The Spanish PraxisTM exam, also known as the Praxis II®: Spanish: World Language exam, is one of many teacher certification exams available in the United States. It includes questions on Spanish culture, reading comprehension, grammar, and listening skills, and was created for teachers interested in teaching beginning Spanish courses. To pass the Spanish PraxisTM exam, you’ll need a solid grasp of Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation, sentence structure, and culture. Flashcards, textbooks, practice questions, and practice with native Spanish speakers are all useful resources for improving your exam score.
The first section of the Spanish PraxisTM exam assesses your listening skills and requires you to listen to native speaker CD recordings. After you’ve listened to the recording, you’ll be quizzed on what was said. To get used to the sounds of the language, watch online videos of native Spanish speakers or speak with Spanish speakers in person. You’ll also be asked to listen to other students’ recordings and check for mistakes in their conversational skills. You can identify mistakes and improve your comprehension by watching online videos of novice speakers and practicing with other students.
Grammar topics make up the exam’s second content area, and they include written excerpts as well as questions on grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. There are many study guides that cover grammar topics and include exercises to help you improve your grammar skills. Websites dedicated to high school and college Spanish often have multiple-choice exercises that you can submit for grading in addition to study guides. The results are usually displayed automatically, and they may include explanations as to why the answer is correct or incorrect. Try writing difficult terms on flashcards if you need extra help memorizing vocabulary.
The third content area of the Spanish PraxisTM is interpretive reading, which requires you to read paragraphs. Then you’ll be asked how the material should be organized, how sentences should relate to one another, and how the excerpt can be improved. Practice tests, which include various types of excerpts for you to analyze, are the best source for scoring well on this section of the exam. You’ll feel more prepared on test day if you answer the practice questions and become familiar with the different types of excerpts.
Your knowledge of Spanish life and culture is covered in the final content area. Spanish literature, societies, geography, and history are among the topics covered. For this content area of the Spanish PraxisTM, textbooks and websites dedicated to Spanish culture are excellent resources.