Spanish
Exam Board: AQA
Course: GCSE Spanish 8698
Teacher of Spanish: Mrs H Giles
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
Each subject programme of study will:
- Provide a clear and coherent learning journey
- Foster subject-based understanding of new knowledge, concepts and methods
- Ensure students acquire knowledge and give opportunities for recall and application of this knowledge so that fluency is developed
- Require students to think and reason for themselves
- Explanations and resources enable students to engage with and master learning
- Learning should develop a depth of understanding that brings richness to the subject but also a breadth of understanding that enriches wider life and learning
- Develop a readiness for the next stage: be this the next lesson, the next unit of work, the next year or key stage; it prepares students for both academic, A Level, and future degree study, or vocational learning
- Contain appropriate, regular and robust assessment methods for measuring student progress and to allow intervention where progress is not as expected.
In order to see an overview of the sequence and progression of learning please see their Programme of Study:
INTRODUCTION
Spanish is an ideal choice for those who enjoy MFL, offering a great opportunity to learn a new language which has over 400 million speakers worldwide!
As this is a ‘fast-track’ course and pupils will be completing the GCSE course within two years, it is expected that those choosing this subject will be able linguists who have achieved well in French at Key Stage 3.
YEAR 10 AND 11 ONLY
To understand and provide information and opinions about contexts relating to the student’s own Lifestyle, Leisure, Home and Environment, Work and Education, and that of other people, including people in countries/communities where Spanish is spoken.
Lifestyle
- Health
- Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and their consequences
- Relationships and Choices
- Relationships with family and friends
- Future plans regarding: marriage/partnership
- Social issues and equality
Leisure
- Free Time and the Media
- Free time activities
- Shopping, money, fashion and trends
- Advantages and disadvantages of new technology
- Holidays
- Plans, preferences, experiences
- What to see and getting around
Home and Environment
- Home and Local area
- Special occasions celebrated in the home
- Home, town, neighbourhood and region, where it is and what it is like
- Environment
- Current problems facing the planet
- Being environmentally friendly within the home and local area
Work and Education
- School/College and Future Plans
- What school/college is like
- Pressures and problems
- Current and Future Jobs
- Looking for and getting a job
- Advantages and disadvantages of different jobs
Assessment
For assessments and subject awards after June 2013 there is a requirement that 100% of the assessment is terminal.
There are two Controlled Assessments for both Writing and Speaking which are un-tiered. The Listening and Reading examinations are tiered and candidates can be entered for either Foundation or Higher Tier.
Each attainment target will be weighted as follows:
Speaking 30% Reading 20%
Writing 30% Listening 20%
