Practise Papers for CXC (CSEC) Spanish

Dr. Anne-Maria Bankay is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at UWI Mona where she specializes in Modern Foreign Language Education. She did her postgraduate work at UWI Mona and Stanford University California, where she gained the M.A in Spanish, the A.M. in Education and the Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese. Dr. Bankay is an established author of textbooks for CSEC and CAPE and has published several articles on Hispanic Literature in academic journals. She has recently conducted research into the status of Spanish in rural Jamaican high schools.  Her publications also include translations of literary works from Spanish into English and books for children in both languages.  She has been awarded scholarships and research grants during her academic career.

Dr. Paulette Ramsay is a Senior Lecturer at UWI Mona. She gained the M.A. and Ph.D. Degrees in Spanish at UWI Mona. Dr. Ramsay’s main research has focused on Afro- Hispanic literature and culture and she has published many articles in academic journals on this topic. She has also published on Language Teaching and Writing. Her novel, Aunt Jen, has been published in English and German and is enjoying great popularity.

Dr. Ramsay is also an established writer of CSEC and CAPE texts, which are used in high schools in the Caribbean Region. She has been the recipient of several academic awards both national and international.