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Spanish

Level 3: A level                            

Exam Board: EDUQAS (This is a draft specification and is liable to change)

Entry Requirement:

GCSE Spanish - Level 5.

In Year 12:
Topics: Being a young person in Spanish - Speaking Society

• Families and Citizenship

• Youth Trends and Personal Identity

• Education and Employment Opportunities

Understanding the Spanish – Speaking World

• Regional culture and heritage in Spain, Spanish speaking countries and communities

• Media, art, film and music in the Spanish speaking world

 

Prescribed Texts:

Frederico García Lorca : La casa de Bernarda Alba / Fernando Fernán-Gómez: Las bicicletas son para el verano / Laura Esquivel: Como agua para chocolate

 

Prescribed Films:

Guillermo del Toro : El laberinto del fauno / Pedro Almodóvar: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios / Joshua Marston: María, llena eres de gracia.

In Year 13:
Topics: Being a young person in Spanish – Speaking Society

Same as Year 12

Understanding the Spanish – Speaking World

Same as Year 12

Diversity and difference

       •   Migration and integration

       •   Cultural identity and marginalisation

       •   Cultural enrichment and celebrating difference

       •   Discrimination and diversity

 

The Two Spains: 1936 onwards

       •    El franquismo

       •    Post - Civil War Spain – historical and political repercussions

       •    Spain - coming to terms with the past 

 

Prescribed Texts:

Frederico García Lorca : La casa de Bernarda Alba / Fernando Fernán-Gómez: Las bicicletas son para el verano / Laura Esquivel: Como agua para chocolate / Luis de Castresana: El otro árbol de Guernica / Gabriel García Márquez: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba / Ramón Sender: Réquiem por un campesino español

 

Prescribed Films:

Guillermo del Toro : El laberinto del fauno / Pedro Almodóvar: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios / Joshua Marston: María, llena eres de gracia / Emilio Martínez Lázaro: Las trece rosas / Miguel Courtois: El Lobo / Enrique Urbizu : La caja 507

Assessment at A Level

Speaking:      21-23 minutes  / 30% of qualification

Task 1: Presentation and Discussion on independent research project.

Task 2: Discussion based on the content of the research project.

 

Listening, Reading, Translation Written Exam: 2 ½ hrs  / 50% of qualification

Section A: Listening; Section B: Reading; Section C: Translation - Spanish into English and English into Spanish

 

Critical and Analytical Response in writing (closed - book) 2 hours  / 20 % of qualification

Two essays - one based on a literary work and the second on another literary work or a film from the prescribed list.  

The Future

The study of languages opens up a wide range of careers needing general academic  qualifications as well as those requiring specific linguistic knowledge. Learning a language greatly benefits study into higher education. Furthermore, an A2 Level in Languages will be useful for careers in translation, interpreting, law, civil service, journalism, personnel management, public relations, social work, politics, police force, media, education and many more.

Further information
Mrs N Siddiqui, MFL Curriculum Leader
 

 

 

 

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