Sixth Form Subjects
Modern Languages - Spanish
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| Course Duration | Two Year, Full-Time | Apply | |
| Intake Date | September |
Course Overview
- to broaden the language skills acquired at GCSE, with a greater emphasis placed on grammar and linguistic structures
- to give students the skills to understand, explore and discuss, aspects of culture and society - the emphasis is on real fluency.
- to give the opportunity to analyse information and express opinions
Course Content and Assessment
Social issues and trends in Hispanic society including:
- Modern and traditional values
(Los valores tradicionales y modernos) - Cyberspace (El ciberespacio)
Equal rights (La igualdad de los sexos) - Immigration (La Inmigración)
- Racism (El Racismo)
- Integration (La Convivencia)
Political and artistic culture in the Hispanic world including:
- Modern day idols (La influencia de los ídolos)
- Spanish regional identity
(La identidad regional en España) - Cultural heritage or cultural landscape
(El patrimonio cultural) - Today’s youth, tomorrow’s citizens
(Jóvenes de hoy, ciudadanos de mañana) - Monarchies, republics and dictatorships (Monarquías, repúblicas y dictaduras)
- Popular movements (Movimientos populares)
Literary texts and films
Students must study either one text and one film or two texts
Individual research project
Students must identify a subject or a key questionwhich is of interest to them and which relates to a country or countries where Spanish is spoken.
There will be three assessments at the end of the course:
- Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing.
- Paper 2: Writing
- Paper 3: Speaking
Future Pathways
- Spanish is becoming of greater importance in Europe, where it is often the foreign language of choice after English.
- Spanish is a popular second or third language: with some 400 million speakers, it is the third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- Lots of universities offer language study within some of the more traditional courses like Law, Business and
- Journalism and involve a year’s work experience abroad.
- Universities like to see a breadth of study across AS/A2 choices.
- To develop valuable communication skills – always an asset in the modern world!
- To enjoy learning!
POSSIBLE Careeer Pathways
Spanish Language students progress to higher education courses or jobs in:
1. Secondary education teaching professionals
2. Marketing associate professionals
3. Human resources and industrial relations officers
4. Business sales executives
5. Public relations professionals
6. Teaching professionals
7. Authors, writers and translators
8. Teachers of english as a foreign language
9. Other administrative occupations
10. Business and related research professionals
Entry Requirements
- Grade 6 or above at GCSE Spanish
- A commitment to learning
- Your best efforts
Testimonials
Currently in the pipeline
Other courses of interest
- Creative Digital Media
- Sociology
- Psychology