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Year 11 - Spanish

El medio ambiente: transcription, extended listening (Edexcel)

Communication and the world around us: Repaso - perspectivas internacionales

Unit Summary

In this revision unit, pupils focus on the present perfect tense. They use all persons of 'haber' with stems of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, and also revise irregular past participles.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topic of the environment.

Key Notes

  • 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 vocbabulary to be successful at answering listening comprehension questions.
  • It is important to listen out for synonyms and distractors when answering listening comprehension questions.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • 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 Mistakes To Avoid

  • All Spanish adjectives have masculine and feminine forms.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

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 vocbabulary to be successful at answering listening comprehension questions.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'sound-symbol correspondence'

relationship between letters and their sounds. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: All Spanish adjectives have masculine and feminine forms. Correction: 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. 'dificil', 'mejor', 'marrón') are invariable.

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