NCEA Level 2 Spanish

Aims

Use language to express and justify your own ideas and opinions and support or challenge those of others
Use and identify language that enables you to respond critically to texts
Communicate information, ideas and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts
Engage in sustained interaction and produce extended text

Course Content

Over the year we will study some of the following topics:

Latin music
Friendships and relationships
Future plans and part time work
Spanish speaking countries
Short stories or films or TV series
Health and leisure
Immigration and racism
Current Events
A cultural topic - art or artist, musician

We often choose topics as a class so the list above is just a rough guide of what we may study.

As part of your Internal assessment component you will create an interaction portfolio and either a writing portfolio or a speech.

Assessment

There are three internal assessment tasks to choose from, you will complete two. The interaction standard is compulsory, you will choose between the speech and the writing portfolio. Externally assessed standards are examined nationally at the end of the year.

Qualification Gained

Full course completion - 19 or 20 credits in NCEA Spanish Level 2

In consultation with your teacher there may be a possibility for some students to complete a maximum of 24 credits

This subject has links with

French, English, History, Geography, Economics

Prior knowledge required

Prior knowledge acquired through Year 11 Spanish

Next Step

NCEA Spanish Level 3

Achievement Standard

91148 2.1 5 Credits External Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Spanish texts on familiar matters

91150 2.2 4 Credits Internal Give a spoken presentation in Spanish that communicates information, ideas and opinions

91149 2.3 5 Credits Internal Interact using spoken Spanish to share information and justify ideas and opinions in different situations

91151 2.4 5 Credits External Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written/visual Spanish text(s) on familiar matter

91152 2.5 5 Credits Internal Write a variety of text types in Spanish to convey information, ideas and opinions in genuine contexts

Students will choose between 2.2 and 2.5

Course Contribution: $35 indicative amount, may be subject to change.

Workbook and subscriptions to online resources.