

berenjena

mantequilla

xilófono

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.

http://www.wcpss.net/Page/1871

click on Lesson 101- then on Alphabet

http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html

http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/alphabet.htm

NEED MORE PRACTICE:

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.

¿PUEDES?