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GCSE Spanish is Easy: the ultimate guide for anyone who finds Spanish challenging and for those wanting to pass GCSE Spanish with ease. This exciting new guide is filled with fun and interesting facts for you to understand Spanish in a way that makes it more compelling to learn, and more importantly, easier to understand! This book contains plenty of sample questions to assist you through GCSE Spanish revision and it provides detailed step-by-step guidance to revising your Spanish to a strong standard with ease. This Spanish book is like no other; it uses real life scenarios and interesting facts, to help build your Spanish written, vocab and listening skills in a more fun and absorbing way. Created by the UK's leading specialist recruitment experts

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Publié par	How2become
Date de parution	20 juin 2016
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781911259770
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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GCSE Spanish Is Easy
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO YOUR GUIDE
VITAL VOCABULARY
• Working with numbers
• Telling the time
• Calendars and dates
• Seasons and weather
MY LIFE
• Describing myself
• Family and relationships
• Daily routine
• Living healthily
• Drinking and drug use
LEISURE AND NEW MEDIA
• Free time
• Fashion
• Directions, travel and holidays
• TV and cinema
• The Internet and social media
HOME, SCHOOL AND ENVIRONMENT
• Your local area
• The environment
• School life
• Post-school plans
GRAMMAR
ANSWERS
INTRODUCTION TO YOUR GUIDE
Hello, and welcome to your guide to GCSE Spanish. Written by How2Become, the UK’s leading career specialists, this book will provide you with everything you need to revise GSCE Spanish in as complete and concise a manner as possible.
GCSE Spanish is Easy will become your go-to guide for all the information and advice you need for studying and passing GCSE Spanish. Packed full of grammar resources, vocabulary lists, sample questions, and top tips; this revision guide will complement student’s classroom learning and exam preparation.
GCSE Spanish Examination
GCSE Spanish is designed to test your understanding of the language, as well as your ability to use it in a variety of situations. No matter which exam board your school uses, you will need to have a command of essential verbs and vocabulary, and be extremely comfortable with core elements of grammar. Of course, this will be done through the study of specific modules, focusing on general topics such as ‘the environment’ or ‘leisure activities’. In a nutshell, getting a good grade in GSCE Spanish will require an ability to respond to and express many ideas and opinions, with accuracy.
As you know, you will have a reading exam, a listening exam, and a speaking exam, as well as controlled assessments to test your written communication in Spanish.
So, being able to apply your knowledge of the module topics effectively, in a variety of mediums and contexts, is crucial for securing a high grade.
What the syllabus says
Undoubtedly, it would be extremely helpful to be aware of what the aims of the GCSE Spanish course are. The government has set out specific objectives to include in the syllabus, in order to ensure teachers and exam boards are assessing particular skills and knowledge required to obtain a GCSE in Spanish.
By providing a detailed outline of the course, teachers and exam boards are able to tailor their resources to equip their students with basic Spanish knowledge, which will ultimately add context and a clearer focus to learning and revision.
Here are the key aims and outcomes of GSCE Spanish according to the syllabus:

