C1: Reading
C2: Listening
C3: Spoken Interaction and Production
C4: Writing
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
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)
Non-Fiction
How Languages Changed My Life (eds. H. Martin and W. Ayres-Bennett) (2019)
Atkins, C. Spain: Travel for kids: The fun way to discover Spain (2019)
Bellos, A. The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe (2021)
Dorren, G. Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe (2015)
Dorren, G. Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages (2019)
Fiction
Richards, O. Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners (2018)
Wilson, J. Somos Edu, Neus y Hassan (2022)
Winning Entries for Mother Tongue, Other Tongue Competition
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.
Miss Jemma Becker (Head of Spanish)