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Spanish phonics collection�

SSCs [ga], [go], [gu]

�Date updated: 05 / 08 / 22

Nick Avery / Rachel Hawkes /St. James’ Hub Teachers / Victoria Hobson / Amanda Izquierdo

�Artwork: Mark Davies

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SSCs [ga], [go], [gu]

fonética

Introduction

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ga

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

[place]

jugar

amiga

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ga

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

jugar

amiga

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ga

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

jugar

amiga

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go

gol

domingo

SUNDAY

conmigo

[with me]

algo

[something]

largo

juego (n)

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go

gol

domingo

conmigo

algo

largo

juego (n)

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go

gol

domingo

conmigo

algo

largo

juego (n)

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gu

preguntar

segundo

¡mucho gusto!

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gu

preguntar

segundo

¡mucho gusto!

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gu

preguntar

segundo

¡mucho gusto!

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escuchar / escribir

se___ndo

pre___ntar

__to

___l

GA	GO	GU

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

se___ro

lar__

__nar

ami__

lu___r

Escucha otra vez.

Escribe la palabra.

Escucha.

Marca ‘GA’, ‘GO’ o ‘GU’.

gu

go

ga

gu

go

ga

¿Cómo se dice en inglés?

with me

sure, safe

goal

cat

to ask

second

long

to win

(female) friend

place

conmi___

go

Phonics practice activity

See the next slide for a variation of this activity.

Timing: 7 minutes

Aim: to practise mapping sound to spelling for the SSCs [ga], [go] and [gu]

Procedure:

1. Students write 1-10.

2. Students listen. For each item, they write ‘ga’, ‘go’ or ‘gu’.

3. Afterwards, students translate the words into English.

Notes: These are high-frequency words that some students will acquire incidentally. They are not automatically counted within the core expected learning of 360 words in Y7 (though some will be introduced as vocabulary items). The additional challenge of translating into English shouldn’t be seen as a test, but as an additional opportunity.

Transcript:

Conmigo
Seguro
Gol
Gato
Preguntar
Segundo
Amiga
Ganar
Largo
Lugar

Word frequency (1 is the most frequent word in Spanish): �ganar [295]; gato [1728]; amiga [1172]; gol [2069]; conmigo [1256]; largo [1755]; preguntar [219]; segundo [223]; seguro [407]; lugar [144]

Source: Davies, M. & Davies, K. (2018). A frequency dictionary of Spanish: Core vocabulary for learners (2nd ed.). Routledge: London

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escuchar / escribir

segundo

preguntar

gato

gol

GA	GO	GU

seguro

largo

ganar

amiga

lugar

Escucha otra vez.

Escribe la palabra.

Escucha.

Marca ‘GA’, ‘GO’ o ‘GU’.

¿Cómo se dice en inglés?

with me

sure, safe

goal

cat

to ask

second

long

to win

(female) friend

place

conmigo

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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Fonética

escuchar / hablar

Pregunta mucho en clase.

S/he asks a lot in class.

¿Qué escuchas? ‘GA’, ‘GO’ o ‘GU’?

1

GU

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¿Qué escuchas? ‘GA’, ‘GU’ o ‘GA’ y ‘GU’?

I don’t want a cat. I’m sure.

2

GA y GU

No quiero un gato. Estoy seguro.

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¿Qué escuchas? ‘GA’, ‘GO’ o ‘GA’ y ‘GO’?

3

A (female) friend studies with me.

GA y GO

Una amiga estudia conmigo.

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¿Qué escuchas? ‘GA’, ‘GO’ o ‘GA’ y ‘GO’?

4

Goal! Real Madrid win!

GA y GO

¡Gol! ¡Gana el Real Madrid!

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¿Qué escuchas? ‘GA’, ‘GU’ o ‘GA’ y ‘GU’?

5

‘B’ is the second letter.

GU

‘B’ es la segunda letra.

