Miss T King Why study Spanish?
Language skills are an essential part of our international world. Learning a language not only enables you to use your chosen language, it improves your communication, critical thinking, research skills and creativity. A language at A-level opens your mind to other cultures and expands your future options improving your employability.
To be successful in a language course, as with every A-lLevel, you need to adopt independence in your approach to your studies. It is essential that you research language, culture and society by studying a range of target language sources and that you seek to use and manipulate language in a creative manner.
How are the lessons taught?
This is a linear two year qualification – all exams are at the end of the course. Students will have eight hours of language tuition over a fortnight.
Subject at A-level The course consists of four topics 1. Social issues and trends
Topics include: modern and traditional values, cyberspace, equal rights, immigration, racism and integration.
2. Political and artistic culture
Topics include: modern day idols, Spanish regional identity, cultural heritage or cultural landscape, today’s youth and tomorrow’s citizens, monarchies, republics and dictatorships, popular movements.
3. Grammar
The grammatical system and structure of the spanish language. 4. Works: Literary texts and films
Either one text and one film or two texts from the prescribed list. I have really enjoyed learning Spanish
at A-level. I know it will be beneficial if I decide to take a gap year and go travelling to South America .
For further details, please see any member of the MFL Department.
49 Assessment
Papers 1 and 2 are assessed by written exams taken in June. Paper 3 is an oral exam taken in the spring term of 2018.
Paper 1: a 2½ listening, reading and writing exam . Worth 40% of the total mark.
Paper 2: a 2hr written exam. Worth 40% of the total mark.
Paper 3: a 20 minute (including prep time) speaking exam . Worth 30% of the total mark.
Please note that this is still a draft exam spec from AQA and subject to change Entry Requirements
Students should have achieved at least a Grade B at GCSE to progress to A-level.
AS/A2 LEVEL IN SPANISH One Year AS or
Full Two Year A-level Course
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