A-Level Spanish

The course will help you to develop your general study skills, but most of all you will learn to communicate at a higher level in Spanish. You will also learn much more about a wide range of aspects of the society or societies in which the language is spoken.

Reading—You will be able to read, understand and extract information from written passages in the target language taken from authentic sources, such as magazines and newspapers, reports or books.

Listening—You will be able to listen to, and understand contemporary spoken language and answer questions on what you have heard. The passages that you will learn to listen to will be taken from a range of sources such as news reports on the radio or TV, weather forecasts, announcements, interviews and discussions.

Speaking and Writing—You will learn how to write essays or longer pieces and to hold conversations and discussions in the target language. You will learn all the appropriate grammar, words and phrases that will help you to:

. Present information in the target language . Organise your argument . Provide opinions and justify them . Analyse your ideas

Year 12

Aspects of Spanish speaking society.

Modern and traditional values

Cyberspace

Equality of the sexes

Spanish regional identity

Cultural heritage

Cinema (with in-depth study of one film)

One literary text

Year 13

Multiculturalism in Hispanic society: immigration, racism and diversity

Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world: Youth of today, citizens of tomorrow, monarchies and dictatorship and popular movements.

Paper 1 Listening, Reading & Writing – 2hrs 30 minutes, 50% of final marks.

Topic - Aspects of Spanish/ Hispanic society.

Paper 2 Cultural essay - 2hrs, 20% of final mark.

Topic - 1 book and 1 film.

Paper 3 Speaking exam - 23 minutes, 30% of marks.

Topic - Aspects of Spanish society, political and artistic culture.

Presentation of the independent research project.

5 GCSE passes (grade 4 or above) including English and a 6 in Spanish GCSE.

Where can this course lead to?

Learning another language can boost your job prospects as never before. For as well as traditional careers such as teaching, interpreting and translating, there are plenty of jobs for language specialists in industry and commerce.

Languages can boost your pay as well as your prospects: research shows that linguists’ salaries are on average 8% higher than workers without language skills.

This course will be essential to anyone wishing to study Spanish at degree level. Guidance on which course and where to study is also available.