Review Sheets for Exams
Spanish 212
The exams in Spanish 211, 212, and 213 test speaking, reading,
writing,
listening, grammar, culture, and vocabulary, which constitute the
categories
of goals for the course.
Daily homework from the textbook and the Activities Manual will
prepare
you to succeed on each exam, if you complete assignments
responsibly.
Use each Activities Manual assignment as a practice test: first study
the assigned
pages from the textbook, then complete the Manual activities without
referring
to the answer key until you finish. If your Manual answers are
accurate,
you have absorbed the material from the text and your exam answers will
also be accurate.
There will be an speaking exam for each unit in the textbook.
The instructions for each "oral exam" are accessible from the homework
pages on the course website.
The final exam is cumulative, and will test all vocabulary,
culture,
and grammar covered during the quarter.
Review Sheet for Unidad 4:
The first exam in Spanish 212 will test the following:
1) LISTENING COMPREHENSION. You will hear a passage
related to a theme from Unit 4. Practice Activities Manual 4-9,
4-27, and 4-32 with CD.
2) DEFINITIONS. You will use vocabulary from the unit to
define several terms. Practice Activities Manual 4-19.
Study sample
definitions in text and Activities
Manual 4-28.
3) VOCABULARY. You should compile a list of flashcards
with these words to help you study and review:
Vocabulario en contexto (from
textbook)
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Vocabulario del tema (from
Activities Manual)
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Exam sections will mirror vocabulary
exercises you have completed for homework. You may be tested on
one or more of the following types of exercises:
1) Multiple choice synonyms. Text 4-15, 4-26, 4-37
2) Fill in the blank. Activities Manual 4-20, 4-29
3) Matching words to definitions.
Other sections of each exam will ask you to talk about ideas
from Unit 4 and thus offer you an opportunity to produce new vocabulary
and throughout the exam you will read words and expressions from Unit 4
and will need to recognize their meaning.
4) GRAMMAR. These sections will mirror grammar exercises
you have
completed for homework. For each grammar concept, you may be
tested on
one or more of the exercises listed:
a) relative pronouns - study textbook pp.
127-28. Review Activities Manual pp. 91-92.
b) imperfect subjunctive - study textbook pp.
137-38. Review Activities Manual pp. 98-100
c) commands - study textbook pp. 147-48.
Review Activities Manual pp. 103-104
5) WRITING. You will be asked to write at least one short
paragraph
using structures and/or vocabulary studied in Unit 1. Review
Activities Manual 4-10B, 4-13B, 4-18, 4-26, 4-31.
6) CULTURE. The exam will test your knowledge of cultural
content presented
in Unit 4. Be prepared to identify people, customs, celebrations,
places, and other cultural phenomena covered in textbook readings,
homework
exercises, listening comprehension exercises from the Activities Manual
CDs, miniconferencias on the textbook CDs, and video clip. You
may
have to write several sentences to identify a cultural phenomenon or
you
may have to complete a multiple choice, true/false, or matching
exercise.
7) READING. The exam will test reading comprehension.
Practice reading textbook pp. 125-26, 145-146, 149, 155-57. Remember:
reading
in Spanish does not involve word-for-word translation.
Translation
only slows you down and distracts your focus.
Review Sheet for Part 2, Unidad 1:
The second exam in Spanish 212 will test the following:
1) LISTENING COMPREHENSION. You will hear a passage
related to a
theme from Unit 1. Practice Activities Manual 1-9, 1-25, 1-28.
2) DEFINITIONS. You will use vocabulary from the unit to
define
several terms. Study sample definitions in
Activities Manual 1-3.
3) VOCABULARY. You should compile a list of flashcards
with these words to help you study and review:
| Vocabulario del tema |
Manual pp. 2-4 (see context in
textbook "perfil" pp. 167-68)
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Manual pp. 9-10 (see context in
textbook "perfil" pp. 176-77)
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Manual pp. 15-16 (see context in
textbook "perfil" pp. 183-84)
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Manual p. 20 (see context in
textbook "perfil" p. 191)
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Exam sections will mirror vocabulary
exercises you have completed for homework. You may be tested on
one or
more of the following types of exercises:
1) Multiple choice synonyms or definitions. Activities
Manual 1-1
2) Fill in the blank. Activities Manual 1-10
3) Matching definitions or synonyms. Text 1-20; Activities
Manual 1-3, 1-11
Other sections of each exam will ask you to talk about ideas
from this Unit and thus offer you an opportunity to produce new
vocabulary
and throughout the exam you will read words and expressions from this
Unit
and will need to recognize their meaning.
