Description
Ropa para el trabajo is a comprehensive, illustrated 14-page A2 Spanish lesson designed for lawyers, business professionals and adult learners who want to develop practical Spanish communication skills.
Through clothing vocabulary, illustrated situations, shopping conversations, listening comprehension and guided role plays, students learn how to describe what people wear, compare garments, discuss prices and sizes, and make purchases in Spanish.
The lesson follows Daniel, a Spanish teacher preparing a workshop for a law firm, as he explores clothing choices for professional meetings and everyday workplace situations.
What does the lesson include?
1. Clothing vocabulary
Students identify twelve essential items of clothing, including la chaqueta, la camisa, los pantalones, la corbata, el jersey, el vestido and los zapatos.
Matching exercises also introduce shopping vocabulary such as la talla, el probador, el precio, el presupuesto and el recibo.
2. Describing professional clothing
Four illustrated professional profiles introduce different styles of dress.
Students practise describing garments, colours and combinations, with particular attention to adjective agreement.
3. Grammar: Making comparisons
Using an illustrated clothing catalogue, students practise:
- Más… que for superiority
- Menos… que for inferiority
- Tan… como for equality
- Mejor and peor
- Describing sizes, materials and prices
Practical exercises require students to choose garments according to specific conditions and budgets.
4. Comic-based shopping conversations
A four-panel illustrated story follows Daniel as he discovers that he has packed the wrong clothes and needs to buy a jacket for a professional meeting.
Students complete speech bubbles, practise shopping expressions and perform guided conversations.
5. Listening comprehension: In the shop
The first listening activity features Daniel speaking with a shop assistant.
Students identify prices, sizes, materials, payment methods and purchasing decisions through information tables and true or false exercises.
6. Listening comprehension: A change of plans
The second listening activity presents a video conversation between Daniel and Valeria about clothing for a formal meeting and an informal workplace visit.
Students identify meeting times, clothing choices and differences between professional situations.
7. Reading comprehension: Clothing and context
A professional email introduces clothing recommendations for client meetings, shared workspaces and video calls.
Students complete comprehension exercises and discuss how clothing choices can vary according to the situation.
8. Practical shopping and budgeting
Students work with a clothing catalogue and a fixed budget of €120.
They select garments for themselves and a client, calculate costs and justify their decisions.
A guided writing activity asks students to prepare a professional message of 60 to 80 words explaining their choices.
9. Grammar appendix
A two-page grammar appendix covers thirteen topics, including:
- Llevar and llevar puesto
- Colour agreement
- Materials and clothing descriptions
- Comparisons
- Mejor and peor
- Quedar to describe how clothes fit
- Direct object pronouns lo, la, los, las
- Pronoun placement
- Demonstratives
- Asking permission
- Shopping expressions
- Ponerse and quitarse
- Regional vocabulary variations
10. Additional exercises
Twelve supplementary exercise sets reinforce clothing vocabulary, colours, verb conjugation, comparisons, pronouns, shopping expressions and error correction.
11. Complete answers and listening transcripts
The resource includes complete answer keys, model responses and the full transcripts of both listening activities.
Resource details
- Level: A2
- Format: Downloadable PDF
- Length: 14 pages
- Audience: Lawyers, business professionals and adult Spanish learners
- Grammar: Comparisons, adjective agreement, direct object pronouns, llevar, quedar, ponerse and quitarse
- Skills: Vocabulary, reading, listening, grammar, speaking and writing
- Includes: Illustrated exercises, four-panel comic, two listening activities, grammar appendix, additional exercises, answers and transcripts
Audio and internet requirements
The PDF includes two listening comprehension activities with complete transcripts on the final page. The transcripts can be read aloud or used to prepare recordings. No separate audio recordings or external audio links are included in the PDF.
Internet access is required to use the lesson as provided.
This resource is intended exclusively for Spanish language learning. The professional scenarios are educational examples and do not constitute legal or business advice.
