AS Level Spanish · AQA (reformed)

Dates Available
Week 1: Monday 26 - Friday 30 March
Week 2: Monday 2 - Friday 6 April
Week 3: Monday 9 - Friday 13 April

Board 
AQA 7691

Length of Course
20 hours

Times
2pm to 6pm daily

The aim of this Spanish revision course is to develop sound exam techniques while revising the AS content as per the AQA specification. Particular attention will be given to grammar and vocabulary related to the following prescribed topics:

• Aspects of Hispanic society: family, internet, gender equality
• Artistic culture in the Hispanic world: celebrities, regional identity, national heritage
• Describing a film: Techniques on writing about a Spanish film

One hour each day will be devoted to the various aspects of Spanish grammar which cause most difficulty. These will include: verb tenses; use of indicative and subjunctive; conditional and “if” clauses; use of infinitive; passive; pronouns; articles; adjectives; adverbs and prepositions.

The remaining hours will be spent working on board-specific exam preparation as follows:

Paper 1 Listening, Reading and Writing

Listening Section
Students will be set tasks from past papers requiring non-verbal answers (e.g. true or false exercises) as well as responses in both English and Spanish.

Reading and Writing Section
Students will be set exam-like tasks requiring non-verbal answers and responses in Spanish. They will also be given translations tasks and cloze tests from past papers, i.e. exercises testing their knowledge of grammar and translation texts.

Paper 2 Writing

Students will practise their writing skills and translation skills by answering exam-like questions based on the AS topics above. They will receive feedback and advice on how to write essays in Spanish.

Paper 3 Speaking

As in the exam, speaking practise will include oral questions on articles printed on stimulus cards, as well as general conversation on the AS topics listed above.