Practice Papers for CXC Spanish - Softcover

Ramsay, Paulette; Bankay, Anna Marie; Paulette Ramsay, Dr Dr Ph D & Anna M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9766101787 ISBN 13: 9789766101787

Publisher: LMH Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

Paulette Ramsay is a lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at U.W.I., Mona. She received her M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature and her Ph.D. in Spanish from U.W.I. Her training includes research methodology, evaluation and assessment strategies, translation, writing and interpreting at regional conferences. She is a member of Associatio?n Internacional de Traductores, Intérpretes y Profesores del Espan?ol. (A.I.T.I.P.E) Anne Maria Bankay is a lecturer in Spanish at the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at U.W.I, Mona. She received her M.A. in Spanish at U.W.I. and her Ph.D in Spanish and Portuguese from Stanford University, California. An educationist and academic, she also specialises in International Development Education, and methodology. She has contributed as a writer/reviewer for academic journals and presented papers at regional conferences. About the Book These assessment papers are designed to fully prepare students for the new sections of the CXC Spanish Examination effective from the 1998 May-June Examinations. This invaluable book is specifically geared to the CXC Spanish programme in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries which do this examination. It provides several comprehensive exercises, using original material, on each new section of the syllabus: 1 Listening Comprehension-Basic and General 11 Situations-Basic and General Proficiency 111 Letters/Dialogues/Compositions-General Proficiency 1V Reading Comprehension-Basic Proficiency V Reading Comprehension-General Proficiency V1 Directed Writing-General Proficiency For each section of the text, clear instructions are provided to enable students to complete Paper 1 Section 4; and Paper 2, Sections 2,3 and 4. A Teacher's Edition is also available. In it are passages for Listening Comprehension and the key for this section, as well as to some other sections where appropriate.

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About the Author

Paulette Ramsay grew up in the parish of Hanover, Jamaica. She studied at the University of the West Indies where she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Spanish. She also did courses at the University of Florida, and at language institutes in Venezuela, Spain and the Dominican Republic. Her published articles, translations, reviews and interviews have appeared in several academic journals. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Foreign Languages Department at Berry College in the USA and is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Languages at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, in Kingston, Jamaica. She has a special interest in the literary production and culture of Afro-Hispanic societies.

Edition details

• Publisher: LMH Publishers
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9766101787
• ISBN 13: 9789766101787
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128