A Level Spanish
Saffron Walden County High School - Essex
01799513030
Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4UH
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Course summary

This course develops your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as your general knowledge of the countries where Spanish is spoken. You will develop these skills through researching and discussing topics in written and spoken language. Course Content: Two teachers teach the course to Year 12 and Year 13, with nine lessons per fortnight. You will also have an hour of speaking a fortnight with our Spanish Foreign Language Assistant. Year 12 We cover the following topics: • Family • Tourism • Work • Music • Media • Festivals You will also study a Spanish film (‘Volver’ dir. Pedro Almodóvar). The oral exam consists of a response to a stimulus card on two of the topics you have studied. Year 13 We cover the following topics: • Immigration • Franco and the Civil War; the transition from dictatorship to democracy You will also study a Spanish play (‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’ by Federico García Lorca). The oral exam consists of an independent research project on a topic of your choice and a response to a stimulus card on two of the topics you have studied.

Entry requirements

GCSE 6 in Spanish

How you'll be assessed

The A-Level is assessed through: 30% Speaking, 40% Reading and Listening, 30% Writing and Translation.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionEast of England
Local AuthorityEssex
Ofsted RatingOutstanding
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressAudley End Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4UH