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SSCs [ga], [go], [gu]

fonética

Consolidation [1]

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ga�

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

[place]

jugar

amiga

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ga�

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

jugar

amiga

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ga�

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

jugar

amiga

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go�

gol

domingo

SUNDAY

conmigo

[with me]

algo

[something]

largo

juego (n)

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go�

gol

domingo

conmigo

algo

juego (n)

largo

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go�

gol

domingo

conmigo

algo

largo

juego (n)

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gu�

preguntar

segundo

seguro

[sure, certain]

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gu�

preguntar

segundo

seguro

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gu�

preguntar

segundo

seguro

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İTres segundos!

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

jugar

amiga

gol

domingo

conmigo

algo

largo

juego

preguntar

segundo

seguro

hablar / escuchar

Timing: 3 minutes

Aim: to revise SSCs [ga], [go] and [gu]

Procedure:

1. This is a paired read aloud task. Teachers will need to print one sheet per pair, and then distribute to the students before explaining the activity.

2. Each student uses a different colour to play. Student A says one of the words and student B has 3 seconds to locate it and circle/highlight with their colour. If the student takes longer than 3 seconds student A can steal the point.

Teachers may need to think about student pairings to ensure friendly competition.

Notes:

Slides 11-12 (answers on slide 13) provide a few activities for further phonics practice. Teachers can do them all or select the most appropriate for their classes.�In addition to previously taught source and cluster words, this set of words includes previously taught vocabulary items with the target SSC ‘ga’: jugar (2.2.2), amiga (1.1.6), lugar (2.1.3), regalo (1.2.7)

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İUn minuto!

60

0

INICIO

Segundos

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

jugar

amiga

gol

domingo

conmigo

algo

largo

juego

preguntar

segundo

seguro

hablar

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¿Qué significan las palabras?

ganar

regalo

gato

lugar

jugar

amiga

gol

domingo

conmigo

algo

largo

juego

preguntar

segundo

seguro

to play, playing

female friend

present

cat

place

to win, winning

Sunday

long

with me

game

goal

something

to ask, asking

sure, certain

second

?

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¿GA, GO o GU?

GA	GO	GU

1

2

3

4

5

Escucha otra vez.

Escribe las palabras.

Escucha.

Marca ‘GA’, ‘GO’ o ‘GU’.

gol

gana

segundo

lugar

jugar

domingos

regalo

pregunta

gato

algo

¿Cómo se dice en inglés?

goal

wins

second

place

playing

Sunday

present

asks

cat

something

escuchar

Timing: 5 minutes

Aim: listening exercise to practise recognising the SSCs [ga], [go], and [gu].

Procedure:

1. Click the number button to play the recording. Students draw the grid and then listen. They tick the boxes for the SSCs that they hear in the sentence. Tell students that there will be more than one SSC per sentence.

2. Then click to go through the answers.

3. Click to reveal a second part to the activity, requiring students to write the words including the [ga], [go], or [gu] SSCs that they hear in Spanish. Then click to go through the answers.

4. Finally students translate those Spanish words into English, this could be either written or done orally, with the answers revealed by clicking.

Transcript

1) ¡Gol! Gana el Barça.

2) En segundo lugar es el Real Madrid.

3) Jugar los domingos es fantástico.

4) ¿Cual es el regalo?, pregunta Daniel.

5) Tener un gato es algo muy especial.

Notes:

Answers are animated to support differentiation. Some students will simply focus on listening out for the correct SSC the first time they listen, while others will be able to also write the words with the target SSCs as they go.

Students could be asked to give the English meaning of the whole sentence.

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¿GA, GO o GU?

İGol! Gana el Barça.

1

Goal! Barca wins!

hablar

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¿GA, GO o GU?

En segundo lugar es el Real Madrid.

2

In second place is Real Madrid.

hablar

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¿GA, GO o GU?

Jugar los domingos es fantástico.

3

Playing on Sundays is fantastic.

hablar

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¿GA, GO o GU?

¿Cuál es el regalo?, pregunta Daniel.

