GCSE Spanish

GCSE Spanish

Easter Revision Course Dates 2024

• Week 1: Monday 25 March – Friday 29 March
• Week 2: Monday 1 April – Friday 5 April
• Week 3: Monday 8 April – Friday 12 April

Boards

Suitable for all exam boards.

Length of Course

Five half day sessions, 20 hours total.

Times

9.00am to 12.30pm or 1.00pm to 4.30pm daily

The following areas are covered in our GCSE Spanish course:

Speaking:
General conversation at basic/foundation and higher level. Role plays, covering the major situational phrases and vocabulary from past papers.

Reading:
Analysing common GCSE vocabulary from a wide variety of past paper material including newspaper and magazine articles, letters, emails, blogs and online posts.

Listening:
Ways of revising and honing listening techniques, through repetition and analysis of Spanish pronunciation patterns. Revising common vocabulary from recorded material from past papers.

Writing:
We will look at how to write notes, letters (both formal and informal) and stories, based on past examinations.

Topics:
Me, my family and friends; social media; festivals and celebrations; house and home; town; shopping; restaurants; free time (sport/entertainment); technology; school; holidays; transport; weather; work and future; health; Spanish culture, social and global issues.

In addition, students will study a programme of basic grammar for GCSE which will cover verbs and the major tenses of present, perfect, imperfect, future and conditional; adjectives and adverbs; spelling and accents.

Each student will have opportunities to ask questions and individual attention can be given to more specific requests. Remember you will be made to work hard on the course but will gain much enjoyment from it.

Please give as much detail as possible on your application to enable tutors to tailor the course to your needs.