Charlie visits Quique's apartment for the first time and meets his mum, Sofía, his Uncle Manu and their neighbour Teresa. Teresa tells a story about getting to know your neighbours and Uncle Manu sings about their district of Madrid - Lavapiés. Key vocabulary includes greetings, names and animals and there is help with pronunciation of vowel sounds and comparing names in Spanish and English.
Clip 1: En el piso de Quique y Sofía (In Quique and Sofía's flat)
Charlie has recently come from England to live in Madrid. She visits her new friend Quique at his home in Lavapiés, where she meets Quique's mum Sofía, and his Uncle Manu, who will all help her learn Spanish.
Clip duration: 04:06
Clip 2: Cuento - El nuevo vecino Story (The new neighbour)
Teresa the Hamster is from Mexico and doesn't know her neighbours in Madrid. She bakes some magdalenas and leaves them on her neighbours' doorsteps with a note introducing herself. Soon she has lots of friends!
Clip duration: 04:12
Clip 3: En el piso de Quique y Sofía (In Quique and Sofía's flat)
Quique and Sofía help Charlie to say where she is from using the Spanish 'soy de'. They also help her to understand the names of some countries and cities in Spanish and also to improve her vowel sounds.
Clip duration: 04:20
Clip 4: Canción - Mi barrio (Song: 'My neighbourhood')
In this song, Uncle Manu welcomes us to the district of Lavapiés in Madrid where Charlie and Quique live. He tells us what it's like and what you can find there.
Clip duration: 02:40
Teacher's Notes and transcript/translation
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Supporting images
Spanish food. image
The names of some popular Spanish foods.
Animals. image
The names of some popular pet animals in Spanish - cat, hamster, dog, lizard, dove and snake.
Themes, vocabulary and grammar
Key vocabulary 1
cantar (to sing)
charlar (to chat)
dibujar (to draw)
escribir (to write)
escuchar música (to listen to music)
ir a conciertos de música (to go to music concerts)
ir al cine (to go to the cinema)
Key vocabulary 2
amable (friendly)
creativo/a (creative)
feliz (happy)
generoso/a (generous)
inteligente (intelligent)
reservado/a (reserved / shy)
valiente (brave)
Themes and vocabulary
- Describing what you like and dislike doing
- School in Spain
- Describing your friends
- Giving opinions
Grammar and pronunciation
- Using infinitives
- The names of school subjects in Spanish
- Words to describe a person's character
- Putting infinitives an opinions together
More from this series
2: ¡Fiesta! (Party!)
Key vocabulary includes numbers and dates and the question words ¿cuándo?, ¿cuánto? and ¿por qué?
3: Al zoo (At the zoo)
Key vocabulary includes animals and colours and grammar includes the gender of nouns and adjectival agreement.
4: La sierra (The mountains)
Key vocabulary includes the weather and seasons and key grammar points include making negative sentences.
