National Spanish Examinations
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The National Spanish Examinations are online, standardized assessment tools given voluntarily by over 3000 teachers throughout the United States to measure proficiency and achievement of students who are studying Spanish as a second language
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The National Spanish Examinations are the chief assessment tool of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
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in the study of the Spanish.
NSE is committed to providing teachers with assessment tools and offering students opportunities to practice their language skills and know their Spanish language
proficiency rating through taking the exam.
1. to recognize achievement in the study of the Spanish language
2. to promote proficiency in interpretive communication in the Spanish language
3. to assess the national standards as they pertain to learning Spanish
4. to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of Spanish
In addition:
Many teachers state that they use the National Spanish Examination to prepare students to take other standardized test
s such as AP, IB, SAT II
and college placement exams.
Many administrators state that they can use data from the National Spanish Examination to create reports to show how their schools have improved over an academic year
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Teacher awards - The National Spanish Examination (NSE) is committed to providing teachers with opportunities to continue their professional development
so as to design instruction and assessments from first hand experiences with the Spanish language and culture. To this end, NSE offers scholarships for [Teacher Study Abroad in Spain and Costa Rica] http://www.nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/stdyabrd.pdf through MLSA ([Modern Language Studies Abroad]http://www.mlsa.com).
Student awards - NSE offers awards to students who score in the 75th percentile or better as follows:
[Global Citizen Scholarships] http://nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/global.pdf for study at the Concordia Language Villages
[Junior Travel Awards]http://nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/jnrtrav.pdf
[Senior Scholarships]http://nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/snrschl.pdf
Second language
A second language or L2 is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue. Some languages, often called auxiliary languages, are used primarily as second languages or lingua francas ....
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The National Spanish Examinations are the chief assessment tool of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese is a language-specific professional association in the United States that was founded on 29 December 1917 in New York City as the American Association of Teachers of Spanish....
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Mission
The mission of the National Spanish Examination is to recognize student achievement and to promote language proficiencyLanguage proficiency
Language proficiency or linguistic proficiency is the ability of an individual to speak or perform in an acquired language. As theories vary among pedagogues as to what constitutes proficiency, there is little consistency as to how different organizations classify it...
in the study of the Spanish.
NSE is committed to providing teachers with assessment tools and offering students opportunities to practice their language skills and know their Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
proficiency rating through taking the exam.
Purpose
The purpose of the National Spanish Examination is1. to recognize achievement in the study of the Spanish language
2. to promote proficiency in interpretive communication in the Spanish language
3. to assess the national standards as they pertain to learning Spanish
4. to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of Spanish
In addition:
Many teachers state that they use the National Spanish Examination to prepare students to take other standardized test
Standardized test
A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner. Standardized tests are designed in such a way that the questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent and are administered and scored in a...
s such as AP, IB, SAT II
SAT Subject Tests
SAT Subject Tests is the name for 20 multiple-choice standardized tests given on individual subjects, usually taken to improve a student's credentials for admission to colleges in the United States. Students typically choose which tests to take depending upon college entrance requirements for the...
and college placement exams.
Many administrators state that they can use data from the National Spanish Examination to create reports to show how their schools have improved over an academic year
Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
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Awards and Scholarships
NSE provides awards and scholarships to both teachers who administer the test and to students who score well on the test.Teacher awards - The National Spanish Examination (NSE) is committed to providing teachers with opportunities to continue their professional development
Professional development
Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning...
so as to design instruction and assessments from first hand experiences with the Spanish language and culture. To this end, NSE offers scholarships for [Teacher Study Abroad in Spain and Costa Rica] http://www.nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/stdyabrd.pdf through MLSA ([Modern Language Studies Abroad]http://www.mlsa.com).
Student awards - NSE offers awards to students who score in the 75th percentile or better as follows:
[Global Citizen Scholarships] http://nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/global.pdf for study at the Concordia Language Villages
[Junior Travel Awards]http://nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/jnrtrav.pdf
[Senior Scholarships]http://nationalspanishexam.org/pdf/snrschl.pdf