KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
Las redes sociales: dictation, listening (AQA)
Communication and the world around us: Repaso - la vida diaria y en línea
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Your learning goal
I can transcribe and understand Spanish speakers talking about technology.
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Las redes sociales: dictation, listening (AQA): 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.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can transcribe and understand Spanish speakers talking about technology.
Key learning points
- It is important to have a firm knowledge of Spanish SSCs to accurately transcribe spoken Spanish in a dictation.
- As well as a broad vocabulary, prediction and being aware of distractors and synonyms are useful listening strategies.
Words to know
- SSC
- sound-symbol correspondence
- dictation
- language-learning or testing exercise where students write down what they hear
- prediction
- strategy that involves anticipating what the answers might be by listing Spanish words or phrases
- synonym
- word that has the same or very similar meaning of another word
- distractor
- incorrect but plausible answer option in reading / listening tasks, designed to test your attention to detail
Common mistakes
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.
For parents, carers and teachers
- You can pick and choose which listening activities from Learning Cycle 3 to complete depending on the needs of your students.