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What 12-year-old students learn

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Spanish language and literature
Written comprehension

Comprehension of literary texts

There were 17 questions on
description
monologue
dialogue
drama
Objective
To develop the student's ability to comprehend literary texts as a basic tool for learning and aesthetic appreciation
Overall Result
Average score for this part of the test: 60% correct answers
Easiest question: 83% correct answers
Most difficult question: 36% correct answers



Easiest question

Objective
Comprehension of a text written in the first person

The student is given an extract from a grandmother's diary, in which she writes about the problems of living with her orphaned grandson and her concern that, should anything happen to her in her old age, the child would have to go to an orphanage.
After reading the text, the student must answer the question:

In the grandmother's opinion, what would have been worst for Karli?

Going to live with an aunt and uncle   1
Living alone                           2
Living with her                        3
Being sent to an orphanage             4*


Most difficult question

Objective
Ability to identify the characteristics of a play

The student is given a dialogue involving various characters in a play. We can deduce from this dialogue that it is the Mayor's wife who really runs the town.
After reading the text, the student is asked to answer the question:

Why do you think that the character (the Mayor's wife) really runs the town?

Because she holds a political office                      1
Because she is the one with the strongest character
    and everyone jumps to her command                     2*
Because she is the one who talks most                     3
Because she is the richest person                         4


Average difficulty question

Objective
To grasp a description in outline and in detail

The student is given an extract from Industrias y andanzas de Alfanhuí by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio. One of the paragraphs indirectly describes how the protagonist observes the gleaming eyes of two rodents in the night.
After reading the text, the student must complete the following sentence:

The lights that Alfanhuí saw were:

Tiny ornamental lights in the garden          1
Rodents' eyes gleaming in the night           2*
The moon's reflection in the pond             3
Drops of water sprayed by the fountain        4


Correct answers

 

Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.


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