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This is an image of a shop keeper standing behind the counter of his shop. There are legs of ham hanging from the ceiling, jars, tins and packets of food on the display shelves against the wall and on the counter, and a set of electronic scales on the right-hand side.

This is the third beginners Spanish course, Getting started with Spanish 3. You might have already gone through the previous courses in this program or you might be joining us now for the first time. Regardless, we hope you enjoy the course and find it useful. This two-week course offers you a follow up to your learning journey. Each week comprises 3–4 hours of interactive activities, explanations, exercises and tips about language-learning. It’s a good idea to keep notes either on paper in a notebook or on your preferred digital device; in any case each week you’ll be encouraged to add to your own personal phrase book and decide how best you can go about memorising and practising key phrases and vocabulary. There is also a weekly quiz for you to practise what you’ve been learning. You’ll start by learning how to make invitations or suggestions, but first of all, take some time to decide how you’ll allocate your time to your studies. Learning Spanish, like learning any language, is a gradual process; it’s often described as ‘a marathon, not a sprint.’ ‘Little and often’ is the best approach, so if at all possible, spread your 3–4 hours over the week, rather than spending on it one whole afternoon or evening. This will give you plenty of opportunities to revisit vocabulary and language structures, to revise quickly what you did last time and above all to practise and consolidate. This is the best way to learn vocabulary and perfect your accent. Developing your speaking skills By now, you should start feeling more confident with your listening, and in this course we would like you to pay particular attention to ways to develop your speaking skills. Here’s some advice on how to do that. The first thing to do, is to try to speak Spanish as often as you can. You might say that’s impossible, because you don’t know any Spanish speakers! Well, when going about your daily life, you can try talking to yourself in Spanish in your head – this will help you anchor your learning into real-life, meaningful contexts. On the other hand, if one of your motivations for learning Spanish is to speak to people, the best way you can practise that is to… speak to people! Have you got any Spanish-speaking friends you can practise what you are learning with? Are there any Spanish meetups near where you live? Or you might want to find language exchange partners online, using a free online exchange platform? It might feel a bit daunting, but the sooner you start practising your speaking, the more fluent and comfortable you will feel! After studying this course, you should be able to: greet people in different contexts invite friends to go out with you, and accept or decline their invitations find preferred ways of recording and organising new vocabulary interpret information from tone and intonation hold formal conversation over the phone, and leave messages. This course has been developed from extracts of LXS003 Beginners Spanish 3: ¡Adelante!. The Open University have launched a dedicated learning centre called The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. OpenLearn is supporting this project and is providing extracted units of all courses on The Open Centre in our dedicated Language and Cultures Hub. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is the exciting new home for non-accredited language and intercultural communication short courses. You can study a wide range of language and language related subjects with us anywhere in the world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a range of subjects including modern languages, and languages for business and the workplace. We are also leading the way in developing short courses for academic research methods and pre-sessional English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy and research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than 50 years helping student achieve their learning ambitions. The short courses are underpinned by academic rigour and designed by native speakers experienced in producing engaging materials for online learning of languages and cultures. The graduating nature of the courses means that learners can build up their language and skills over time. Learners will also gain a better understanding of the culture(s) associated with the language(s) they study enabling the development of intercultural communication skills. Learners can mix and match the short courses and study more than one course at a time. Once this course is complete you will be directed to OpenLearn's hub for language content where you will be able to build on your newly found language skills. Now that you’re fully prepared, it’s time to start on Week 1. Week 1 How to say hello and goodbye ¡Bienvenido/a a semana 1! Welcome to Week 1!

This is a photo of people sitting at a bar.

