wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Spanish II SLA & Proficiency

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Our Proficiency goal for Spanish II is _____. (i.e., by the end of the year, this proficiency level gets you an "A")

a)

Novice Low

b)

Novice Mid

c)

Novice High

d)

Intermediate Low

2.

GUESS THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL:

Responds to a prompt with individual words.

Makes spelling errors

Can use some memorized phrases

a)

Novice Low

b)

Novice Mid

c)

Novice High

d)

Intermediate Low

3.

GUESS THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL:

Responds to a prompt with simple sentences that have a few details

Can use "also", "with" to add details.

Can also add details by describing where something is

Can talk about their opinion: "in my opinion..."

a)

Novice Low

b)

Novice Mid

c)

Novice High

d)

Intermediate Low

4.

GUESS THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL:

Responds to a prompt with sentences detailing the "5 W's" (who/what/where/why/when).

Can explain have something makes them feel

Can start to ask ORIGINAL (not memorized) questions

a)

Novice Low

b)

Novice Mid

c)

Novice High

d)

Intermediate Low

5.

GUESS THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL:

Responds to a prompt with simple phrases (3 words or less)

There can be spelling errors

May have awkward wording such as "Me like"

Repeats a lot

a)

Novice Low

b)

Novice Mid

c)

Novice High

d)

Intermediate Low

6.

Check the THREE (3) boxes that describe LANGUAGE LEARNING.

a)

Conscious effort

b)

Unconscious effort

c)

Focuses on form

d)

Focuses on communication

e)

Produces knowledge

7.

Check the THREE (3) boxes that describe LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.

a)

Conscious effort

b)

Unconscious effort

c)

Focuses on form

d)

Focuses on communication

e)

Produces an ability

8.

Check the THREE (3) boxes that describe LANGUAGE LEARNING.

a)

Work hard and study

b)

Listen with the intent to understand

c)

Uses grammatical rules

d)

Uses grammatical "feel"

e)

Depends on aptitude (i.e., inherent ability you're born with)

9.

Check the THREE (3) boxes that describe LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.

a)

Work hard and study

b)

Listen with the intent to understand

c)

Uses grammatical rules

d)

Uses grammatical "feel"

e)

Depends on ATTITUDE (doesn't matter skills you're born with - anyone can acquire language!)

10.

(45 seconds!) When acquiring another language, first we ____, then we ____, then we _____, and finally we ______.

a)

speak, write, read, listen

b)

listen, read, write, speak

11.

What are the 3 communication modes?

a)

Listening

b)

Interpretive

c)

Writing

d)

Interpersonal (Conversation)

e)

Presentational

12.

Which mode of communication is this?

Scanning a passage to complete some questions.

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

13.

Which mode of communication is this?

Watching a video and writing down what you understand.

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

14.

Which mode of communication is this?

Reading a story on a slideshow

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

15.

Which mode of communication is this?

Recording a video by yourself

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

16.

Which mode of communication is this?

You are practicing a Ted Talk

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

17.

Which mode of communication is this?

(2 ANSWERS!) You are writing a summary of something you read in class

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

18.

Which mode of communication is this?

You are responding to a comment on social media

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

19.

Which mode of communication is this?

You are having a conversation on the phone

a)

Interpretive Reading

b)

Interpretive Listening

c)

Interpersonal

d)

Presentational Writing

e)

Presentational Speaking

20.

Is this INPUT or OUTPUT?

You are reading through a website from Spain

a)

Input

b)

Output

21.

Is this INPUT or OUTPUT?

You are writing a blog post

a)

Input

b)

Output

22.

In your own words, what is the difference between Language LEARNING and Language ACQUISITION?

(a)