Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
- Students will be able to narrate simple stories in the past simple (pretérito
perfecto simple), Past imperfect (pretérito imperfect), and construct dialogues using
the imperative in both formal and informal registers
1. The story of your family. Past simple. Introduce the characteristics of an oral
narration.
2. Stories travel. Picaresque stories as case studies. Past simple + Informal Impera-
tive
3. El Romance español (The Spanish Ballad). Spanish knights and adventures.Past
Imperfect
4. Mitos precolombinos (Precolumbian myths). The first origin of Latin American
worlds. Past Simple + Past Imperfect + Formal Imperative
5. El chiste (Jokes). Can you make a Spanish speaker laugh? Practice dialogue
construction and cultural difference of humor.
6. Migrant Spanish-speaking voices within the USA. Listening to stories of migra-
tion. Review of the structures.
Pedro Urdemales
Folk character that travel through oral history from Spain to the Americas.
He is a ‘pícaro’, a popular figure similar to the trickster, who uses his wits to survive in a
corrupt society.
Pedro Urdemales arrives to Times Square. He’s very hungry. How can he convince a New
York store clerck to give him food without paying?
Use the past simple and the informal imperative to construct the dialogue.
Cuentacuentos
¿cómo viajan las historias?
Storytellers
How do stories travel?