Spanish AS Level

Course summary

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing Key Content: • Aspects of Hispanic Society • Artistic culture in the Hispanic world • Grammar • Listening and responding to spoken passages from a range of contexts and sources covering different registers and adapted as necessary. Questions in Spanish to be answered with non-verbal responses or in Spanish • Reading and responding to a variety of texts written for different purposes, drawn from a range of authentic sources and adapted as necessary. • Translation into English; a passage of minimum 70 words Paper 2: Writing Key Content: • One film • Grammar Translation into Spanish; a passage of minimum 70 words • One question in Spanish on a set film from a choice of two questions Paper 3: Speaking Key content: • Individual research project • One of four themes (Aspects of Hispanic society or Artistic culture in the Hispanic world or Multiculturalism in Hispanic society or Aspects of political life in Hispanic society • Discussion of two sub-themes (6–7 minutes on each) with the discussion based on a stimulus card for each sub-theme. The student studies the cards for 15 minutes before the test begins.