KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
El medio ambiente: transcription, extended listening (Edexcel)
My neighbourhood: Repaso - perspectivas internacionales
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Your learning goal
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topic of the environment.
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El medio ambiente: transcription, extended listening (Edexcel): slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can confidently complete dictation tasks and respond to listening comprehension questions on the topic of the environment.
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 vocbabulary to be successful at answering listening comprehension questions.
- It is important to listen out for synonyms and distractors when answering listening comprehension questions.
Words to know
- 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
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. 'dificil', 'mejor', 'marrón') are invariable.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Tasks A1a and A1b contain a mixture of Higher and Foundation vocabulary, but can be easily adapted to suit your class.