Spanish

Competencies

C1: Reading

C2: Listening

C3: Spoken Interaction and Production

C4: Writing

Course Overview

During the Year 8 Spanish course, we look at the following areas of language:

regular recap on language covered in Year 7
key differences between Spain and UK
family and pets
school (comparing CHS with our partner schools - IES Conde de Orgaz, Madrid and Escola Mertixell, Mataró (Barcelona))
holiday activities
weather

Assessments

Learners show their progress against each of the competencies in their class and homework. They are also common assessments over the course of the year as follows:

Autumn Term - Reading and Listening (Competencies 1 and 2)

Spring Term - Writing (Competency 4) and Speaking (Competency 3). All learners will also write a poem based on the theme of Big Question - "What can I learn from outside of the UK? for the national Mother Tongue, Other Tongue Competition

Summer Term - End-of-year Exam (Competencies 1, 2 and 4)

Spanish and The Big Questions for Year 8

We will focus on The Big Question - "What can I learn from beyond the UK?". Throughout the course we will be reflecting on life in the Spanish-speaking world.

Staff Contact

Miss Jemma Becker (Head of Spanish)