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Spanish A Level

“El lenguaje nos ayuda a capturar el mundo, y cuanto menos lenguaje tengamos, menos mundo capturamos.”

“Language helps us capture the world, and the less language we have, the less world we capture.”

Fernando Lázaro Carreter

¿Por qué estudiar español?

• All of the reasons mentioned in the video.
• Good combination with other subjects: Languages,

History, Politics, English and Geography.

• Transferable skills, which will make you more desirable to

future employers.

• Brexit means a greater need for foreign language

speakers.

Year 12

• 1. La evolución de la sociedad española:
• Changes in family structures
• The world of work
• The impact of tourism on Spain
• 2. La cultura en el mundo de habla española:
• Music
• Media
• The role of customs and traditions

Year 13

• 3. La inmigración y la sociedad multicultural española:
• Positive impact of immigration
• Challenges of integration
• Public and social reaction to immigration
• 4. La dictadura franquista y la transición a la democracia:
• Spanish Civil War and the rise of Franco
• Franco’s dictatorship
• The move from dictatorship to democracy

Response to works

Course components

Four skills:

• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking
• 7 periods in Y12 & Y13
• Language assistant
• Independent study

Adelante

• Menchú nursery at Latin American House in Kilburn.
• Sold-out, week-long residency by the Cervantes Theatre, performing La Casa

de Bernarda Alba.

• Presentation by Irina Muñoz from advocacy project ABColombia.
• 6th Form Spanish and Art trip to Tate Modern to meet Argentinian artist in

residence, Daniela Ruiz Moreno to see Tania Bruguera’s Hyundai Commission

• Spanish Q&A session on Latin American immigration with Chilean artist

Joselyne Contreras.

• Bespoke workshop from Dr Michael Thompson at the University of Durham
• n censorship in Franco’s Spain.
• Trip to Cuba in October in 2019.
• A Level trip to Granada in 2021.

Public examination results 2020

A* = 17% A* - A = 75% A* - B = 100%

3 exams taken at the end of Year 13

Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation into English

• 2 hours
• 40% of the qualification
• 80 marks

Paper 2: Written response to works ( film and book) and translation into Spanish

• 2 hours and 40 minutes
• 30% of the qualification
• 120 marks

Paper 3: Oral exam – discussion of a theme & presentation and discussion of independent research presentation

• 21 – 23 mins
• 30% of the qualification
• 72 marks