2019 Contest information
Saturday May 4th, 2019
Time: 10:00-16:00
UPPER CANADA COLLEGE (UCC) TORONTO
General Contest Info
Students enjoy a full day of competition and exciting cultural activities.
Students participate in the following areas of competition:
- Listening Comprehension (multiple choice)
- Reading (multiple choice)
- Writing (paragraph/information text)
- Speaking (interview task)
The 5 entrance categories are:
- Beginner currently enrolled in or completed LWSBD/BO in the first semester
- Intermediate currently enrolled in or completed LWSCU/CO in the first semester
- Advanced currently enrolled in or completed LWSDU/DO in the first semester
- Spanish Plus:
✓ Students who began studying Spanish prior to high school in an Ontario school setting (i.e., International Languages classes embedded into the school day in elementary school; grade 7 and/or 8 additional classes)
✓ I.B. students are required to participate in the “Spanish Plus” category, except those who are registered in the Ab Initio program.
✓ Students with additional exposure to the Spanish language outside of school credit classes:
-students in A.P. Spanish programs,
-recent international exchange/study participants (during high school)
-students who have traveled to or lived in a Spanish-speaking country for 3 months or longer at any time
- Hispanohablante:
✓Any student that speaks Spanish with his/her family members at home (or if the parents/guardians/relatives speak Spanish at home to the student)
✓Any student that grew up in a Spanish-speaking country or any student who has lived in a Spanish-speaking country for a minimum of two (2) years
✓Any student that socializes in Spanish with Spanish-speaking people
✓Any student that has studied Spanish formally for five (5) or more years in a school that follows a European or US-American based curriculum)
Feel free to email james.steele@tdsb.on.ca with any questions or for any clarifications.
Grammar/themes to be covered in each category:
Level 1 (LWSBD)
- Adjectives
- Near future
- Possessive adjectives
- Present Progressive
- Prepositions
- Present tense (regular and irregular verbs)
- Interrogative word
- Actividades, deportes, profesiones
- Colours
- Vocabulary: Parties and celebrations
Level 2 (LWSCU)
- Professions
- Preterite
- Imperfect
- Present progressive/ gerund
- Tú commands
- Direct and Indirect pronouns
- Recreation (trips, shopping, stores, etc.)
- Vocabulary: Health, travel and sports.
Level 3 (LWSDU)
- Present conditional
- Future tense
- Present subjunctive
- Present indicative
- Active and passive tenses
- Vocabulary: Work related words
Hispanohablantes
- Presente
- Pretérito
- Imperfecto
- Futuro
- Condicional
- Subjuntivo
- Impersonal sentences
- Por/para
- Perfect tenses
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