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- Year 11
- AQA
Las redes sociales: dictation, listening (AQA)
I can transcribe and understand Spanish speakers talking about technology.
- Year 11
- AQA
Las redes sociales: dictation, listening (AQA)
I can transcribe and understand Spanish speakers talking about technology.
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Key learning points
- It is important to have a firm knowledge of Spanish SSCs to accurately transcribe spoken Spanish in a dictation.
- As well as a broad vocabulary, prediction and being aware of distractors and synonyms are useful listening strategies.
Keywords
SSC - sound-symbol correspondence
Dictation - language-learning or testing exercise where students write down what they hear
Prediction - strategy that involves anticipating what the answers might be by listing Spanish words or phrases
Synonym - word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word
Distractor - incorrect but plausible answer option in reading / listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common misconception
I can rely on strategies like prediction to successfully complete listening comprehension questions.
Strategies like prediction can be useful, but the most important way to successfully answer listening comprehension questions is by having a broad vocabulary.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Order the numbers from smallest to largest.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to share, sharing
to speak, speaking
to be important
to record, recording
to send, sending
to remember, remembering
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
computer
press
tendency
beauty
headphones
truth
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I think that I spend too much time online'.
Q5.Write in English: 'mis contraseñas son privadas'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'my app is better than yours.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is is the most important thing for successful listening?
Q2.Match the words with the missing sounds.
[ce]
[ci]
[ll]
[j]
[ñ]
[v]
Q3.Match the words and definitions.
exercise where students write down what they hear
anticipating what answers might be by listing Spanish words or phrases
word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word
incorrect but plausible answer option which tests attention to detail
Q4.Order the strategies to use for listening tasks.
Q5.Match the Spanish and the English
we were, went
to do , make
to play, playing
much. a lot, many
security, safety
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