Spanish

Course summary

The AQA specification builds on the knowledge, understanding, and skills you will have acquired whilst studying GCSE Spanish. It includes a range of topics related to the Spanish-speaking world, including social issues and trends, political and artistic culture, and grammar. It provides a balanced, well-rounded study of Spanish, in which language and grammar are developed, revisited, and reinforced throughout the course through the cultural elements. The subject content is relevant to the modern-day Spanish-speaking world and interesting to learn. There are many opportunities to develop practical communication skills which will benefit you throughout your future career. Social issues and trends Year 12: Aspects of Hispanic society: Modern and traditional values Cyberspace Equal rights Year 13: Multiculturalism in Hispanic society: Immigration Integration Racism Political and Artistic Culture Year 12: Artistic culture in the Hispanic world: Modern day idols Spanish regional identity Cultural heritage Year 13: Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world: Today’s youth, tomorrow’s citizens Monarchies and dictatorships Popular movements Works Students will study one text and one film from a prescribed list. Next year’s film and text are likely to be: La Casa de Bernarda Alba - Federico García Lorca Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro Individual Research Project - Pupils choose a topic relating to the Spanish-speaking world that interests them and learn about it in depth for their speaking exam. Grammar - Grammatical structures and rules are studied as an integral part of all of the above throughout the course.