Spanish
- LEVEL
- ASSESSOR
- ASSESSMENT
- ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- AT LEAST 5 GCSES GRADED 4-9 INCLUDING
What is Spanish?
There are more people who speak Spanish as first a language than speak English as a first language. Learn the Spanish language whilst exploring and investigating different aspects of Spanish life and culture.
Develop your knowledge of the Spanish language and you will be able to communicate with people across the world whilst learning more about Hispanic culture.
Why study Spanish?
With 329 million native speakers, Spanish ranks as the world’s second most natively-spoken language. It is slightly ahead of English (328 million). Spanish has at least three million native speakers each in 44 countries, making it the fourth most geographically widely-spoken language behind English.
Given its rich artistic and literary history, studying Spanish at A-Level will not only be interesting, it will also enhance your other arts-based subjects. Students can expect to develop all their language skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation.
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SpanishCourse Content
This course is designed to make language learning enjoyable and stimulating. It rewards advanced research and reading skills, and acknowledges the importance of Spanish language culture.
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WEIGHT |
50% (100 marks) |
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LENGTH |
2 Hours 30 Minutes |
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FORMAT |
Written Exam |
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This exam is divided into three sections:
- Section A: Listening & Reading (30 marks)
Listening and responding to spoken passages from a range of contexts and sources covering different registers and adapted as necessary. Material will include complex factual and abstract content and questions will target main points, gist and detail. Studio recordings will be used and students will have individual control of the recording.
- Section B: Translation into English (50 marks)
Reading and responding to a variety of texts written for different purposes, drawn from a range of authentic sources and adapted as necessary. Material will include complex factual and abstract content and questions will target main points, gist and detail.
- Section C: Writing (20 marks)
Translation into English; a passage of minimum 100 words (10 marks)
Translation into Spanish; a passage of minimum 100 words (10 marks).
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WEIGHT |
20% (80 marks) |
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LENGTH |
2 Hours |
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CONTENT |
Written Exam |
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This exam is a choice of:
- Either one question in Spanish on a set text from a choice of two questions and one question in Spanish on a set film from a choice of two questions
- Or two questions in Spanish on set texts from a choice of two questions on each text.
All questions will require a critical appreciation of the concepts and issues covered in the work and a critical and analytical response to features such as the form and the technique of presentation, as appropriate to the work studied (eg the effect of narrative voice in a prose text or camera work in a film).
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WEIGHT |
30% (60 marks) |
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LENGTH |
21-23 minutes |
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FORMAT |
Speaking |
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This exam is divided into two sections:
- Discussion of a sub-theme with the discussion based on a stimulus card (5–6 minutes). The student studies the card for 5 minutes at the start of the test (25 marks).
- Presentation (2 minutes) and discussion (9–10 minutes) of individual research project (35 marks).
Ms R Glentworth
SUBJECT LEADER FOR MFL
Bienvenido al español! Learning a language can be challenging, but is so incredibly fun and rewarding.
If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact me. We really hope to welcome you to our course in the near future.
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