Regardless of if you want to remediate your listening and/or reading skills, this flowchart is a great tool to check out. It provides you helpful hints and tricks for how to find and answer your exam! Use this link to access the document. You must be logged in with your d125.org account to access it.
How can I improve my listening skills?
Use this site to work on:
Gaining exposure and getting accustomed to listening to native speakers through song
How to use this site:
Select "Spanish" language on upper right
Select a song you want to practice with either from the ones provided on the main page, by selecting a genre from the upper left or searching for a specific song title
Choose the level that you would like to work at
Use this site to work on:
Gaining exposure and getting accustomed to listening to native speakers about a variety of themes
Identifying supporting details of an authentic audio source
How to use this site:
Browse the themes and click on a link to take you to an authentic source
Play the video and take notes on the big ideas and supporting details. Try writing down key words and cognates you hear.
Take the comprehension quiz to quiz yourself!
Use this site to work on:
Gaining exposure and getting accustomed to listening to native speakers
Improving vocabulary knowledge base
How to use this site:
Select a video based on a topic that interests you, language feature or speaker
Once at the video screen, you can select specific grammar or vocabulary to remove them from the script and practice
How can I improve my reading skills?
Use this site to work on:
Gaining exposure and getting accustomed to reading authentic, and current resources
Improving your reading comprehension with many questions related to Main Idea, Supporting Detail Detection, Author's Perspective, Guessing Meaning from Context, Simple and Complex Inferences and more!
How to use this site:
First, you will need to sign in using your school Google account to access the reading and quiz.
Select an article based on Reading Skills (Central Idea, What the text says, etc.) or an interest you have (Deportes, Los Estados Unidos, etc.)
Before reading the article, select the appropriate level. *Hint - the higher the number, the more words and the harder the article.
Read the article
Once finished, select the "quiz" tab on the blue colored strip and take the quiz to judge your comprehension!
Use this site to work on:
Gaining exposure and getting accustomed to reading Spanish
Basic comprehension practice
NOTE - There are 2 buttons/links because there are 2 separate pages with exercises.
How to use this site:
Select the level that is most appropriate for you (Elementary, Intermediate, Poetry) and selecting the corresponding page
Select a story you would like to read
Complete the comprehension questions
Use this site to work on:
Gaining exposure and getting accustomed to reading authentic Spanish resources
Improving reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary and even grammar knowledge
NOTE: Most readings have practice exercises, but not all. If you choose one without a practice exercise at the bottom of the page, select another one that does.
How to use this site:
On the upper right side, select your level (A - Beginner, B - Intermediate, C - Advanced)
Now select an article that interests you
On the main page for the article you can read the article and/or listen to someone read it at the same time.
Once finished, select the exercises at the bottom of the page that you would like to practice