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Spanish

Course Title: GCSE Spanish

Examination Board: AQA

Entry Requirements (if appropriate): Studied at Key Stage 3

Contact: Miss Brown

Course Aims:

Course Description:

This is a linear course with 75% final examination. Coursework is worth 25% and is done as 3 written assignments throughout the 2 years. Exams in Listening, Speaking and Reading are taken at the end of Year 11 at either Foundation or Higher level. Throughout the course 4 themes are studied; My World; Holiday Time and Travel; Work and Lifestyle and The Young Person in Society.

How will I learn:

The 4 skills of Listening, Speaking, reading and Writing are studied in class and in sessions with a Spanish speaker. An emphasis is placed on building confidence in spoken Spanish and on developing communication skills using up-to-date coursebooks, ICT and authentic materials.

Possible Career Pathways:
Travel and Tourism
Journalism and Media
Education
Politics
Business and Commerce

Subject summary:

Throughout the year in Spanish, students have developed their skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing in the foreign language.

Within the context of the National Curriculum Framework they have looked at words, sentences, texts, listening and speaking and cultural knowledge and contact. All students have had the opportunity to work with a native speaker of Spanish.
They have studied the topics of meeting and greeting, school, family, describing people and home town and local area and have learnt how to express likes and dislikes and justify their opinions.

Subject summary:

Throughout the year in Spanish, students have developed their skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing in the foreign language.

Within the context of the National Curriculum Framework they have looked at words, sentences, texts, listening and speaking and cultural knowledge and contact. All students have had the opportunity to work with a native speaker of Spanish.

They have studied the topics of household tasks and daily routine, eating out, shopping, directions and holidays. Students have learned to use the past tense and use more complex structures in their writing and speaking including different ways of expressing opinions.

Subject summary:

This year in Spanish, students are studying the four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing. They are learning to expand their oral and written answers to include more detail and opinions and to make reference to events in the past and future. They have all had the opportunity to work with a native speaker of Spanish.

They have studied the topics of sport and leisure, food and drink and daily routine.

Subject summary:

Students are now a good way into their Spanish GCSE course. They are continuing to consolidate their skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing in the foreign language.

All students have had the opportunity to work with a native speaker of Spanish to help prepare them for the eventual oral component of their exam.  Students are also completing coursework assignments throughout the course and the marks awarded for these pieces of work will count towards their final Spanish GCSE grade.

To date students have studied the topics of school, home town and holidays. Students have learned to use the past and future tenses in more detail, enabling them to include more complex structures in their writing and speaking.