Spanish

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing • Listening individually controlled by the student. • Comprehension questions. • Paper includes a short translation into English. Paper 2: Writing • A short translation from English into French/German/Spanish. • Two essays – either one question in the foreign language on a set literary text and one question in the foreign language on a set film or two questions in the foreign language on set literary texts. Paper 3: Speaking • A discussion of a sub-theme – one of four sub-themes from Society – current trends, Society – current issues, Artistic culture, Aspects of political life. • Discussion is based on a stimulus card studied immediately prior to the test. • Followed by presentation and discussion of the student’s individual research project.