CSET Spanish (145, 146, 147) study plan

Take a timed 50-item diagnostic spanning all five domains and tabulate raw scores per domain to establish a baseline.

Record three 3-minute impromptu speaking samples (narrative, persuasive, expository) and score each on a self-made rubric for fluency, grammatical accuracy, and lexical range.

Listen to 60 minutes of authentic Spanish audio in 15-minute blocks and write a five-sentence Spanish summary of each block.

Drill the Spanish verb system (all simple tenses plus subjunctive mood) by completing 60 conjugation items and logging every error by category.

Write four 150-word texts in four registers (formal letter, opinion piece, personal narrative, academic summary) and self-edit each for agreement, ser/estar, and por/para.

Define phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, supplying two Spanish-language examples of each.

Map the Spanish vowel and consonant inventory onto an IPA chart and mark which phonemes are absent from or realized differently than in English.

Shadow 30 minutes of native-speaker audio to correct rhythm, linking, and intonation, then record a before-and-after sample of the same passage.

Segment 20 Spanish words into roots and derivational versus inflectional affixes, labeling each morpheme type.

Draw phrase-structure trees for 15 Spanish sentences and label the syntactic function of every constituent (subject, direct object, adjunct, complement).

Contrast first- and second-language acquisition findings and apply them to explain three recurring errors made by Spanish learners.

Write a definition of register, dialect, code-switching, diglossia, and language contact, each illustrated with a Spanish-speaking example.

Compare Castilian, Andalusian, Caribbean, Rioplatense, and Mexican Spanish on /s/ aspiration, yeísmo, voseo, and lexical choice, giving one example per feature.

Classify 40 Spanish words by etymological layer (Latin, Arabic, Germanic, Amerindian, modern anglicism) and note the historical period each entered the language.

Draft a 250-word argumentative essay in Spanish and underline at least six correctly used subjunctive forms across nominal and adverbial clauses.

Complete 40 timed listening items (dialogues, announcements, short lectures) and write one line per item explaining why each distractor fails.

Read one representative text from each of five periods and genres (medieval or Renaissance verse, Golden Age prose, nineteenth-century novel, modern short story, contemporary poem) and summarize each in 100 Spanish words.

Build a chronological chart of ten literary movements with one author, one work, and one date for each.

Annotate two poems for meter, rhyme scheme, and rhetorical figures, naming each device found.

Compose a 300-word literary analysis of a single short story with an explicit thesis and at least three quoted passages as evidence.

Compare two works from different periods on a shared theme (honor, identity, or exile) in a 250-word essay that cites textual evidence from both.

Outline the major historical periods of Spain and Latin America with five key dates and events per period, from pre-Columbian times through democratization.

Explain three cultural products or practices using the products-practices-perspectives framework, connecting each to underlying cultural values.

Analyze how media, schooling, and family structure in a Spanish-speaking country reflect cultural values, writing a 200-word reflection with concrete examples.

Record four 3-minute oral responses to cultural-comparison prompts, each using at least three cohesive devices.

Read one authentic article on a current social or cultural issue in the Spanish-speaking world and produce a 150-word summary plus a stated opinion.

Re-listen to your week-1 recordings, identify three specific pronunciation or grammar fixes, and re-record one sample to show correction.

Complete two full-length timed practice exams under test conditions and score each one by domain.

Re-teach your 20 weakest items from across the eight weeks by writing a one-paragraph explanation for each.

Run a 45-minute oral maintenance session with three prompts, recording and rubric-scoring each response.

Compress the highest-yield rules, literary periods, dialect features, and cultural facts onto a one-page sheet and recite it from memory.