Spanish

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing: written exam (2 hours 30 mins) 100 marks – 50% of A level The paper assesses aspects of Spanish-speaking society, artistic culture in the Spanish-speaking world, multiculturalism in Spanish-speaking society and Spanish grammar. Responses are required to listening and written texts. There are translation exercises both into and from Spanish. Paper 2: Writing: written exam (2 hours) 80 marks – 20% of A level One question in Spanish on a set text and one question on a set film or two questions on a set text. Paper 3: Speaking: (21-23 mins oral exam) 60 marks – 30% of A level Presentation and discussion of an individual research project. Discussion of one of the four A-level sub-themes.