Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Sixth Form: A Level Courses: Spanish

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Spanish
The course will appeal to either language specialists, intending to take up a Modern Language Degree course, or a combination of other A' levels. Today's world is very competitive and a knowledge of a language is a signif icant advantage in any career field.

The course will develop the four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing, acquired at GCSE. Course books will be used as a basis for the syllabus but there are supplemented with authentic materials to cater for the emphasis on topical issues which is made at A' Level. These include newspaper articles, advertisements, interviews, discussions and reviews. The varied culture and history of Spanish speaking countries make the course interesting and challenging.

AS Course (Year 12)

This consists of 3 modules:
» Module 1: Young People Today
» Module 2: Aspects of Society
» Module 3: People and Society
At the end of the course, there will be an examination in 3 units which will total 50% of the full A-level qualification.

Unit I - 17.5% of the total A' level mark.
1.5 hours (Listening, Reading and Writing). The Candidates will have a question/answer booklet and an individual cassette. The reading material will include extracts from magazines, reports and books.

Unit 2 - 15% of the total A' level mark.
I.5 hours (writing). The candidates will be given a booklet of 6 short texts and 2 longer texts to prepare during the course on theories related to the Spanish speaking societies. In the examination they will answer in Spanish 1 question on texts 1-6 and 1 question on the 2 longer texts.

Unit 3 - 17.5% of the total A' level mark.
35 minutes (Speaking). They will be given 20 minutes to prepare 3 parts of the exam.

» Part 1: stimulus material
» Part 2: Presentation and Discussion
» Part 3: Conversation

A2 Course (Year 13)

This again consists of 3 modules:
» Module 4: Contemporary Issues
» Module 5: The Cultural and Social Landscape in Focus
» Module 6: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
The examination at the end of the course will consist of 3 units which will total the further 50% of the flill A' level.

Unit 4 - 17.5% of the total A' level mark.
2.5 hours (Listening, Reading and Writing). Similar to the AS level format but spoken and written material will be longer and use more complex language.

Unit 5 - 15% of the total A' level mark.
2 hours (Writing). This unit comprises 3 set texts, 3 literary topics and 6 non-literary topics. Candidates will answer 2 questions in Spanish demonstrating in each an in depth knowledge of the texts or topics.

Unit 6 - 17.5% of the total A' level mark.
35 minutes (Speaking). The candidates will be given 20 minutes to prepare the 2 parts of the exam:

» Part 1 Reporting and Discussion
» Part 2 Conversation.

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