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Overview
Overview
The A-level specification builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills gained at GCSE. Given the immense value of Spanish both in Europe and America, and the fact that language graduates are among the highest earners three to four years after university, Spanish A-Level is the perfect complement to any other subject. It offers an excellent opportunity for students to improve their employability and develop towards fluency in a language which will also allow for accelerated learning of French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian.
The A-level specification builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills gained at GCSE. Given the immense value of Spanish both in Europe and America, and the fact that language graduates are among the highest earners three to four years after university, Spanish A-Level is the perfect complement to any other subject. It offers an excellent opportunity for students to improve their employability and develop towards fluency in a language which will also allow for accelerated learning of French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian.
AQA
AQA
The A-level specification builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills gained at GCSE. It constitutes an integrated study with a focus on language, culture and society. It fosters a range of transferable skills including communication, critical thinking, research skills and creativity, which are valuable to the individual and society.
The content is suitable for students who wish to progress to employment, business, international law or further study, including a modern languages degree. In the first year, aspects of the social context are studied, together with aspects of the artistic life of:
Spanish-speaking countries. (the changing nature of family, the ‘cyber-society’, the place of voluntary work)
(Spain and its heritage, Contemporary Spanish music, cinema)
In the second year further aspects of the social background are covered, this time focusing on issues, such as life for those on the margins of Spanish-speaking society as well as looking at the positive influences that diversity brings.
Students also study aspects of the political landscape in a Spanish country, looking at immigration from the political perspective and at the way in which political power is expressed through action such as strikes and demonstrations. (positive features of a diverse society, life for the marginalised, how criminals are treated)
Assessment
Assessment
Paper 1 - 40% of A level - Listening, reading and writing
What’s assessed?
Aspects of Spanish society: current trends
Aspects of Spanish society: current issues
Artistic culture in the Spanish-speaking world
Aspects of political life in the Spanish-speaking world
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Paper 2 - 30% of A level - Writing
What’s assessed?
One text (El otro árbol de Guernica) and one film (Volver by Almódovar)
Paper 3 - 30% of A level - Speaking
What’s assessed?
Individual research project (a Spanish region, Freedom of expression, Science and technology in modern Spain)
One of four sub-themes i.e. Aspects of Spanish-speaking society: current trends, Aspects of Spanish-speaking society: current issues, Artistic culture in the Spanish-speaking world, Aspects of political life in the Spanish-speaking world
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