You have twenty seconds to tell someone who you are. What makes the cut: your name, your age, where you live, one thing you love?
Today you string four facts into a short spoken profile in Spanish, just like meeting a new classmate on a video call to Spain.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Give a four-fact spoken profile about yourself
- Write sentences for name, age, where you live and one thing you like
- Notice how Spanish talks about age differently from English
Take three or four quick English answers only. The point is to decide which facts matter, not to write a long list. Do not start teaching the Spanish phrases yet; the word-table in the next step does that.
If a pupil freezes, offer the four slots aloud: name, age, place, one thing you like. That frames the whole lesson.
Tap each phrase on the table, listen, then say it back together. Your four-fact profile uses four frames: name, age with tengo (I have), where you live, and one thing you like. The other phrases are handy extras you can add if you want.
Meet Lucía in Sevilla:
Me llamo Lucía. Tengo once años. Vivo en Sevilla. Me gusta el flamenco. (My name is Lucía. I am eleven. I live in Seville. I like flamenco.)
Age numbers you may need: diez (10), once (11), doce (12), trece (13)
Like options (all singular with Me gusta): el fútbol, el cine, la música, la lectura, el baloncesto, el tenis
Imagine you are answering Lucía on a video call: give your name, age, Irish town or city, and one thing you like.
Core four (chorally twice each: whole class, then by table): Me llamo (meh YAH-moh), Tengo ... años (TEN-goh ... AH-nyohs), Vivo en (BEE-boh en), Me gusta (meh GOOS-tah). Point at each row as you go.
Extras (quick once-through): No me gusta, Mi color favorito es..., Mi comida favorita es..., Tengo una mascota. Say: these are optional fifth facts, not required for the four-fact profile.
Number bank (leave on screen for the rest of the lesson): diez (dee-ETH), once (ON-seh), doce (DOH-seh), trece (TREH-seh). Model Tengo once años with Lucía's age so pupils hear a full slot filled.
Like bank (singular only): pupils pick one singular noun with its article from the on-screen list. Stick to Me gusta / No me gusta with these singulars. Do not offer plural nouns this lesson (that would need Me gustan, which is not taught yet). If a pupil insists on a plural, steer them back to a singular option from the bank.
Model Lucía's full profile slowly, then ask one volunteer to swap in their own name and age. Celebrate the first full personal profile out loud with ¡Qué bien! so the class hears praise tied to Spanish. This is the moment pupils hear that Spanish ages with tener (to have), not "am".
Listen carefully. Your teacher will play the audio twice on the class speakers. Listen out for name, age and where someone lives, then answer the questions together as a class.
Play the audio once on the class speakers with books closed. Play it a second time, then answer the on-screen questions together. Go through the answers as a class and ask which about-me phrases pupils recognised (name, age with tengo, place with vivo en / similar).
Listening frame to restate if the class looks lost: name, age, place, one like. Do not spoil the answers; just remind them what to listen for.
If the interactive fails or the scenario feels off-theme: skip the interactive and read this recovery mini-dialogue twice yourself, then ask the three questions below. Prefer this recovery whenever the audio is clearly about family members rather than a self-intro.
- Me llamo Pablo. Tengo doce años. Vivo en Madrid. Me gusta el fútbol.
- Q1: What is his name? (Pablo)
- Q2: How old is he? (12 / doce)
- Q3: Where does he live? (Madrid)
Many Spanish-speaking pupils really do say age with tener, just as Lucía did. Keep the praise light when someone spots tengo or a number word.
You have just said your profile out loud with your partner. Open your copy. Using the model still on the board, write your own four sentences: name, age, where you live, and one thing you like. Personalise the slots; keep the accents and Spanish word order you have just practised.
Everyone writes; this is the only three minutes where every pupil's pen is moving. Leave the word-table, number bank and singular like bank fully visible so this is copy-and-personalise from what they have just spoken with their partner, not unaided recall.
Walk the room and look for Tengo ... años (with a number from the bank) rather than an English-style "I am", and for singular Me gusta + article + noun. A common slip is writing the English order. Whisper the frame if needed. Do not collect these.
Work with a partner. Take turns giving your four-fact profile, as if you are answering Lucía on a video call: name, age, where you live, and one thing you like. Partner A goes first, then swap so Partner B speaks. You may add one extra fact (No me gusta..., a favourite colour or food, or a pet) if you want.
Keep the word-table, number bank and singular like bank on screen. Model one full profile with a volunteer first:
Me llamo Seán. Tengo once años. Vivo en Cork. Me gusta el fútbol. (meh YAH-moh shawn / TEN-goh ON-seh AH-nyohs / BEE-boh en cork / meh GOOS-tah el FOOT-bol).
Optional fifth-fact demos: No me gusta el cine / Mi color favorito es el azul / Tengo una mascota.
Pair pupils face to face. Circulate and listen for all four facts in order. If a pair stalls on age, whisper the frame Tengo ... años plus a number from the bank and move on. If someone reaches for a plural like, redirect to a singular from the bank (Me gusta only). When you hear all four facts, give a quick thumbs-up or ¡Excelente! before moving on. After both have spoken, invite three pairs to perform for the class if time allows.
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