This week, you will find out how to describe a variety of different social events. You will then learn about accepting and declining invitations (and how to give reasons for saying no), which you will be encouraged to practise out loud to reinforce your learning. In addition, there will be some tips around recording and organising vocabulary for your later revision – you should consider the approach that will work best for you, as this is a crucial element of language learning. Enjoy the week! This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course LXS003 Beginners Spanish 3: ¡Adelante! Begin with this activity, which asks you to categorise different events. The choices are evento deportivo, evento artístico and evento social – meaning sport, artistic or social. Activity 1 Decide the category into which each event falls. You may need to look some words up in the dictionary. 1. una exposición fotográfica Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 2. una boda Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 3. una fiesta de cumpleaños Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 4. un partido de fútbol Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 5. una carrera de Fórmula 1 Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 6. un concierto de música clásica Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 7. una despedida de soltero Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 8. una obra de teatro Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 9. ir de copas Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social 10. un torneo de tenis Evento deportivo Evento artístico Evento social It is useful to find what system of recording and organising vocabulary works best for you. Here are some suggestions that you may want to try: grouping vocabulary and phrases according to topic (furniture, clothes, a particular hobby that you are interested in, etc.) word families: trabajo (work), trabajador (worker), trabajar (to work), trabajoso (laborious), etc. grouping according to structure or use, e.g. sequence organisers: primero (first), después (later), luego (then), finalmente (lastly), etc. collocations, i.e. words that tend to go together, like un calor espantoso (a terrible heat) (Adapted from Hurd and Murphy (2005), pp. 113–14) Here is an example of how you may note down the various phrases in which you can find the verb ir.

Figure 1 Example of a vocabulary mind map The graphic shows a mind map in which there is a circle in the middle with the verb ir. To the right there is a line that links this circle with another circle with the preposition a inside, and from this there are lines that link to three other circles, the first of which says: a + el = el, from which another line links to a circle that says: el cine / el teatro; the second line links to a circle that says: la playa / la montaña; the third line links to a circle that says: correr / ver una película. To the left there is a line that links the circle with ir to another circle with the preposition de, and from this there are lines that link to four other circles, each containing one of the following: compras, tiendas, tapas, copas.

A lot of information is conveyed by tone and intonation, so even if you do not understand everything that the other speaker is saying, you may be able to gather from their tone and intonation whether they are accepting or declining your suggestion, as you would do in your own language. In the following activity, you will listen to some short dialogues, and answer some questions about the details.

Vocabulario
ponen	verb used for saying what film is on (poner)
la peli	short for película (film)

Activity 2 Listen to each clip and answer the questions beneath. You will be asked which activities are being suggested, and whether the invitations are accepted or not. SPEAKER A: Hola Ana. Oye, ¿te apetece ir al cine esta noche? Ponen la peli Abrazos rotos con Penélope Cruz. SPEAKER B: ¡Vale! ¡Sí, me apetece mucho! Me encanta Penélope Cruz. ¿A qué hora? 1. Select the activity that is being suggested: Ir a un partido de baloncesto Ir a una fiesta Ir al cine Ir al fútbol 2. Select whether the invitation was accepted or not: Accepted Declined SPEAKER A: ¿Te gustaría ir a un partido de baloncesto mañana? SPEAKER B: Mmm, no gracias, no me gusta mucho el baloncesto, prefiero el fútbol. 3. Select the activity that is being suggested: Ir a un partido de baloncesto Ir a una fiesta Ir al cine Ir al fútbol 4. Select whether the invitation was accepted or not: Accepted Declined SPEAKER A: ¿Te apetece ir al fútbol el sábado? Tengo dos entradas y mi padre no puede venir. SPEAKER B: ¡Fenomenal! ¡Pues vamos! 5. Select the activity that is being suggested: Ir a un partido de baloncesto Ir a una fiesta Ir al cine Ir al fútbol 6. Select whether the invitation was accepted or not: Accepted Declined SPEAKER A: ¿Te gustaría ir a la fiesta de cumpleaños de mi hermano este fin de semana? SPEAKER B: ¡Ay! Lo siento pero no puedo. ¡Tengo que trabajar! 7. Select the activity that is being suggested: Ir a un partido de baloncesto Ir a una fiesta Ir al cine Ir al fútbol 8. Select whether the invitation was accepted or not: Accepted Declined To make suggestions the following expressions are used, all followed by the verb in the infinitive.

