{"id":10445,"date":"2017-01-24T06:01:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2017-01-24T06:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:01:14","slug":"beginner-spanish-listening-practice-lesson-7-alphabet-and-spelling-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/beginner-spanish-listening-practice-lesson-7-alphabet-and-spelling-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Spanish Listening Practice \u2013 Lesson 7 Alphabet and spelling (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Spanish lesson we will practice more related to the Spanish alphabet and spelling in Spanish. As usual, first we will review some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short listening. This lesson continues on from the previous lesson in this course<\/strong><\/a> which also looked at the Spanish alphabet and spelling in Spanish.<\/p>\n

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This lesson is part of a Spanish course that practices the grammar and vocabulary first introduced in my beginner Spanish course posted here on the Transparent Language blog. Let’s test your listening comprehension and see if you can understand a short audio in Spanish. The transcript to the audio will be given at the end of the post but please try not to look at it until you have tried playing and understanding the audio a few times. <\/p>\n

Use the following link to watch the corresponding video lesson of the original course:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginner Spanish Lesson 5 Alphabet and spelling<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Please familiarise yourself with the following words and phrases before listening to the audio below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: a, B: be, C: ce, CH: che, D: de, E: e, F: efe, G: ge, H: hache, I: i, J: jota, K: ka, L: ele, LL: elle, M: eme, N: ene, \u00d1: e\u00f1e, O: o, P: pe, Q: cu, R: erre, S: ese, T: te, U: u, V: uve, W: uve doble, X: equis, Y: i griega, Z: zeta.<\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo se escribe\/deletrea tu nombre? How do you write\/spell your name? (informal)
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo se escribe\/deletrea su nombre? How do you write\/spell your name? (formal)
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo se escribe\/deletrea tu apellido? How do you write\/spell your surname? (informal)
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo se escribe\/deletrea su apellido? How do you write\/spell your name? (formal)<\/p>\n

Billete: ticket
\nIda y vuelta: Return
\nQu\u00e9 barato: How cheap
\nAqu\u00ed tiene: Here you are<\/p>\n

Now, play the audio below to listen to a conversation in a ticket office of a train station between a ticket seller and a customer. Can you understand what they are saying? Play the audio a few times before you look at the transcript. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every single thing the two people are saying. Try to catch whichever words you can and then try to piece things together to work out what is being said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Customer: Hola
\nTicket seller: Hola buenas.
\nCustomer: Un billete para Barcelona por favor.
\nTicket seller: \u00bfIda y vuelta?
\nCustomer: S\u00ed, ida y vuelta
\nTicket seller: Muy bien. \u00bfSu nombre?
\nCustomer: Philip Jones
\nTicket seller: Philip\u2026 \u00bfC\u00f3mo se escribe su nombre?
\nCustomer: PHILIP
\nTicket seller: PHILIP, vale. \u00bfY c\u00f3mo se deletra su apellido?
\nCustomer: JONES
\nTicket seller: \u00bf\u00bfJONES??
\nCustomer: S\u00ed.
\nTicket seller: Vale, muy bien. Aqu\u00ed tiene su billete de ida y vuelta para Barcelona. Son 40 euros.
\nCustomer: \u00a1Cuarenta euros! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 barato!
\nTicket seller: S\u00ed, aqu\u00ed tiene su billete.
\nCustomer: Gracias, adi\u00f3s.
\nTicket seller: Adi\u00f3s.<\/p>\n

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So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below…<\/p>\n

Don’t worry if you didn’t understand that much, keep reviewing the vocabulary and phrases and you will soon be up to speed and ready for the next lesson in this course. See you next time!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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