NCEA L1 Spanish case studies
NCEA L1 Spanish · Put your knowledge to work in context.
NCEA Level 1 Spanish is the first year of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement pathway in Spanish, offered within New Zealand's NCEA and secondary system and described by NZQA as the study of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish. It suits Year 11 learners building on junior Spanish study, and it is assessed through a mix of internal assessment and external assessment (exams), with digital assessments available for some external standards. The NCEA L1 Spanish case studies are 5 cases and about 3,364 words.
1The Voicemail That Changes the Trip
Your Year 11 Spanish class is going to the Museo de Arte on a school trip. Because the class phone is broken, your teacher, Señora Rojas, leaves a voicemail that you listen to once, at normal speed, in class.
695 words, about 3 min2At the Bus Station Alone
You are on a three-week exchange in Valencia. On Saturday you need to travel alone by bus from Valencia to Alicante to visit your exchange partner's grandmother, then return the same day.
692 words, about 3 min3Two False Friends in Marta's Blog
You are preparing a reading portfolio for NCEA Level 1 Spanish. You choose a blog post by Marta, 16, who lives in Sevilla.
663 words, about 3 min4Three Tenses in a Holiday Email
You are writing the second draft of a 90-word email in Spanish to your penfriend Lucía in Salamanca about a family holiday at the beach last summer. The task requires five points: when and where, who with, two activities, what it was like, and one plan for next summer.
691 words, about 3 min5The Plan That Keeps Changing
You are listening to a phone call between two Spanish teenagers, Pablo and Ana. You hear the recording twice.
623 words, about 3 min