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- Year 11
- Edexcel
Mis estudios y mi futuro: transcription, extended listening (Edexcel)
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topics of my studies and my future.
- Year 11
- Edexcel
Mis estudios y mi futuro: transcription, extended listening (Edexcel)
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topics of my studies and my future.
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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
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.Which word means 'in front of, ahead'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
appointment, date
condition
right
interview
list
thing
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
agent
baby
company
figure
roadworks, building works
smell
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I read a newspaper at the bottom of the garden'.
Q5.Write in English: 'el gato observó el vaso'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'the writer (m) does not have a dog'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which is the most important strategy for success in the listening exam?
Q2.'La habitación a_í está _ena de si_as'. What SSC is missing from all of these words?
Q3.Which word is a synonym for 'pareja'?
Q4.Match the Spanish and English.
aspect
bank, bench
business person, entrepreneur
hour, time
project
luck