A-LEVEL

This course develops your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as your general knowledge of the countries where Spanish is spoken. You will develop these skills through researching and discussing topics in written and spoken language.

Subject requirements:
Minimum GCSE of 6 in Spanish

Languages Teacher to contact - Ms S Hargett
Languages Area Coordinator - Mr M Snaith
Languages Curriculum Assistant - Mrs A Schwiening

Course content

You will have an hour of speaking a fortnight with our Spanish Foreign Language
Assistant.
Year 12
We cover the following topics:

• Family
• Tourism
• Work
• Music
• Media
• Festivals

You will also study a Spanish film (‘Volver’ dir. Pedro Almodóvar).
The oral exam consists of a response to a stimulus card on two of the topics you have studied.

Year 13
We cover the following topics:

• Immigration
• Franco and the Civil War; the transition from dictatorship to democracy

You will also study a Spanish play (‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’ by Federico García Lorca).
The oral exam consists of an independent research project on a topic of your choice and a response to a stimulus card on two of the topics you have studied.

Assessment criteria

The A-Level is assessed through 30% Speaking, 40% Reading and Listening, 30% Writing and Translation.

Exam Board: Edexcel
Spanish (9SP0)

Are you interested in:

• How language works?
• Living or working abroad?
• Social and cultural issues?
• Communication?
• Studying the literature and films of foreign cultures?

Leading to a career in:

• International Business & finance
• Travel and Tourism
• Working for NGOs
• Law including international law
• International relations and diplomacy

This subject goes well with:

• History
• Economics
• English Literature

Click below to learn about the course from Languages student, Ella.