NCEA Level 3 Spanish Vocabulary List
Appendix for external assessment
Texts for Achievement Standards
3.1 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Spanish texts
3.4 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written/visual Spanish texts
These reflect the achievement objectives for levels 7 and 8 for Learning Languages:
•
Communicate information, ideas, and opinions through increasingly complex and
varied texts.
•
Understand texts which explore the views of others, and which develop and share
personal perspectives.
Students will be expected to identify linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation
of texts. This will involve understanding information, ideas and opinions through
increasingly complex and varied texts.
Level 3 texts will be based on both concrete and abstract matters and may develop a
line of argument. Texts will be about reasonably familiar contexts and will reflect the
relationship between language and culture and be adapted as appropriate.
The standards may be accessed here: www.nzqa.govt.nz/spanish
Notes to teachers
Students are expected to be able to recognise:
•
where a noun, adverb, or adjective can easily be constructed from the verb or vice
versa
•
obvious cognates and loan words.
For the purpose of external Level 3 assessments the examiner will not be restricted by
the list below. In addition to this and in accordance with the curriculum, students at Level
3 may be expected to make informed guesses about unfamiliar words using context and
prior knowledge.
Note for internal assessments
This appendix applies only to language used for the two end-of-year reading and
listening external assessments. The language which students will use to communicate in
internal assessment activities and associated learning opportunities throughout the year
will necessarily reflect the Spanish teaching and learning that takes place within the
context of each particular classroom and cannot and should not therefore be restricted to
solely the language and useful expressions contained in this appendix.
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A
acaso
advertir
afrontar
ajeno
albergar
alcanzar
ampliar
apenas
apetecer
aprovechar
asombrar(se)
atravesar
atrever(se) a
B
basar en
bastar
la bondad
burlarse de
C
la clave
el colono
conservador
conveniente
la crítica
cualquiera
en cuanto a
conllevar
D
los demás
el desfile
los desperdicios
destacar
la deuda
disponible
dispuesto
dondequiera
E
empeorar
empujar
enriquecer
envolver
F
fabricar
fiarse (de)
el fondo
fomentar
perhaps, maybe
to advise, to warn
to face up to
belonging to somebody else
to house
to reach, attain
to widen
hardly, scarcely
to take a fancy, to feel like
to profit, to take advantage
to be amazed
to cross, to go through
to dare (to), risk
to be based on
to be enough, to suffice
goodness
to make fun of
key
settler
conservative
useful
criticism, censure
any, anybody
as for
to bring with
the others, the rest
parade
waste (products)
to stand out
debt
available
disposed, ready, fit, willing
wherever
to worsen
to push
to enrich
to wrap
to make, manufacture
to trust
background; bottom
to encourage, to support, to develop
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G
el gesto
girar
gozar de
la guerra
H
hallar
la herramienta
la huelga
I
impedir
imponer
el impuesto
incrementar
iniciar
inscribir(se)
J
jubilarse
jurar
juzgar
L
lamentar
la ley
llano
lograr
M
la manifestación
merecer
N
la niñez
O
obligar
¡Ojalá!
oponer
el orden
la orden
P
el paro
la paz
el pensamiento
perjudicial
permanecer
el personaje
la política
el político
previo
a propósito
gesture; face, expression
to turn, revolve
to enjoy
war
to find, to discover
tool
strike [pol.]
to prevent
to impose
tax
to increase
to initiate, to begin
to enroll
to retire
to swear, to promise
to judge
to regret
law, rule
plain, flat ground; level
to achieve, to gain; to obtain
demonstration
to deserve
childhood
to force
If only; Let's hope
to oppose
order, succession
command
unemployment
peace
thought
harmful
to stay, remain
character
politics, policy
politician, (political)
previous
by the way
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Q
quebrar
R
reciente (recién)
reconocer
el refrán
representar
resultar
S
semejante
el sentimiento
señalar
sino
siquiera / ni siquiera
solicitor
soportar
subrayar
suceder
superar
suponer
T
la tasa
el tratado
U
ubicar
V
la vejez
to break
recent, new, lately
to recognise, acknowledge
refrain, saying
to represent; perform, show
to result, turn out
similar, like, such a
feeling, grief, regret
to signal, point out, show
but
at least / not even
to apply, request
to stand, bear
to underline, to emphasise
to happen, occur, follow
to overcome
to suppose, assume
rate
treaty
to place, locate
old age
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