Students who choose to study GCSE Spanish build upon their aural, oral, comprehension and writing skills taught at KS3.

At St. Patrick's Grammar School all students sit CCEA examinations in Spanish.

The Modern Foreign Languages Department facilitates and actively promotes our gifted and talented students to study more than one Modern Foreign Language at GCSE level.

Why study Spanish at GCSE?

• Spanish is spoken by more than 400 million people throughout the world.

• Learning Spanish improves your communication skills.

• Learning Spanish increases your job prospects.

• You improve your understanding of a rich and vibrant hispanic culture including festivals, music and literature.

• You improve your understanding of your own language.

• It makes learning another language easier.

• You learn transferable skills.

CCEA GCSE Spanish Contexts for Learning

There are three broad Contexts for Learning which are studied over the two year GCSE course.

GCSE Spanish Examinations

There are four modules in the New GCSE Spanish Specification which are each worth 25 %