4) GRAMMAR. These sections will mirror grammar exercises
you have
completed for homework. For each grammar concept, you may be
tested on
one or more of the exercises listed:
a) preterit and imperfect - study textbook p.
169-171. Review Activities Manual pp. 4-7.
b) present perfect - study
textbook pp. 177-78. Review Activities Manual p. 10-13.
c) prepositions - study textbook pp.
185-87. Review Activities Manual pp. 17-18.
5) WRITING. You will be asked to write at least one short
paragraph
using structures and/or vocabulary studied in Unit 1. Review
Activities Manual 1-9C, 1-13.
6) CULTURE. The exam will test your knowledge of cultural
content presented
in Unit 1. Be prepared to identify people, customs, celebrations,
places, and other cultural phenomena covered in textbook readings,
homework
exercises, listening comprehension exercises from the Activities Manual
CDs, miniconferencias on the textbook CDs, and video clip. You
may
have to write several sentences to identify a cultural phenomenon or
you
may have to complete a multiple choice, true/false, or matching
exercise.
7) READING. The exam will test reading comprehension.
Practice reading "Perfiles" from the textbook.
Remember: reading
in Spanish does not involve word-for-word translation.
Translation
only slows you down and distracts your focus.
Review Sheet for Part 2, Unidad 2:
The final exam in Spanish 212 is comprehensive. Listening
Comprehension focuses on Unit 2, but other sections cover all
units. See review
sheets above for Unidad 4 and 1.
1) LISTENING COMPREHENSION. You will hear a passage
related to a
theme from Unit 2. Practice Activities Manual 2-12, 2-29, 2-32
with CD.
2) DEFINITIONS. You will use vocabulary from the units
to
define
several terms. Practice Activities Manual 2-2, 2-21.
3) VOCABULARY. You should compile a list of flashcards
with these words to help you study and review. Add these words to
your lists from Unidad 4 and Unidad 1.
Vocabulario del tema (from
Activities Manual)
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Exam sections will mirror vocabulary
exercises you have completed for homework. You may be tested on
one or
more of the following types of exercises:
1) Multiple choice synonyms, antonyms, or definitions.
Activities Manual 2-30.
2) Fill in the blank. Activities Manual 2-3, 2-13, 2-22
3) Matching definitions or synonyms.
Activities Manual 2-20.
Other sections of each exam will ask you to talk about ideas
from the three units and thus offer you an opportunity to produce new
vocabulary,
and throughout the exam you will read words and expressions from these
units
and will need to recognize their meaning.
4) GRAMMAR. These sections will mirror grammar exercises
you have
completed for homework. Study the following from Unidad 2, in
addition to reviewing grammar from the 2 previous units.
a) Subjunctive verb forms - study textbook pp.
204-205.
b) Uses of the Subjunctive - study textbook
pp. 205-207; 215-216; 226-227. Review Activities Manual pp.
36-39; 44-46; 49-51.
5) WRITING. You will be asked to write at least one short
paragraph
using structures and/or vocabulary studied in one of the 212
Units. You should review Unidad 2 Activities Manual 2-2B, 2-10,
2-19, 2-26B, 2-28,
2-33.
6) CULTURE. The exam will test your knowledge of cultural
content presented
in all three Units. Be prepared to identify people, customs,
celebrations,
places, and other cultural phenomena covered in textbook readings,
homework
exercises, listening comprehension exercises from the Activities Manual
CDs, miniconferencias on the textbook CDs, and video clips. You
may
have to write several sentences to identify a cultural phenomenon or
you
may have to complete a multiple choice, true/false, or matching
exercise.
7) READING. The exam will test reading comprehension.
Practice
reading the "Perfiles" from the textbook.
Remember:
reading
in Spanish does not involve word-for-word translation.
Translation
only slows you down and distracts your focus.