What do you think about stories? I, in particular, love them. I listening to others, learning through their experiences… And having the opportunity to share my own experiences too! And what if you are able to tell your stories in Spanish? Practice and learn Spanish through stories? Use your creativity? These are a few steps you...
Learning SpanishStorytelling steps to practice your Spanish skills
May 5, 2021by IntoWords Spanish School
What do you think about stories? I, in particular, love them. I listening to others, learning through their experiences… And having the opportunity to share my own experiences too! And what if you are able to tell your stories in Spanish? Practice and learn Spanish through stories? Use your creativity?
These are a few steps you can follow to create a story:
First, think what you are going to talk about. You can use a picture to imagine a situation, which will be the beginning of your story. You can then choose to talk about the past events, or to start the story. For example, and depending on your Spanish skills:
A1-2: Hoy en Buenos Aires el día está nublado, pero voy a salir de casa para tomar un café.
―Mozo, un café por favor.
―Enseguida, señorita. Eh… ¿usted es Sandra?
―Sí. ¿Cómo sabe mi nombre?
―Soy Arturo. ¡Nos conocemos de la escuela primaria!
―¡Es verdad! Hola Arturo, ¿cómo estás?
B1-2: Ayer estaba nublado en Buenos Aires, pero igual salí de casa. Quería tomar un café en el bar de la esquina…
C1-2: Cuando ayer salí de casa, me di cuenta de que estaba lloviendo. Como en Buenos Aires no llueve mucho, no había llevado paraguas. Y aunque posiblemente me mojara, preferí seguir camino hasta el bar de la esquina para tomar un rico café…
To organize your story, you need to know in advance who your characters are going to be and the verb tenses you are going to use.
During our Spanish lessons we always work this way. It’s so much fun than learning only the Spanish grammar!
