CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® CAPE® SPANISH SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May–June 2014 CXC 17/U2/12 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to the syllabus
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Ever since kindergarten‚ Spanish class had been my favorite class. Not only because grades were easy‚ even though I struggles at times‚ but because I was and still am fascinated by the beauty of the language and culture. I grew up in Prosper‚ Texas where a great number of families were spanish-speaking. My family is an english-speaking one‚ but I had been enrolled in the dual-language program offered at Prosper ISD school. All of the dual-language teachers that I’ve had over the years have all been
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7 8 9 40 41111 Spanish An Essential Grammar Spanish: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to the most important aspects of Spanish. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language as it is spoken both in Europe and Latin America. The book sets out the complexities of Spanish in short‚ readable sections‚ and explanations are clear and free from jargon. The Grammar is the ideal reference source for the learner and user of Spanish. It is suitable for
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The Nahua Interpretation of Spanish Conquest It is very difficult to explain defeat without seeming to make excuses. Such was the task of the Nahua chroniclers whom learned to write their language and produced the codices that were used in The Broken Spears. These accounts were put together by Native Americans roughly thirty years after the conquest based on Nahua oral history. These are not direct first hand accounts and cannot be accepted as specific historical evidence. What can be understood
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Kiyara Handy Mrs. Rozo Spanish 2 8-24-12 Spanish Speaking Countries You may not know this fact‚ but there ar twenty-one spanish speaking countries in the world. Although they speak the same language‚ they have other aspects about them that are not the same. Two countries that have their own way of doing things are the Dominican Republic and Argentina. The Dominican Republic and argentina have very different ways of doing things‚ and very similar ways of doing
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The Spanish conquistadors aimed to express their power through the destruction of the ancient books not only to support their mission‚ but also to maintain a great control over the native population and force them into obedience. Horan and Begay emphasized the intolerant behavior of the Spaniards against other religions to explain the spark behind this incident‚ they stated that under Diego de Landa’s command the Mayan books were “burnt by the thousands because they were written by people who did
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is because it is made up of a large ethnic diversity. Its location between Europe and Africa has resulted in a great mixing of races and cultures. The only distinct minority group generally recognized as outside the racial-cultural mainstream of Spanish society is made up of Gypsies‚ many of whom still follow nomadic life-style along the roads and highways. Fairly large communities of settled Gypsies are found in the cities of Mucia‚ Granada‚ Barcelona‚ and Madrid. Spain is overwhelmingly urban
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involved in the Spanish Civil War were the moderate republicans‚ socialists‚ communists‚ anarchists and nationalists. Each of the groups defending the Spanish Republic had different aims and attitudes. The way they represented these aims; through violence‚ negotiation‚ or peace was key in determining how the conflict of the Spanish Civil War was settled. The Republican faction was the side in the Spanish Civil War that that supported the established government of the Second Spanish Republic against
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The Summary of and Response to “The Trouble with Talent” by Kathy Seal In “The Trouble with Talent”‚ Kathy Seal‚ who frequently writes about children and education in magazines‚ wrote about the way of education in the U.S. which only focused on the value of inborn aptitude could breed children to become artful people and waste many of American children’s potential. At the beginning of this article‚ Seal told about an experiment of Jim Stigler‚ who was a UCLA psychologist‚ which tested the
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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) In July 1936‚ the civil war flared up in Spain between two groups: the Republicans (also known as : the left side)‚ supported by the USSR and some Americans volunteered‚ and the Nationalists ( also known as : The right side)‚ led by General Francisco Franco and supported by the Italians and Germans. The war is going to be characterized by the battles going back and forth during the three year period the war last (1936-1939). The consequences of this war
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