We took the National Spanish Exam yesterday and I am EXTREMELY proud of my students' results! Because of my teaching style of TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling), it is common for my students to score lower on the achievement section (vocab/grammar) than the proficiency (reading/listening). Last year I had six Spanish 1 students receive honorable mentions. A lot will depend on how the curves come back when all of the scores nationwide are submitted, but I feel very confident that I will have as many, if not more, awards to give out this year!
My Spanish 2 students did well also. I'm not sure how it will all shake down because this was my first year giving the level 2 test, but I'm hoping at least six of the 32 students that took the exam will receive some sort of recognition.
Felicidades a mis estudiantes!
