Entry Requirements
Students should have achieved at least a Grade B in GCSE Spanish to progress to A-level.
For further details, see any member of department.
the MFL 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-level, 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, im- migration, racism and integration.
2. Political and artistic culture
Topics include: modern day idols, Spanish regional identity, cultural herit- age or cultural landscape, today’s youth and tomorrow’s citizens, monar- chies, 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. A-level 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 2019.
Paper 1: 2½ hour listening, reading and writing exam. Worth 40% of the total mark.
Paper 2: 2hour written exam. Worth 40% of the total mark.
Paper 3: 20 minute (including prep time) speaking exam.
Worth 30% of the total mark.
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