Re: Spanish OSAT oral and written portion

SpanishSub

Posted on 11/12/09

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I've had the following for my essays:

Write a letter to a scholarship committe for a scholarship to
study abroad for a year and what you would accomplish and then
describe what you would bring back for your students.

The other I had was to describe an auto accident in a spanish
speaking country from the viewpoint of talking with the police
about the accident.

I've come close to passing the test within 4 points and still
can't hack it. Even after a trip to Spain for the summer!
This will be my 7th time and I hope this time, I make it.

Do you have a tutor or someone that you can work with on
practice writing an draft to follow in your head?

That's what I'm doing this time, it's what I used to do in my
college Spanish classes before my exams there. Graded, I had
materials I could use during those exams, like the books we
were reading or the an outline of potential essay topics over
a certain country etc.

Good Luck, I'll be at EC this saturday as well.

On 8/13/09, SMS wrote:
> Anyone that has taken, pass or fail the spanish OSAT would
> you mind noting what your oral and written questions were?
> My oral question was "You buy a pair of shoes from a store,
> but later decide to return them" It wants you to touch on
> several topics in a make believe conversation with a store
> representative. I really have trouble assuming the role
> playing on this. I later tried to come up with what I would
> say in English and still struggled. The written portion I
> was supposed to touch on several topics about working for a
> school in Latin America. I was to write a letter to one of
> the school administrators detailing my experience,
> education, when and where etc. I was also to ask questions
> about the position at hand etc. Anyway, if anyone had
> something different I would like to have it for practice
> material. I know the next time I take the test it will be
> different than my last one ofcourse.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SMS

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