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The Magic of Mnemonics · Module 27
A1 Conversation Checkpoint

Module 27 — A1 Can-Do Confirmation

I can use basic Mexican Spanish to handle simple personal information, everyday needs, familiar descriptions, and supported conversation across listening/reading, conversation, and short presentation.

No new Spanish · Modules 1–25 + SM01 only

checkpoint progress

0/4 skill checks complete

Understandingto finish
Conversationto finish
Speaking & Writingto finish
A1 Confirmationto finish

A1 checkpoint remains open until all four skill checks have practice without help.

checkpoint rule:Ready all four final checks without Reveal. If Reveal is used, complete the activated extra practice in a new situation without help.
What you will show

Four A1 skill checks

Lesson 1 · Understanding

Understand familiar identity, time, place, needs, prices, routine and description.

Lesson 2 · Conversation

Exchange familiar information and recover from one simple communication problem.

Lesson 3 · Speaking & Writing

Give a short spoken or written personal message using familiar phrases.

Lesson 4 · A1 Confirmed

Show the combined A1 skill in a changed everyday scenario.

What you learned

No new language in this module

Module 27 is a confirmation module. It retrieves familiar A1 Spanish for identity, time, place, needs, prices/payment, routine, preferences, weather, current action, ser/estar meaning, and getting unstuck in conversation.

getting unstuck in conversation remains available:No entiendo. · Más despacio, por favor. · ¿Puede hablar más despacio?

What you are demonstrating

A1 recall Across Familiar Situations

Understanding check 1
Spanish you hear or read
Me llamo Ana.

Understanding task 1: What is the speaker's name?

Understanding check 2
Spanish you hear or read
Soy de México.

Understanding task 2: Where is the speaker from?

Understanding check 3
Spanish you hear or read
Vivo en México.

Understanding task 3: Where does the speaker live?

Understanding check 4
Spanish you hear or read
Son las ocho.

Understanding task 4: What time is it?

Understanding check 5
Spanish you hear or read
Es el dos de mayo.

Understanding task 5: What date is stated?

Understanding check 6
Spanish you hear or read
Necesito ayuda.

Understanding task 6: What does the speaker need?

Understanding check 7
Spanish you hear or read
Necesito información.

Understanding task 7: What does the speaker need?

Understanding check 8
Spanish you hear or read
Cuesta cien pesos.

Understanding task 8: What price is stated?

Understanding check 9
Spanish you hear or read
Pago con tarjeta.

Understanding task 9: How is the speaker paying?

Understanding check 10
Spanish you hear or read
Trabajo todos los días.

Understanding task 10: How often does the speaker work?

Understanding check 11
Spanish you hear or read
Nunca trabajo.

Understanding task 11: How often does the speaker work?

Understanding check 12
Spanish you hear or read
Me gusta el café.

Understanding task 12: What does the speaker like?

Understanding check 13
Spanish you hear or read
Hace frío.

Understanding task 13: What is the weather condition?

Understanding check 14
Spanish you hear or read
Estoy trabajando.

Understanding task 14: What is happening right now?

Understanding check 15
Spanish you hear or read
El restaurante está en México.

Understanding task 15: Where is the restaurant?

Conversation practice 1

Conversation task 1: A partner asks: ¿Cómo te llamas? Reply as Ana.

Conversation practice 2

Conversation task 2: A partner asks where you are from. Reply: “I am from Mexico.”

Conversation practice 3

Conversation task 3: A partner asks where you live. Reply: “I live in Mexico.”

Conversation practice 4

Conversation task 4: You need help. Say it directly.

Conversation practice 5

Conversation task 5: You need information. Say it directly.

Conversation practice 6

Conversation task 6: You want coffee. Say it directly.

Conversation practice 7

Conversation task 7: Ask: “How much does it cost?”

Conversation practice 8

Conversation task 8: Say: “I pay in cash.”

Conversation practice 9

Conversation task 9: Say: “I pay by card.”

Conversation practice 10

Conversation task 10: The purchase or payment is finished. Say: “Thank you.”

Conversation practice 11

Conversation task 11: You did not understand. Say: “I don't understand.”

Conversation practice 12

Conversation task 12: Ask the speaker to go slower.

Conversation practice 13

Conversation task 13: Ask politely: “Can you speak more slowly?”

Conversation practice 14

Conversation task 14: A partner asks where the restaurant is. Say: “The restaurant is in Mexico.”

Conversation practice 15

Conversation task 15: A partner asks for one weather condition. Say: “It is windy.”

Speaking/Writing message 1

Speaking/Writing task 1: Give a two-sentence personal introduction: “My name is Ana. I am from Mexico.”

Speaking/Writing message 2

Speaking/Writing task 2: Give two facts: “I am from Mexico. I live in Mexico.”

