In this course, students are prepared for AQA GCSE Spanish (8698). The following units are studied sequentially over Years 10 and 11.
Year 10
| Unit | Content |
|---|---|
| Mi gente | Students learn how to understand, express ideas and give information about socialising, people, social networks, making arrangements, reading preferences, and their relationships with friends and family Key knowledge developed:
Key skills developed:
Assessment: Informal assessment takes place throughout the unit, through interactive tasks and practice questions in all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). |
| Intereses e influencias | Students learn how to understand, express ideas and give information and descriptions about free-time activities, TV and film, what you usually do, sports, what’s trending, entertainment and inspirational people. Key knowledge developed:
Key skills developed:
Assessment: Students are assessed formally in Term 3. The assessment ranges across all four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), and includes an extended piece of writing and a conversation task. Informal assessment takes place throughout the unit, through interactive tasks and practice questions involving all four skills. |
| Ciudades | Students learn how to understand, express ideas and give information and descriptions about places in a town, shops, features of a region, making plans, shopping for clothes and presents, problems where they live, and a visit that happened in the past. Key knowledge developed:
Key skills developed:
Assessment: Informal assessment takes place throughout the unit, through interactive tasks and practice questions in all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). |
Year 11
| Unit | Content |
|---|---|
| De costumbre | Students learn how to understand, express ideas and give information and descriptions about mealtimes and different foods, ordering food, festivals, celebrations and musical events. Key knowledge developed:
Key skills developed:
Assessment: Students are assessed formally in Term 2. The assessment ranges across three language skills (listening, reading and writing) and takes the form of a previous year's full exam paper. Informal assessment takes place throughout the unit, through interactive tasks and practice questions in listening, speaking, reading and writing. |
| iA currar! | Students learn how to understand, express ideas and give information and descriptions about job preferences, earning money, work experience, applying for jobs (formally, in writing), the importance of learning languages, the notion of a gap year, and future plans and ambitions. Key knowledge developed:
Key skills developed:
Assessment: Students' speaking is assessed formally in Term 3 of Year 11. The assessment covers all three elements: a role play, photocard activity and general conversation. Informal assessment takes place throughout the unit, through interactive tasks and practice questions in listening, speaking, reading and writing. |
| Hacia un mundo mejor
| Students learn how to understand, express ideas and give information and descriptions about global issues, the environment, natural disasters, community projects, volunteering, large scale and international events, and health and wellbeing. Key knowledge developed:
Key skills developed:
Assessment: Informal assessment takes place throughout the unit, through interactive tasks and practice questions in listening, speaking, reading and writing. |
| Speaking exam & exam practice
| In order to build on the detailed revision guidance given each week, students engage in the following, in the few weeks prior to formal examination:
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