Spanish

Assessment

The specified subject content for each subject is as follows: Social issues and trends Year 12 – Aspects of Hispanic Society (e.g. modern v traditional values; changing attitudes to marriage and divorce; benefits and dangers of social media; machismo and feminism Year 13 – Multiculturalism in Hispanic Society (e.g. immigration; racism and xenophobia; anti‐racist education and legislation) Political and artistic culture Year 12 – Artistic Culture in the Hispanic World (e.g. TV, music and film stars; traditions and customs; Spanish regional identity; gastronomy) Year 13 – Aspects of Political Life in the Hispanic World (e.g. monarchies and dictatorships; popular movements; youth unemployment) Grammar At the end of Year 13 students will take 3 papers to test the content above. Paper 1: Listening, reading & writing. Students must listen, read and respond to passages from a range of contexts and sources. They must also translate a passage into and out of the target language. (2 hours 30 minutes, 100 marks, 50% of the A level) Paper 2: Writing. Students must write two critical essays about a film and novel (we study Laberinto del Fauno and the novella Crónica de una Muerte Anunciada) in Spanish. (2 hours, 80 marks, 20% of the A level) Paper 3: Speaking. Students firstly discuss a stimulus card on one of the sub‐topics studied during the course (5‐6 minutes) and then present and hold a discussion about their topic from their independent research project. (21‐23 minutes including 5 minutes preparation time, 60 marks in total, 30% of the A level).