Lesson 2 · Hi, Hello, Good morning!
I can greet people and say goodbye, formally and informally.
Greetings and Farewells · Saludos y despedidas
Your pathway
Follow the steps in order: each one gives you what you need for the next.
I can…
- I can greet formally and informally.
- I can say goodbye correctly.
- I can ask and answer «How are you?».
- I can say what Lunar New Year is (Saturday, February 6), use Formal and informal greetings to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.
Cultural Corner · Lunar New Year
This week: People say «Happy Lunar New Year!». Is it formal or informal? Write a greeting for a friend and one for a professor.
Lunar New Year is on February 6. Families eat together. People watch the dragon dance.
Cultural competency: I can say what Lunar New Year is (Saturday, February 6), use Formal and informal greetings to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.
The Wizard of Oz · Victor Fleming (director)
Dorothy travels to the land of Oz. She meets new friends on the road: a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion. They say hello and goodbye many times!
Create your own learning resource for Lesson 2
A comic strip, a labelled picture, flashcards, a grammar chart… You choose what to learn and how, SofIA helps you prepare it, and you print it (Letter size) or save it as PDF.
Elige qué aprender y cómo; SofIA te ayuda a prepararlo y tú lo imprimes en tamaño carta o lo guardas en PDF.
Linguistic Passport · A1.1
This lesson helps you with these statements. After the lesson, open your Passport and mark your level.
- Listening I can understand greetings and «How are you?» when people speak slowly.
- Reading I can understand short welcome messages, greetings and polite notes.
- Spoken interaction I can greet people and say goodbye in a formal or informal way.
- Spoken interaction I can ask people how they are and say how I feel (fine, tired, busy, nervous).
- Online interaction I can post a short message in a forum and reply to classmates with a question or a comment.
- Plurilingual and intercultural I can compare, with respect, a greeting or polite custom in the U.S. and in Honduras.
