Spanish

Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. This course involves reading and listening to a wide variety of media texts, news and magazine articles and broadcasts. You will be able to develop your reading, listening and speaking skills through class-based discussion as well as using the language to produce different types of written essays. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of transferable skills including communication, critical thinking, research and creativity, which are valuable to the individual and society.

You will practise the four skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing through a range of cutting-edge topics. The course consists of:?Social Issues and Trends: you will explore some of the key elements of Spanish and South American societies including modern and traditional values, cyberspace, equal rights, multiculturalism, immigration, racism and integration. Political and Artistic Culture: you will explore the artistic culture of the Hispanic world that includes music, regional identities, cultural heritage and some aspects of political life involving today s youth, activism and popular movements. You will study a film and a novel. Studying literature and film brings the language to life and consolidates your understanding of culture and society so important for the other topics you will study.

Paper 1 Listening, reading and Spanish to English translation. Paper 2 Written response to works (texts and/or films) and translation into Spanish. Paper 3? Involves speaking live on three tasks: discussion on a theme (chosen between two on a given stimulus card);?independent research presentation; discussion on independent research. Paper 1 Listening, reading and Spanish to English translation.

5 grade 6s at GCSE. Grade 6 in Spanish GCSE or bilingual speaker.

Teaching, translating or interpreting are only some of the many jobs available to students of Spanish.?Careers in the world of diplomacy, national security, medicine and engineering are also possibilities. Spanish opens the door to communication with the 560 million speakers in the world. You will develop key skills such as the ability to build relationships in and across borders, critical thinking and problem solving, a global outlook and intercultural confidence. Businesses and organisations not only want to recruit people who speak a language, but also those who have a deeper understanding of foreign environments.