¿Te apetece ir al cine?	Do you fancy going to the cinema?
¿Te gustaría ir a la fiesta de aniversario de mis padres?	Would you like to go to my parents’ anniversary party?
¿Quieres ir al museo?	Do you want to go to the museum?

Another way of making a suggestion is by using the first person plural to include both the speaker and the other person.

¿Vamos a la playa?

Shall we go to the beach?

Activity 3 Using the information given below, try to write out full questions asking someone whether they want to go with you to these events. You can write in the boxes below, or in a notebook or similar. Use the day and activity given, and make up a possible time, as in the example. You can then practise asking the questions aloud. You may want to record yourself and then listen to it. Example Suggestion given: lunes / exposición fotográfica You might say: ¿Te gustaría ir a una exposición fotográfica el lunes a las cinco de la tarde? martes / el cine miércoles / un concierto de Shakira jueves / un partido de tenis viernes / la obra de teatro La extraña pareja sábado / una verbena domingo / el partido de fútbol Real Madrid–Sevilla

This is a photo of a very lively street corner. It is night time but the streets are decorated with bunting and street lights and full of people, many of whom are walking or standing outside a bar.

Verbenas are popular celebrations that take place in the evening on certain days of the year. One of the most famous is the Verbena de la Paloma in Madrid, which takes place on 15 August. The image of the Virgin, la Virgen de la Paloma, is taken in a procession through the decorated streets, where there is theatre, music and dance as well as stalls that sell churros (fried dough, often dusted with sugar) and other food. Decide whether the following statement is true or false. Activity 4 La verbena de la Paloma es una celebración muy popular de Bilbao que se celebra en verano. Verdadero Falso In this section you are going to look at how to accept and decline invitations informally in Spanish. Here are some expressions you can use:

Vocabulario
For accepting:
Vale	Okay
¡Estupendo!	Great!
¡Claro!	Sure!
Sí, me encantaría	Yes, I’d love to
¡Venga!	Let’s!
De acuerdo	Of course!
For declining:
No, gracias. No me gusta…	No thanks, I don’t like…
No puedo porque tengo que trabajar	I can’t because I have to work
No me apetece	I don’t fancy it
Lo siento, no tengo tiempo	I’m sorry, I don’t have time

Notice that – as in English – an explanation is often added to a rejection in order to soften it. Decide whether the following expressions are ways to accept (aceptar) or reject (rechazar) invitations. Activity 5 1. Vale aceptar rechazar 2. ¡Estupendo! aceptar rechazar 3. ¡Claro! aceptar rechazar 4. No puedo aceptar rechazar 5. Sí, me encantaría aceptar rechazar 6. ¡Venga! aceptar rechazar 7. No me apetece aceptar rechazar 8. No tengo tiempo aceptar rechazar 9. De acuerdo aceptar rechazar

This is a photo of the front of the Teatro Municipal de Santiago. There are people walking in front of the building and banners hung between the columns of the first floor advertising Las Bodas de Fígaro.

A friend is asking you whether you want to go to the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile. Read the text below to find out more about this venue, then have a go at the activity. El Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile El Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile está situado en el centro de la ciudad y tiene capacidad para 1400 personas. Inaugurado el 17 de septiembre de 1857 con la ópera Ernani de Verdi, es el centro cultural más antiguo del país. Presenta una gran variedad de eventos culturales como conciertos de música clásica y jazz, ópera, ballet y espectáculos infantiles. El Teatro Municipal es administrado por la Corporación Cultural de Santiago y alberga a instituciones fundamentales para el desarrollo artístico nacional, como la Orquesta Filarmónica, el Ballet de Santiago y el Coro del Teatro Municipal además de técnicos en vestuario, zapatería y escultura, entre otros.

