How Do You Spell It? — Student

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Listening

10 minutes

Dialogue: First day at a language school. A student gives her name at the reception.

Ana and Daniel

Here is the text from the listening. Read along and check your answers.

Hi! I'm Ana Santos.

Santos? How do you spell it?

S-A-N-T-O-S.

OK. What's your email?

ana.santos@gmail.com.

What's 'caderno' in English?

It's a notebook.

N-O-T-E-B-O-O-K.

Class is starting. Stand up, please!

or click any bubble to hear one line

Comprehension:

1. What's the student's last name?

2. How does she spell it?

3. What's 'caderno' in English?

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Language Focus

12 minutes

Grammar: Classroom expressions: How do you spell it? / What's ___ in English?

Form	Structure
Affirmative	Resposta a How do you spell?: cada letra separada (S-A-N-T-O-S). Resposta a What's ___ in English?: It's a/an ___.
Negative	Se não souber: 'I am not sure.' / 'Can you repeat it?'
Interrogative	How do you spell ___? / What's ___ in English? / What's your email?

Examples:

How do you spell 'Santos'? — S-A-N-T-O-S.

What's 'caderno' in English? — It's a notebook.

What's your email? — It's ana.santos@gmail.com.

How do you spell 'notebook'? — N-O-T-E-B-O-O-K.

Try it!

1. You ask: ' do you spell it?' (How / What / Where)

2. You ask: ' "caneta" in English?' (What's / How / Where)

3. Reply to 'How do you spell it?': say each . (letter / number / word)

4. Reply to 'What's caneta in English?': ' a pen.' (It's / Is / Are)

Common Errors

How spell? → How do you spell it?

How is 'caderno' in English? → What's 'caderno' in English?

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Practice

15 minutes

Which Letter?

Listen to your teacher. Which letter do you hear? Choose A or B.

1. B or V?

B /biː/

V /viː/

2. G or J?

G /dʒiː/

J /dʒeɪ/

3. E or I?

E /iː/

I /aɪ/

4. D or T?

D /diː/

T /tiː/

5. M or N?

M /ɛm/

N /ɛn/

Alphabet, Spelling, and Classroom Phrases

Read each prompt out loud — spell, recite the alphabet, and use classroom commands.

1. Recite the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

2. Spell out loud: VIP → V-I-P, CNN → C-N-N, BMW → B-M-W, FBI → F-B-I.

3. Spell your FULL name letter by letter. Then ask: How do you spell it?

4. Stand up. Sit down. Open your book to page 5. Close your book. Say: Excuse me!

5. Ask three questions: What's 'caderno' in English? What's 'mochila' in English? What's 'porta' in English?

6. Bonus: Spell your favorite movie title or band name.

Classroom Phrases

Complete with words from the box.

OpenpageSorryStandSitClose

1. your books, please.

2. your books, please.

3. Go to seven.

4. up, please!

5. down, please.

6. I'm late!

Name Spelling Race

Spell your full name out loud. Your teacher writes what they hear in the chat. Then swap: your teacher spells a name and YOU write it!

Scenario:

Practice the alphabet by spelling names — yours and your teachers — out loud, clearly.

Useful Expressions

My name is ___. That's ___ (spell it letter by letter).Can you repeat that, please?How do you spell it?Is it with one L or two?That's right! / Sorry, let me spell it again.

Round 1 — Student spells

TEACHER: Stand up, please! What's your name?
YOU: My name is Maria. M-A-R-I-A.
TEACHER: How do you spell your last name?
YOU: It's Santos. S-A-N-T-O-S.
TEACHER: What's 'sobrenome' in English?
YOU: It's 'last name'!

Round 2 — Teacher spells

TEACHER: My name is Jennifer. That's J-E-N-N-I-F-E-R.
YOU: (type in chat) J-E-N-N-I-F-E-R.

Round 3 — Challenge names

Spell a tricky name: your mother's, your best friend's, or a favorite celebrity.
Go slow. Ask to repeat when needed.

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Let's Talk

13 minutes

Let's Talk!

Use what you learned today to answer these questions. Elaborate as much as you can!

Real situations where you need to spell or ask for words.

1. Imagine I'm a delivery person and I need your name and address. Tell me — and spell each word!

Follow-up: And the apartment number? How do you spell the building name?

2. Look around the room. What's something you can see but you are not sure of the English word? Ask me!

Follow-up: It's a ___. Can you spell it now? Try!

3. Spell your full name (first AND last name) — letter by letter, no skipping!

Follow-up: Wait — repeat the second letter? / Got it!

4. Quick game: I spell, you say the WORD. Ready? B-O-O-K.

Follow-up: Correct! Now: P-E-N. / Try: D-O-O-R.

Self-Assessment

How did you do today?

✓
I can spell my name in English.
✓
I can ask: What's ___ in English? and How do you spell it?
✓
I can understand classroom instructions.

Great work today!

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