Spanish

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing What’s assessed Aspects of Hispanic society Artistic culture in the Hispanic world Multiculturalism in Hispanic society Aspects of politics life in Hispanic society Grammar Assessed Written exam: 2 hours 3o minutes 100 marks 50% of A-level Questions Listening and responding to spoken passages from a range of contexts and sources covering different registers Reading and responding to a variety of texts written for different purposes, drawn from a range of authentic sources Translation into English Translation into Spanish No access to dictionaries Paper 2: Writing What’s assessed One text and one film or two texts form the set list Grammar Assessed Written exam: 2 hours 80 marks 20% of A-level Questions Two questions in Spanish on set film and text or on set texts No access to texts or dictionaries Paper 3: Speaking What’s assessed Individual research project One of four themes ie Aspects of Hispanic society or Artistic culture in the Hispanic world or Multiculturalism in Hispanic society or Aspects of politics life in Hispanic society Grammar Assessed Oral exam: 21-23 minutes (including 5 minutes preparation time) 60 marks in total 30% of A-level Questions Discussions of a sub-theme based on a stimulus card Presentation and discussion of individual research project No access to dictionaries