Spanish

Course summary

A step up from GCSE, students learn to comprehend written and spoken news items, to summarise and translate effectively, and to write short pieces in high-level authentic Spanish. Language is taught through social and cultural topics, all rooted in the Hispanic world, with current trends and the historical background of issues ranging from cyber technology, equality and immigration. Students have an introduction to Hispanic film and theatre, through the study of two short works. One-to-one weekly lessons ensure good fluency; and students also research a topic of their choice, related to the Hispanic world, for their oral.