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National 5 Spanish/French - vocabulary lists??

I have my exams this year for Spanish and French and I really want to do as well as I can. I've heard people say that all exam boards release a list of all the necessary vocabulary? But I can't seem to find one for the SQA, only for exam boards in England. Does anyone know if they have one, and if not the closest thing I could use?
Thank you :smile:
Original post by coffeeflowers
I have my exams this year for Spanish and French and I really want to do as well as I can. I've heard people say that all exam boards release a list of all the necessary vocabulary? But I can't seem to find one for the SQA, only for exam boards in England. Does anyone know if they have one, and if not the closest thing I could use?
Thank you :smile:


I'm pretty sure the SQA doesn't have one (and after checking again, can't find any), but these ones from schools seem pretty comprehensive...
French- https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/camodernlanguages/french/n5-vocabulary/
Spanish- 2nd result here from Hyndland secondary - https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C1VSNG_enGB638GB650&sxsrf=ACYBGNRtCh9SrPhsytjvKMnNjmBxoCvCVQ%3A1580330963605&ei=0-8xXvPIJLCe1fAPl42hWA&q=national+5+spanish+vocabulary&oq=national+5+spanish+voca&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30l3.2229.3524..4850...0.2..0.93.378.5......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i20i263.1jMyrpZomrE

I wouldn't be too panicked by these if there's more than you expected (I'm sure the French one has waaay more than I knew and I managed an A1 in the exam- and remember, you get a dictionary!). Hope this helps :smile:
Original post by Labrador99
I'm pretty sure the SQA doesn't have one (and after checking again, can't find any), but these ones from schools seem pretty comprehensive...
French- https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/camodernlanguages/french/n5-vocabulary/
Spanish- 2nd result here from Hyndland secondary - https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C1VSNG_enGB638GB650&sxsrf=ACYBGNRtCh9SrPhsytjvKMnNjmBxoCvCVQ%3A1580330963605&ei=0-8xXvPIJLCe1fAPl42hWA&q=national+5+spanish+vocabulary&oq=national+5+spanish+voca&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30l3.2229.3524..4850...0.2..0.93.378.5......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i20i263.1jMyrpZomrE

I wouldn't be too panicked by these if there's more than you expected (I'm sure the French one has waaay more than I knew and I managed an A1 in the exam- and remember, you get a dictionary!). Hope this helps :smile:

Ahh thank you so much!! I'm sure they'll help a lot :smile:
Original post by coffeeflowers
Ahh thank you so much!! I'm sure they'll help a lot :smile:

and well done on your exam, that's amazing!
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I wouldn't worry too much about a vocab list as there's so much that could possibly come up, rather I'd look at the course specification for N5 Modern Languages (https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/ModernLanguagesCourseSpecN5.pdf) and go to Appendix 3 which has all the topics and contexts for N5 (they are the same for all languages) which will give you a better idea of what could come up and what types of vocab to know since there'll be a topic from each context in the final exam (3 reading passages + listening)
Original post by natmci
I wouldn't worry too much about a vocab list as there's so much that could possibly come up, rather I'd look at the course specification for N5 Modern Languages (https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/ModernLanguagesCourseSpecN5.pdf) and go to Appendix 3 which has all the topics and contexts for N5 (they are the same for all languages) which will give you a better idea of what could come up and what types of vocab to know since there'll be a topic from each context in the final exam (3 reading passages + listening)

Thank you!

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