Spanish

Head of Spanish: Miss Stock mfl@christtheking-school.com

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel (Spanish)

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Spanish Revision

GCSE Spanish

Spanish is a highly valued subject by Sixth Form Colleges and Universities and during the course, our objective is to enable our students to develop their Spanish language skills, whilst building upon knowledge from Key Stage 3. Learning languages is a skill for life and a very enjoyable and rewarding subject. Our GCSE Spanish qualification is focused on the important ways that languages foster communication, broaden perspectives, introduce new cultures and develop our students into global citizens.

The GCSE course continues the scheme of work followed in Year 7—9 and encompasses the following thematic contexts:

My personal world
Lifestyle and wellbeing
My neighbourhood
Media and technology
Studying and my future
Travel and tourism

Assessment

Paper 1: Speaking

25% of the qualification.

Internally conducted and externally assessed:

Foundation tier: 7-9 minutes plus 15 minutes’ preparation time; 50 marks.
Higher tier: 10-12 minutes plus 15 minutes’ preparation time; 50 marks.

Paper 1: Listening

25% of the qualification.

Written examination:

Foundation tier: 45 minutes, including 5 minutes’ reading time, 50 marks.
Higher tier: 60 minutes, including 5 minutes’ reading time, 50 marks.

Paper 3: Reading

25% of the qualification.

Written examination:

Foundation tier: 45 minutes, 50 marks.
Higher tier: 60 minutes, 50 marks.

Paper 4: Writing

25% of the qualification.

Written examination:

Foundation tier: 1 hour 15 minutes; 50 marks.
Higher tier: 1 hour 20 minutes; 50 marks.

Progression routes for GCSE Spanish

A Level courses in Spanish
TEFL – Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Careers in Journalism, International Law, Media and Marketing and Interpreting, Teaching, Diplomatic Service, Central Government Service, International Sales, Travel and Tourism, Recruitment, Financial Services, Armed Forces and many more.