Spanish A Level

Entry Requirements: 6 in Spanish

Course Overview:

Advanced level Spanish is designed to build on the skills developed at GCSE. Students cover four topic areas through the skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking with a focus on authentic materials from the target language country. Students will be expected to complete translation exercises as part of the course.

Course Content:

In the first year aspects of social context are studied, together with aspects of the artistic life of Spanish speaking countries. This is done using authentic resources and teaching in the target language with exploration of key grammatical structures as well as specialist vocabulary.

In the second year further aspects of the social background are studied, this time focusing on matters associated with multiculturalism and the political landscape of Spain and young people’s involvement in politics. Assessment in the subject is through reading, listening, writing and speaking examinations.

Career Pathways and Higher Education:

For A level, students will conduct an individual research project, which will relate to a country or countries where Spanish is spoken. This will be presented and discussed during the speaking examination. This course will provide a foundation that will enable students to progress to higher education study in Spanish or Spanish Studies. In addition, the variety of analytical, communication and research skills that are developed throughout the course are valuable for a variety of nonlinguistic higher education courses. Job opportunities exist in the tourism industry as well as bilingual sales and within the education sector. For further information on this course please see the online specification or speak to one of the languages staff at school.