Vocabulario
inaugurado/-a	inaugurated
antiguo/-a	old
alberga	it hosts
el desarrollo	development
el vestuario	wardrobe
la zapatería	shoe store

Activity 6 Write an answer to each of the following invitations. Make sure you accept some and reject others, and include some explanation or commentary where you can. Example Question: ¿Te apetece ir a un concierto de música clásica? Answer: ¡Claro! Me encanta la música clásica. ¿Te gustaría ir a un concierto de jazz? ¿Te gustaría ir a la ópera? ¿Quieres ver el ballet? ¿Te gustaría ver una obra de teatro? ¿Te apetece visitar el teatro? Complete the following activity to practise your intonation by responding to invitations. Activity 7 Listen to the suggestions and answer aloud, accepting or declining as you wish. Pay attention to the rising intonation of the questions. You can note any phrasing in the empty boxes if useful. You might like to record your answers and play them back to check your pronunciation. Example You hear: ¿Quieres ir a tomar un helado después del examen? You may answer: No tengo tiempo, tengo mucho trabajo. 1. SPEAKER: ¿Quieres ir a tomar un helado después del examen? 2. SPEAKER: ¿Te apetece ir a pasear por el parque? 3. SPEAKER: ¿Te gustaría ir de compras? 4. SPEAKER: ¿Te apetece ir a pasear por el parque? 5. SPEAKER: ¿Te gustaría ir a tomar un café este sábado? 6. SPEAKER: ¿Te apetece ir a tomar algo? Ir a tomar algo The expression ir a tomar algo conveys the idea of meeting in some establishment to have a drink, although it is less about drinking and more about socialising. Whether you are asked to ir a tomar un café, ir a tomar una cerveza or ir a tomar un helado, the point is to meet up with friends, have a chat and spend some time together. Read this cutting from the Espectáculos section of a magazine and answer the drag-and-drop questions that follow. Activity 8

This is a website page, advertising forthcoming cultural activities in cinema, music, theatre and a circus act. The text is: CINE: Ciclo de cine mediterráneo. Hamam, el baño turco. Cine Castillo: Candelaria Goyenechea 3820, Local 2, Teléfono: 2445856, Viernes y sábado 14:15 y 21:45, Domingo 14:15 y 20:30. MÚSICA: Boleros. Tangos y boleros en concierto en vivo, con Carmen Prieto y Vivi Ferrer. Local Naitún, c/ Ricardo Cumming 451, Esta noche a las 23 h. TEATRO: La lluvia de verano. Basada en una obra de Marguerite Duras. Sala Galpón, Martes a sábado a las 19 horas, $5.000 general y $2.500 estudiantes. CIRCO: Aéreo de vanguardia. Solo 7, 8 y 9 de noviembre a las 21 h. Compañía francesa “Les Arts Sauts”. En los estacionamientos de Mall Plaza Oeste.

Vocabulario
en vivo	live
los estacionamientos	car park (LAm)

