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AIMS OF THE COURSE AND REASONS TO STUDY THIS SUBJECT
This course is as an additional subject, and it cannot be chosen as one of your four AS subjects.
As a result of our Language College Status, we are now able to offer an accelerated course for beginners in Spanish for Years 12 and 13, leading to the AS examination after two years. No previous knowledge is required but students should have achieved at least a grade A at GCSE in one other modern foreign language. The students will be encouraged to exploit their previous experience of language learning and their understanding of the structure of language to support their learning of Spanish.
The Course
Throughout the course, we will be establishing proficiency in the language, oral, aural and written, and will be building a systematic understanding of Spanish grammar. We aim to reach the equivalent of GCSE level by the end of Year 12 and cover the AS course in Year 13. We use Espaņol Mundial 1 and 2 as our core text books in Year 12, with Animo in Year 13, supplemented by other textbooks and interactive websites. We meet eight times a fortnight. The AS course covers the following broad topic areas: Daily Life, Food and Drink, Media, Advertising, the Arts, Sport and Pastimes and Transport and Holidays. The source material will be contemporary and texts and will often be drawn from Spanish online newspapers which the students will also be encouraged to consult independently as often as possible.
The Examination
The OCR AS examination will comprise two papers, one oral and one written. All sections of the examination require a clear understanding of grammar, and texts will be drawn from the topic areas listed above. Dictionaries are not allowed in any part of the examination.
Why study Spanish to AS?
For further details please see Mrs J. McDonald, Teacher of French/Spanish
- Head Teacher: Mrs Nicole Chapman
- Tel: 01245 352592
- Address: CCHS, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1RW (Google maps)
- contact[at]cchs.essex.sch.uk
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