AS Level Spanish (AQA)

AS Level Spanish

Dates Available

• Week 1: Monday 27 March – Friday 31 March
• Week 2: Monday 3 April – Friday 7 April
• Week 3: Monday 10 April – Friday 14 April

Boards

AQA 7692

Length of Course

20 hours

Times

9am to 1pm 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 nonverbal 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 practice will include oral questions on articles printed on stimulus cards, as well as general conversation on the AS topics listed above.