en el cine Castillo ¿Dónde ponen una película? en la Sala Galpón ¿Dónde ponen una obra de teatro? en los estacionamientos de Mall Plaza Oeste ¿Dónde hay un espectáculo de circo? en el Local Naitún ¿Dónde puedes escuchar música? la obra de teatro La lluvia de verano ¿Qué espectáculo empieza a las siete de la tarde? el espectáculo de circo Aéreo de vanguardia ¿Qué espectáculo empieza a las nueve de la noche? los tangos y boleros ¿Qué espectáculo empieza a las once de la noche? la película Hamam, el baño turco ¿Qué espectáculo empieza a las dos y cuarto o a las ocho y media los domingos? In this activity, you will practise declining invitations. Activity 9 Listen to these invitations then decline them, following the prompts. Example You hear: ¿Te gustaría ir al concierto de tango y boleros esta noche? (I don’t have time today, I’m sorry.) You say: Hoy no tengo tiempo, lo siento. SPEAKER: ¿Te gustaría ir al concierto de tango y boleros esta noche? (I don’t have time today, I’m sorry.) SPEAKER: Hoy no tengo tiempo, lo siento. SPEAKER: ¿Vamos al circo este fin de semana? (I’m sorry but I don’t like the circus.) SPEAKER: Perdona, pero no me gusta el circo. SPEAKER: ¿Vamos al cine? (I don’t fancy it.) SPEAKER: No me apetece. SPEAKER: ¿Vamos al teatro en la Sala Galpón? (I can't. I have to work today.) SPEAKER: No puedo. Hoy tengo que trabajar. Check what you’ve learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. This is optional practice, but will help to consolidate what you've learned. Week 1 quiz Open the quiz in a new window or tab (by holding ctrl [or cmd on a Mac] when you click the link), then return here when you have done it. ¡Enhorabuena! You have come to the end of Week 1. This week's learning has focused on making suggestions, accepting and declining invitations, and new vocabulary to do with events and activities. You've also read about the importance of recording and organising vocabulary and interpreting tone and intonation. Before you move on to Week 2, take some time to reflect on your experience this week. Week 1 Reflection What was easy, useful or fun this week? What was more difficult? What do I need to practise? If you haven’t done it yet, you might consider starting up a notebook. If so, you'll need to decide how you'll organise your learning. For example, you could have three different sections: Grammar rules and explanations Exercises Vocabulary Go through all the new words and expressions covered this week and start memorising them. Little and often is best. Remember that in order to learn a language, knowledge and skills need to be practised and internalised. It is important that you ‘digest’ the material covered each week and make it yours through individual work. Have you thought of changing the settings in your mobile phone to Spanish? You will pick up some useful vocabulary without even realising it. Don’t forget to speak Spanish as often as you can. You can also have mini-conversations with yourself and practise spelling out your name. Listen to the audios again and try to repeat aloud what you hear. Next week you’ll be learning how to make formal and informal phone calls, and you’ll continue to work on your pronunciation and listening skills. ¡Hasta la semana que viene! You can now move on to Week 2. Week 2: Making phone calls ¡Bienvenido/a a semana 2! Welcome to Week 2!

This is a photo of a middle-aged man wearing a shirt and tie, sitting with a laptop on his lap and holding a phone to his ear.

Your study this week will include the vocabulary and expressions used for formal and informal phone calls. Remember to keep a record of your learning using a simple paper notebook (or whatever suits you best). It is important that you keep track of your learning, so that the key points are together in one place and easily accessible for reference and revision. This course includes a lot of audio activities, and it's important that you try to do them all. They will help you to attune your ear to Spanish, and ensure you keep practising your speaking throughout your studies. Enjoy the week! This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course LXS003 Beginners Spanish 3: ¡Adelante! Here are some useful phrases to conduct telephone conversations in formal contexts.

Vocabulario
To answer the phone:
¿Dígame? / ¿Diga?	Hello. (Literally: Tell me.)
Bueno. (México) Aló. (LAm)	Hello.
Museo Nacional, buenas tardes.	National Museum, good afternoon.
To ask to speak to somebody:
¿Me puede poner con el señor Reina?	Can you put me through to Mr Reina?
¿Me pone con Luz Perales?	Can you put me through to Luz Perales?
¿Puedo hablar con la señora Valle?	Can I speak to Mrs Valle?
¿Con Ester García, por favor?	With Ester García, please?
To ask who is calling or say who is speaking:
¿De parte de quién?	Who is calling?
¿Con quién hablo?	Who am I speaking to?
Soy Matilde Fernández.	It’s Matilde Fernández.
Habla Matilde Fernández (LAm).	Matilde Fernández speaking.
To put people through:
Le pongo en seguida.	I’m putting you through right away.
Un momento, le paso.	One moment, I’m putting you through.