Speaking/Writing message 3

Speaking/Writing task 3: Give two routine facts: “I work. I study.”

Speaking/Writing message 4

Speaking/Writing task 4: Give two routine facts: “I always work. I never study.”

Speaking/Writing message 5

Speaking/Writing task 5: Give a short routine: “I get up. I bathe. I get dressed.”

Speaking/Writing message 6

Speaking/Writing task 6: Give two preference facts: “I like coffee. I like the books.”

Speaking/Writing message 7

Speaking/Writing task 7: Give a two-condition weather report: “It is sunny. It is windy.”

Speaking/Writing message 8

Speaking/Writing task 8: Give two current-action facts: “I am working. We are speaking.”

Speaking/Writing message 9

Speaking/Writing task 9: Give two facts: “It is eight o'clock. The restaurant is in Mexico.”

Speaking/Writing message 10

Speaking/Writing task 10: Give two location facts: “The meeting is at the hotel. Ana is in Mexico.”

A1 confirmation recall 1

Confirmation task 1: Handle a purchase: ask the price, then say you pay by card.

A1 confirmation recall 2

Confirmation task 2: Handle a problem: say you need help and do not understand.

A1 confirmation recall 3

Confirmation task 3: Recover communication: say you do not understand and ask for slower speech.

A1 confirmation recall 4

Confirmation task 4: Contrast origin and current location.

A1 confirmation recall 5

Confirmation task 5: Contrast event and thing location.

A1 confirmation recall 6

Confirmation task 6: Give weather and routine information.

A1 confirmation recall 7

Confirmation task 7: Give a preference and current action.

A1 confirmation recall 8

Confirmation task 8: Give the date and time.

A1 confirmation recall 9

Confirmation task 9: Give three daily actions.

A1 confirmation recall 10

Confirmation task 10: Handle a simple purchase or payment: want coffee, ask price, say thank you.

Apply & Communicate

Combined A1 Scenarios

Combined A1 scenario 1

Combined scenario 1: A new acquaintance: give your name, origin, and residence.

Combined A1 scenario 2

Combined scenario 2: At a shop: ask the price, say you pay in cash, and thank the person.

Combined A1 scenario 3

Combined scenario 3: You need assistance and did not understand: ask for help and slower speech.

Combined A1 scenario 4

Combined scenario 4: Give a routine snapshot: get up, work, and go to bed.

Combined A1 scenario 5

Combined scenario 5: Give weather and current action: it is cloudy and you are working.

Combined A1 scenario 6

Combined scenario 6: Give time, event location, and person location.

Combined A1 scenario 7

Combined scenario 7: Give a preference and a need.

Combined A1 scenario 8

Combined scenario 8: Handle a purchase: want coffee, ask price, and pay by card.

Combined A1 scenario 9

Combined scenario 9: Give date and weather.

Combined A1 scenario 10

Combined scenario 10: Give origin, location, and current action.

Combined A1 scenario 11

Combined scenario 11: Recover a communication problem politely.

Combined A1 scenario 12

Combined scenario 12: Give a short personal message: name, routine, preference.

Show What You Can Do

Four Final A1 skill checks

Final Understanding check
Spanish you hear or read
Me llamo Ana. Soy de México. Trabajo todos los días. Me gusta el café.

Listen/read: “Me llamo Ana. Soy de México. Trabajo todos los días. Me gusta el café.” What does Ana like?

Final Conversation Check

You did not understand the other person. Recover the conversation by asking for slower speech.

Final Speaking & Writing Check

Give this short personal message: “My name is Ana. I am from Mexico. I live in Mexico. I like coffee.”

Final A1 Confirmation

Handle this changed everyday situation: “I want coffee. How much does it cost? I pay by card. Thank you.”

Try Again After Reveal

new-situation checkpoint extra practice

Understanding extra practice
Spanish you hear or read
Vivo en México. Son las ocho. Hace frío. Necesito ayuda.

Listen/read: “Vivo en México. Son las ocho. Hace frío. Necesito ayuda.” What does the speaker need?

Conversation extra practice

new conversation: you did not understand. Say: “I don't understand.”

Speaking & Writing extra practice

Changed message: “I am from Mexico. I work every day. I like coffee.”

Confirmation extra practice

Changed everyday situation: “I need information. How much does it cost? Thank you.”

Check yourself

Identify one area to strengthen next

Lesson 4 · also requires you to check your own A1 skills. Choose one area to strengthen after this checkpoint.

Choose one area you want to strengthen next.

Ready to continue

A1 confirmed means demonstrated, not revealed

When all four skill checks show Ready, You have practice completed without help or repeated successfully in a new situation across Understanding, Conversation, Speaking & Writing, and Combined A1 practice.