This is an advanced level course in Spanish, so you will be expected to be interested in different cultures and keen to use Spanish to understand and to communicate your own ideas and opinions to others on different topics and issues. This course expects you to be able to develop knowledge and understanding of the social issues and trends and political and artistic culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. You will need to express and justify your own opinions, develop arguments, and persuade, in speech and writing, building on the fluency and spontaneity developed at Key Stages 4. The skill of translation will be developed further. This qualification offers a suitable progression route to further study at university level. In addition, the study of one language at GCE can facilitate and help promote the learning of other languages.
GCSE Average: 4.8. GCSE grade 5 in English, grade 7 in Spanish and / or home speaker.
Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation Section A: You will respond to comprehension questions based on a variety of contexts and sources. (30 marks) Section B: A reading assessment based on a variety of text-types and genres where you will have to respond to comprehension questions. (30 marks) Section C: An unseen passage to be translated from French to English (20 marks) Exam 2 hours 80 marks 40% of the qualification Paper 2: Written response to work, grammar and translation Section A: Translation from English into French. (20 marks) Section B: You select one question from a choice of two for your chosen literary text. (50 marks) Section C: You must write an extended response on one question from a choice of two for your chosen film. (50 marks) Exam 2 hour and 40 minutes 120 marks 30% of the qualification Paper 3: Speaking Task 1, Discuss one Theme from the specification based on a stimulus containing two different statements Task 2, Discuss a pre-selected independent research which may be based on one of the Themes or on your own subject of interest related to the society and culture of the language studied. You present a summary of the key findings of the written sources you have used for your research and answer questions on this. You then have a wider discussion on your research. Exam 16-18 minutes + 5 minutes preparation time 72 marks 30% of the qualification
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Waltham Forest |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | 1 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 3EA |
This is an advanced level course in Spanish, so you will be expected to be interested in different cultures and keen to use Spanish to understand and to communicate your own ideas and opinions to others on different topics and issues. This course expects you to be able to develop knowledge and understanding of the social issues and trends and political and artistic culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. You will need to express and justify your own opinions, develop arguments, and persuade, in speech and writing, building on the fluency and spontaneity developed at Key Stages 4. The skill of translation will be developed further. This qualification offers a suitable progression route to further study at university level. In addition, the study of one language at GCE can facilitate and help promote the learning of other languages.
GCSE Average: 4.8. GCSE grade 5 in English, grade 7 in Spanish and / or home speaker.
Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation Section A: You will respond to comprehension questions based on a variety of contexts and sources. (30 marks) Section B: A reading assessment based on a variety of text-types and genres where you will have to respond to comprehension questions. (30 marks) Section C: An unseen passage to be translated from French to English (20 marks) Exam 2 hours 80 marks 40% of the qualification Paper 2: Written response to work, grammar and translation Section A: Translation from English into French. (20 marks) Section B: You select one question from a choice of two for your chosen literary text. (50 marks) Section C: You must write an extended response on one question from a choice of two for your chosen film. (50 marks) Exam 2 hour and 40 minutes 120 marks 30% of the qualification Paper 3: Speaking Task 1, Discuss one Theme from the specification based on a stimulus containing two different statements Task 2, Discuss a pre-selected independent research which may be based on one of the Themes or on your own subject of interest related to the society and culture of the language studied. You present a summary of the key findings of the written sources you have used for your research and answer questions on this. You then have a wider discussion on your research. Exam 16-18 minutes + 5 minutes preparation time 72 marks 30% of the qualification