GCSE Spanish
Course Length
Two years.
Knowledge of a second language is now generally recognised as an indispensable tool, whether for going on holiday or for work. Spanish at GCSE level provides students with the essentials of communication, enabling you to describe events and situations and convey your thoughts and feelings to a basic level and develop knowledge and understanding of Spanish grammar. The course covers three broad themes, relating issues to Spain, Central & South America and other Hispanophone regions.
1. People and Lifestyle
2. Popular culture
3. Communication and the world around us
The Specification
GCSE Spanish has a Foundation tier (grades 1- 5) and a Higher tier (grades 4 – 9). Students must take all four question papers at the same tier.
Assessment
45 mins (H); 35 mins (F) exam | 25%
Paper 2 Speaking
10-12 mins (H); 7-9 mins (F) | 25%
Paper 3 Reading
1 hour (H); 45 mins (F) exam | 25%
Paper 4 Writing
1 hr 15 mins (H); 1 hour (F) exam | 25%
Course contentÂ
Paper 1 Listening
Understanding and responding to spoken extracts comprising the defined vocabulary and grammar for each tier. Dictation of short, spoken extracts.
Paper 2 Speaking
Speaking using clear and comprehensible language to undertake a Role-play. Carry out a Reading aloud task. Talk about visual stimuli.
Paper 3 Reading
Understanding and responding to written texts which focus predominantly on the vocabulary and grammar at each tier. Inferring plausible meanings of single words when they are embedded in written sentences. Translating from Spanish into English.
Paper 4 Writing
Writing text in Spanish in a lexically and grammatically accurate way in response to simple and familiar stimuli. Translating from English into Spanish.
Reading List
AQA Spanish Higher
By Various
Published by Oxford Kerboodle, ISBN 9780198365877
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