Activity 1 Read the expressions below, and drag and drop them to match with the appropriate English descriptions. Sí, un momento, le paso putting someone through ¿Puedo hablar con el señor Gonzalo Reina? asking to speak to a person ¿De parte de quién? asking who is calling Listen to the beginning of this telephone conversation, then have a go at answering the questions. Activity 2 SECRETARIA ¡Dígame! HERNÁN ¿Puedo hablar con el señor Gonzalo Reina? SECRETARIA ¿De parte de quién? HERNÁN Hernán Echevarría, de Fuentesol. SECRETARIA Sí, un momento, le paso. HERNÁN ¿Gonzalo? Hola, soy Hernán. Mira, te llamo… Part 1. In what order are these expressions used? (drag and drop into the correct numerical order) ¿Puedo hablar con el señor Gonzalo Reina? 1. ¿De parte de quién? 2. Sí, un momento, le paso. 3. Part 2. Match the following Spanish telephone expressions to the English descriptions: ¿Puedo hablar con la señora Núñez? asking to talk to somebody Lo siento pero está comunicando. explaining that the line is engaged Sí, un momento, ahora le paso. putting the caller through ¿De parte de quién, por favor? asking who is calling ¿Quiere dejar un recado? asking whether the caller wants to leave a message In this activity, you will practise speaking aloud as part of a phone conversation. Activity 3 Listen to the following recordings which initiate phone conversations. Then ask to be put through to the person or place indicated by the prompt. Use any of the expressions you have learned in the previous steps. More than one answer is correct, but an example answer will be given after a short pause. Example You hear: —Ayuntamiento, dígame. You hear: (el señor Rodríguez) You say: —Por favor, ¿puedo hablar con el señor Rodríguez? SPEAKER: (a) SPEAKER: Muebles Pérez, buenas tardes. PROMPT: (Departamento de Ventas) MODEL: ¿Me pone con el Departamento de Ventas? SPEAKER: (b) SPEAKER: Facultad de Ciencias, buenos días. PROMPT: (extensión 3452) MODEL: ¿Con la extensión 3452? SPEAKER: (c) SPEAKER: Hospital del Sagrado Corazón. Recepción, dígame. PROMPT: (Urgencias) MODEL: ¿Me puede poner con Urgencias? SPEAKER: (d) SPEAKER: Cine Roxy. PROMPT: (Juan Pastor) MODEL: ¿Puedo hablar con Juan Pastor, por favor? Speaking on the phone in a language you are learning can be a challenging experience. Besides not being able to see the person you are talking to, you might find it difficult to understand them or even to express what you want to say. Here is some useful advice: Make some notes about what you want to say, look up any key words that you will need and practise your sentences aloud first. Learn common expressions such as ¿Puedo hablar con…? or ¿De parte de quién? so that you can say them confidently and understand them when others say them. Be patient and polite, and ask the other person to repeat (¿Me lo puede repetir?) or to speak more slowly (¿Puede hablar más despacio?) if needed. Here are some phrases used for situations when it is not possible to speak to someone on the phone.

Vocabulario
No está, lo siento.	He/she is not here, I’m sorry.
Está comunicando.	He/she is engaged.
Se ha equivocado de número.	You have the wrong number.
¿Quiere dejar un mensaje?	Do you want to leave a message?
¿Puedo dejar un recado?	Can I leave a message?
¿Quiere llamar más tarde?	Would you like to phone later?

