Spanish

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing 2 hours 30 minutes (100 marks – 50% of A Level) Listening to and reading questions in Spanish with non-verbal and responses in Spanish on: Aspects of Spanish speaking society Artistic culture in the Spanish speaking world Multiculturalism in Spanish speaking society Aspects of political life in Spanish speaking society Translation into English; a passage of minimum 100 words Translation into Spanish; a passage of minimum 100 words Paper 2: Writing 2 hours (80 marks – 20% of A Level) Either one question in Spanish on a text and one question in Spanish on a film ( a choice of two questions each) or two questions in Spanish on texts (two questions on each text) Paper 3: Speaking 21–23 minutes including 5 minutes preparation time (60 marks- 30% of A Level) - Discussion of one of four sub-themes (i.e. Aspects of Spanish speaking society, Artistic culture in the Spanish speaking world, Multiculturalism in Spanish speaking society or - Aspects of political life in Spanish speaking society) with the discussion based on a stimulus card (5–6 minutes). The student studies the card for 5 minutes at the start of the test. Presentation (2 minutes) and discussion (9–10 minutes) of individual research project.