4

“Which is the present?” asks Daniel.

hablar

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¿GA, GO o GU?

Tener un gato es algo muy especial.

5

Having a cat is something very special.

hablar

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SSCs [ga], [go], [gu]

fonética

Consolidation [2]

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Fonética

escuchar / escribir

Escucha las palabras. ¿Escuchas [ga], [go] o [gu]?

Marca la columna correcta.

[ga]	[go]	[gu]

1

2

3

4

5

6

Luego escucha otra vez. Intenta escribir la palabra en español.

7

8

	Palabras en español	Palabras en inglés
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

riesgo

orgullo

griego

pagar

figura

garantizar

enemigo

seguridad

risk

pride

Greek

to pay, paying

figure

to guarantee, guaranteeing

enemy

security, safety

¡Atención! No conoces las palabras en el audio.

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El jugador guapo jugó el domingo pero no ganó porque organizó el juego en un lugar antiguo sin agua.��¿Pregunto al jugador guapo si tiene vergüenza?

hablar

El jugador guapo

1

2

3

A tonguetwister

Timing: 4 mins

Aim: to gain confidence in producing the SSCs [ga], [go], [gu] orally in sentences

Procedure:

The teacher first asks students to read the short text and think about what it means.
The teacher reads the text aloud in fragments, eliciting the meanings from students. Note that all words have been previously taught as vocabulary items or used for phonics practice.
Students then practise saying the sentence in pairs, at increasing speed.
The teacher can have students listen to a native speaker read the text at three different speeds (1=slow; 3=very fast). Each time, students can be challenged to say it at the same speed.

Notes:

In several cases, the SSC [gu] is followed by a strong vowel to create a diphthong. It may be worth asking students why this happens (answer=because [u] is a weak vowel and weak vowels combine with a strong vowel to make a single syllable) and how many examples of this they can identify (answer=3, guapo, antiguo, agua).
This slide could alternatively be used for an SSC tallying activity, where students count the number of times they hear the target SSCs. The text itself would need to be covered/removed during the activity.
To focus on meaning, students could work on the text as a dictation (running, paired or student-led) or be asked to write a written translation of the text displayed on the board. Students could also write alternative versions of it, adding other known words with the SSCs [go], [ga] and gu] (see the SoW for ideas of which known words could be used).

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SSCs [gui] vs [gi], [gue] vs [ge]

fonética

Consolidation [3]

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leer / escuchar/ hablar

Fonética

Remember, the ‘j’ in ‘ja’, ‘jo’ and ‘ju’ and the ‘g’ in ‘ga’, ‘go’ and ‘gu’ are pronounced differently. Listen and compare:

Lee el texto con tu pareja. ¡Intenta pronunciar las palabras correctamente! Luego, piensa: ¿qué significa?

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2

“Creo que es esencial mejorar la salud del planeta. Yo, por ejemplo, siempre elijo productos en vidrio porque son más seguros para el medioambiente. Es más justo*, sin embargo tengo que pagar un poco más. También traigo siempre mis propias bolsas cuando vengo al mercado. Además, sigo los consejos de mi profesor y guardo las hojas* con apuntes* viejos para hacer dibujos o las pongo en la papelera de reciclaje*. Finalmente, recojo basura todos los jueves con mi amigo José. Me gusta porque trabajamos juntos para dejar las calles limpias”.

*justo = just, fair *hoja = sheet *apuntes = notes *papelera de reciclaje = recycle bin

‘ja’, ‘jo’, ‘ju’

‘ga’, ‘go’, ‘gu’

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leer / escuchar/ hablar

Fonética

¿Qué palabra escuchas? Marca la opción correcta.

a) jota

b) gota

a) gusto

b) justo

ajo
hago

bajo
vago

paga
paja

a) jarra

b) garra

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2

3

4

5

6

[drop]

[J (letter)]

[garlic]

[taste]

[fair, just]

[lazy]

[straw]

[jug]

[claw]