In this activity, you will hear as Hernán encounters difficulties in reaching his colleague on the phone. Listen to each clip and answer the multiple choice questions about what's going wrong. Activity 4 Listen to someone trying to get through to Señora Villalobos. (a) HERNÁN Con la señora Villalobos, por favor. SPEAKER #2 No, aquí no hay ninguna señora Villalobos. Se ha equivocado de número. HERNÁN Ah, perdone. SPEAKER #2 Nada. Adiós. What went wrong? Hernán had the wrong number Mrs Villalobos’s line was engaged Mrs Villalobos was not in (b) HERNÁN Con la señora Villalobos, por favor. SPEAKER #2 ¿Quién llama? HERNÁN Hernán Echevarría. SPEAKER #2 Un momento, ahora le paso. Lo siento, está comunicando HERNÁN Okey, la llamo más tarde. What went wrong? Hernán had the wrong number Mrs Villalobos’s line was engaged Mrs Villalobos was not in (c) HERNÁN Por favor, ¿puedo hablar con la señora Villalobos? SPEAKER #2 Sí, un momentito. Lo siento, señor, en este momento no está. HERNÁN ¿No? What went wrong? Hernán had the wrong number Mrs Villalobos’s line was engaged Mrs Villalobos was not in This next activity asks you to fill in a dialogue with the correct words. Activity 5 Complete the dialogue by filling in the gaps with the correct words. Digame 1. ¿______? pone 2. ¿Me ______ con el señor Alaejos? está 3. El señor Alaejos no ______. puedo 4. Ah. ¿Y ______ hablar con la señorita Prat? pongo 5. Ahora le ______. ¿De parte de quién? comunicando 6. (Person 1:) Del señor Echevarría. (Person 2:) Está ______. dejar 7. (Person 1:) ¿Puedo ______ un mensaje? (Person 2:) Sí, por supuesto. In this section you will learn how to make informal phone calls in Spanish. Here are some useful phrases to conduct telephone conversations in more informal contexts.

Vocabulario
To ask to speak to someone:
¿Está Mercedes?	Is Mercedes there?
¿Puedo hablar con Iker?	Can I speak to Iker?
To ask or say who is speaking:
¿Quién llama?	Who is calling?
Sí, soy yo. / Sí, soy Marta.	Yes, it’s me. / It’s Marta.
Habla Marta / Ella habla. (LAm)	Marta speaking / Speaking.
Al habla. (LAm)	Speaking.