• To enable students to communicate accurately, confidently, coherently, spontaneously and independently in Spanish, with an enriched vocabulary in a fluent manner and variety of contexts;
• To enable students to understand clearly articulated Spanish in standard speech, at near-normal speed, and to develop their ability and ambition to communicate with native speakers;
• To develop students’ ability to respond to a range of (appropriately adapted) authentic Spanish written material, including news articles and other literary texts;
• To encourage students to develop a wider awareness and understanding of Spanish culture, and see beyond the common clichés in relation to Spain.
The exams
The four elements of your language course will be measured and calculated, and will then count towards your overall grade. Luckily, major exam boards, including AQA, Edexcel and OCR, all have a similar way of calculating the overall grade based on the four exams. In a full Spanish GCSE course from any of these exam boards, this is how you will be assessed:
Listening:
• You will be played extracts of Spanish speech, which will be of varying speeds, lengths and difficulty, and will be both formal and informal.
• The questions, presented in English, are designed to test your ability in identifying, understanding, and responding to information.
• Answers are in Spanish and English. (Examination result = 20% of your final grade)
Reading:
• You will be presented with text in a variety of forms (e.g. emails, newspapers, brochures), which will be of increasing complexity.
• Questions are given in English and will test how well you identify, understand, and respond to information.
• Answers are in Spanish and English. (Examination result = 20% of your final grade)
Speaking :
• You will carry out two tasks (e.g. debate/discussion) that require you to interact with another speaker, who will most likely be your teacher.
• You will be marked on your use of Spanish to present ideas and information, in multiple contexts and settings.
• It will also be marked by your teacher. (Controlled Assessment result = 30% of your final grade)
Writing :
• You will carry out two writing tasks on different subjects, in exam conditions at your school.
• You will be marked on your ability to convey ideas and points of view clearly, which are relevant to the task. (Controlled Assessment result = 30% of your final grade)
This chapter will deal with core vocabulary, phrases and verbs that are absolutely vital to understanding and communicating in Spanish at any level.
Strong knowledge of this content will provide an excellent foundation for all further study, so although you will probably already be comfortable with a lot of it, it can do no harm to remind yourself of the basics.

WORKING WITH NUMBERS
Being comfortable with numbers is vital at this level of Spanish study, as it is GUARANTEED that somewhere in an exam, your ability to understand and respond accurately using numbers will be tested. Examiners love to present numbers to you in the form of percentages, timetables or people’s ages, but all they really want to do is check that you know them.
Luckily, as you know, it is often quite simple to form numbers in Spanish – there are just a few things to remember. Still, it can do no harm to refresh your memory, and be sure to look out for our TOP TIPS!
0-10 0 cero 1 uno 2 dos 3 tres 4 cuatro 5 cinco 6 seis 7 siete 8 ocho 9 nueve 10 diez
11-15 11 once 12 doce 13 trece 14 catorce 15 quince

TOP TIP!
Note that these numbers are words in their own right: not formed with combinations of smaller ones (as many are below).
16-19 16 dieciséis 17 diecisiete 18 dieciocho 19 diecinueve

TOP TIP!
These numbers are written as a shortened version of saying ‘10+6’, ‘10+7’ etc.
The preferred way of writing ‘sixteen’, for example, is now ‘dieciséis ’, rather than ‘diez y seis’. This is because writing these numbers out in full like this is becoming more and more old-fashioned.
(Note: the accent that is now required in 16!)
20-29 20 veinte 21 veintiuno 22 veintidós 23 veintitrés 24 veinticuatro 25 veinticinco 26 veintiséis 27 veintisiete 28 veintiocho 29 veintinueve

TOP TIP!
These numbers are written as a shortened version of saying ‘20+1’, ‘20+2’ etc.
Similarly, as above, the preferred way of writing ‘twenty-one’, for example, is now ‘veintiuno’, rather than ‘veinte y uno ’.
(Note: the accents that are now required with 22, 23 and 26!)
30-101 30 treinta 31 treinta y uno 32 treinta y dos 40 cuarenta 50 cincuenta 60 sesenta 70 setenta 80 ochenta 90 noventa 100 cien 101 ciento uno

TOP TIP!
Beyond 30, numbers are written out as 30+1, 30+2 etc.
(E.g. ‘sixty-four’ is ‘sesenta y cuatro’)
Note:
Unlike some examples above, with numbers above thirty, always write them out in full in this way. (E.g. ‘thirty-one’ is always ‘treinta y uno’, never ‘treintiuno’)
However , note 101 is not written out as 100+1, rather ‘100 1’
(I.e. ‘one hundred and one’ is ‘ciento uno’, NOT ‘ciento y uno’)

TEST YOURSELF!
• Write ‘fourteen’ in Spanish:
• Write ‘nineteen’ in Spanish:
• Write ‘veintiocho’ in English:
• Write ‘seventy-two’ in Spanish:
• Write ‘one hundred and one’ in Spanish:
200-900 200 doscientos 250 doscientos cincuenta 300 trescientos 400 cuatroci