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- Year 11
- Edexcel
Una vida más sana: dictation, extended listening (Edexcel)
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topic of healthy lifestyles.
- Year 11
- Edexcel
Una vida más sana: dictation, extended listening (Edexcel)
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topic of healthy lifestyles.
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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
Synonym - word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word
Distractor - incorrect but plausible answer option in reading and listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common misconception
There is not much I can do to prepare for the listening exam.
You can prepare for the listening exam by revising vocabulary and being ready to listen out for synonyms and distractors.
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish and English.
rice
horse
Sunday
excursion, trip
smoke
tea
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
I would like
she, he, it would like
you would like
it's still to be
on one hand
on the other hand
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
to attend, attending
to go down
to sleep, fall asleep
to inform, informing
to maintain, maintaining
to sunbathe, sunbathing
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I would not say that it is very obvious'.
Q5.Write in English: 'un ser humano'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'there would be a tall mountain'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which statements about the listening exam are incorrect?
Q2.Match the words and missing sounds.
[j]
[gé]
[gui]
[ch]
[gue]
[z]
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
weight
foot
swimming pool
Saturday
tablet
Spanish tomato festival