Now it's time for some more listening practice. Activity 6 Listen to the beginning of these phone calls. Then complete the multiple choice questions, selecting the best description of the responses given to the caller. CALLER ¿La señora García, por favor? RESPONDENT Sí, ahora le paso, un momentito por favor. After asking to speak to Señora García: One moment please. Leave a message. Call later. The line is engaged. Who’s calling? CALLER ¿Está la doctora Martínez? RESPONDENT En estos momentos no es posible pasarle, está ocupada la línea. After asking to speak to Dra. Martinez: One moment please. Leave a message. Call later. The line is engaged. Who's calling? CALLER Hola, ¿está Pedro? RESPONDENT ¿Quién le llama, por favor? After asking to speak to Pedro: One moment please. Leave a message. Call later. The line is engaged. Who’s calling? CALLER ¿Me pone con Eduardo Gutiérrez, por favor? RESPONDENT —Está desayunando ¿quiere llamar dentro de un ratito? After asking to speak to Eduardo Gutiérrez: One moment please Leave a message. Call later. The line is engaged. Who’s calling? ¿Don José Herrera, por favor? Lo siento, no trabaja los lunes. ¿Desea dejar un mensaje? After asking to speak to José Herrera: One moment please. Leave a message. Call later. The line is engaged. Who’s calling? You should keep in mind that Spanish is very widespread, and its usage varies around the world. The following activity will demonstrate this point. Activity 7 Listen while you read the following dialogues. The first takes place in Spain and the second in Chile. Pay attention to the different phrases they use to answer the phone in each country. Then, using the transcript replicated underneath, focus on the different phrases used to answer the phone, to ask to speak to someone and to say who is speaking. (a) MARISA ¿Sí? LUIS Buenas tardes, ¿está Marisa? MARISA Sí, soy yo. LUIS Hola, soy Luis. MARISA ¡Hombre, Luis! ¿Qué tal? LUIS Pues muy bien. Mira, te llamo para decir… (b) JULIO ¿Aló? JOSEFA Hola, ¿está Julio Alberto? JULIO Sí, él habla. JOSEFA Hola, habla Josefa. JULIO Hola Josefa, ¿dónde estás? JOSEFA Estoy en el tren. Dialogue (a) - Spain —¿Sí? —Buenas tardes, ¿está Marisa? —Sí, soy yo. —Hola, soy Luis. —¡Hombre, Luis! ¿Qué tal? —Pues muy bien. Mira, te llamo para decir…   Dialogue (b) - Chile — ¿Aló? —Hola, ¿está Julio Alberto? —Sí, él habla. —Hola, habla Josefa. —Hola Josefa, ¿dónde estás? —Estoy en el tren. Now have a go at this activity which will test your understanding of conversations making social arrangements. Activity 8 Listen to the dialogue between Pilar and Nacho, then select the correct answers to the questions. PILAR ¿Sí? NACHO Hola, ¿está Pilar? PILAR Sí, soy yo. NACHO Hola, soy Nacho. PILAR ¿Qué tal, Nacho? NACHO Muy bien. Oye, mira que, ¿te gustaría ir al cine esta tarde? PILAR Huy, sí, estupendo. ¿A qué hora? NACHO ¿A las siete y media? PILAR Vale, perfecto. Voy a comprar las entradas. 1. ¿Para qué llama Nacho a Pilar? para comer para salir para ir al cine 2. ¿Cuándo? por la mañana por la tarde por la noche 3. ¿A qué hora? a las seis a las siete a las siete y media In this activity, you will take part in a conversation with a couple of different gaps for you to fill. Activity 9 Listen and take part in this conversation, speaking out loud after each prompt. Model answers will be provided after a pause. LOLA: ¿Dígame? PROMPT: (Ask for Lola.) PACO: ¿Está Lola? LOLA: Sí, soy yo. PROMPT: (Greet her and say who you are.) PACO: Hola, Lola, soy Paco. LOLA: Hola, ¿qué tal estás? ¿Qué tal tus vacaciones? Now it's time to practise your speaking with another multi-part phone conversation – but this time you will be leaving a detailed message for somebody. Activity 10 You ring a friend to invite her to your birthday party, but she’s not there. Listen and follow the prompts in these clips to leave her a message. SEÑORA PÉREZ: ¿Dígame? PROMPT: (Say hello and ask if you can speak to Lucía.) MODEL: Hola, buenos días, ¿puedo hablar con Lucía? SEÑORA PÉREZ: Sí, un momentito, voy a ver si está. ¡Lucíaaaa! No, lo siento, no está. ¿Quieres dejar un mensaje? PROMPT: (Say yes please. Say you would like to invite Lucía to your birthday party this Saturday at 9 pm in your house.) MODEL: Sí, por favor. Me gustaría invitar a Lucía a mi fiesta de cumpleaños este sábado a las nueve en mi casa. SEÑORA PÉREZ: Vale, guapa, yo le doy el mensaje. PROMPT: (Say OK, thank you and goodbye.) MODEL: Vale, muchas gracias. Adiós. SEÑORA PÉREZ: ¡Adiós, hasta luego! Check what you’ve learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. This is optional practice, but will help to consolidate what you've learned. Week 2 quiz Open the quiz in a new window or tab (by holding ctrl [or cmd on a Mac] when you click the link), then return here when you have done it. This week focused on learning about making phone calls. You've learnt new vocabulary and expressions to do with formal and informal phone conversations. If you haven’t already, you should consider keeping an up-to-date record of your language learning using a notebook or similar. It's important that you add to it regularly, and work to memorise the new words and expressions you learn. Remember that little and often is best. Now you’ve reached the end of this week (and the course), reflect a little on what you’ve been learning. In the box below, note down what you’ve found easy, useful or fun, and what was more difficult. Week 2 Reflection What was easy, useful or fun this week? What was more difficult? What do I need to practice? ¡Enhorabuena! You have now reached the end of this course. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course LXS003 Beginners Spanish 3: ¡Adelante! Visit the OpenLearn’s hub for language content where you will be able to build on your newly found language skills. Hurd, S. and Murphy, L. 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