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- Year 11
- AQA
El medio ambiente: transcription, extended listening (AQA)
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topic of environment.
- Year 11
- AQA
El medio ambiente: transcription, extended listening (AQA)
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topic of environment.
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Key learning points
- It is important to have a firm knowledge of Spanish SSCs in order to accurately transcribe spoken Spanish.
- It is important to have a broad vocabulary to be successful at answering listening comprehension questions.
- It is important to listen out for synonyms and distractors when answering listening comprehension questions.
Keywords
Sound-symbol correspondence - relationship between letters and their sounds
Distractor - incorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Synonym - word that has the same or very similar meaning to another word
Common misconception
All Spanish adjectives have masculine and feminine forms.
Many Spanish adjectives have masculine and feminine forms, but some are invariable. Adjectives ending in -e (e.g. 'grave') and in consonants like -l, -r and -n (e.g. 'difícil', 'mejor', 'marrón') are invariable.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'already'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
to save, saving
to pollute, contaminate
to investigate, investigating
to recycle, recycling
to mean, meaning
to fear, fearing
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
synagogue
corner
painter
bird
poverty
glass
Q4.Order the words to say: 'unemployment in the neighbourhood has risen due to the government'.
Q5.Write in English: 'es una mentira grave'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'it is a difficult situation'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the words and missing sounds.
[ce]
[ch]
[ci]
[ge]
[gi]
[que]
Q2.Which is not an invariable adjective?
Q3.Match the synonyms.
contento
listo
empezar
ver
colegio (m)
cuestión (f)
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
to put up with
to develop, carry out
to manufacture, produce
bridge, long weekend
home
riches, wealth