Spanish

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, reading & writing – 50% – 2hr 30min exam – a variety of tasks covering all topics of the A-level course. Listening and responding, reading and responding, translation into English, translation into Spanish. Paper 2: Writing – 20% – 2hr exam – write two essays, in Spanish, of approximately 300 words each in response to a choice of questions on the book and film that you will have studied over the course of the A-level. Paper 3: Speaking – 30% – 21 to 23 minute exam – prepare and respond to a stimulus card on one topic from the course (5 mins prep + 5 mins discussion). This is followed by the candidate delivering a 2 minute introductory presentation on their chosen research topic and then 9-10 minutes of follow up discussion with the examiner.