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Spanish

A Level

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Spanish - A Level HF1-SPANAL/C01

Venue
Havant Campus

Type of study
A Levels

Dates
(2 years)

Examination board
AQA Education

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Overview

Are you passionate about Spanish? Do you want to communicate with speakers of a foreign language? Are you interested in Spanish cultures and current affairs? Do you enjoy learning grammar, reading and writing? Do you have a good memory and a logical mind? Then this is the course for you!

Communication in any language is vital, but if you are considering employment either in the UK or abroad within business, hospitality, interpreting or teaching, international organisations, having advanced language skills are invaluable.

A modern foreign language at A Level is a facilitating subject for entry to any Russell Group university programme.

Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English Language and Mathematics. This must include a grade 6 in the language you wish to study, or an equivalent level of proficiency in the language.

During this two-year course, you will explore the language, culture and society of the countries where the language is spoken and develop a critical and analytical approach to film and literature in Spanish. You will carry out independent research on a chosen aspect of social, cultural, artistic and political life.

Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be continuously practised and developed. You will be encouraged to express opinions, discuss topics and current affairs and use a wider range of vocabulary and grammatical structures to become an accurate and independent user of the language.

You may also have the opportunity to take part in our organised visits and student exchanges.

 Year one topics: 
– Aspects of Hispanic society: social issues and current trends 
– Artistic culture in the Hispanic world: modernday idols, Spanish regional identity, cultural heritage
–  Detailed study of a film or book

Year two topics: 
– Multiculturalism in Hispanic society: immigration, racism and integration
–  Aspects of political life in the Hispanic world
–  Detailed study of a novel or play

The language laboratory will be used regularly for listening comprehension. There will be considerable oral work, either as a whole group, small group or pair work. Grammar will be fully revised and extended to develop the use of more complex structures.

This will then be consolidated by a variety of written tasks. Reading comprehension skills with some translation will be developed. You will be expected to complete homework regularly of approximately five hours per week.

To achieve your aims, you will have to take a greater responsibility for your own learning, especially in developing your fluency and accuracy.

Students will be entered for three examination papers:

Paper one: Listening, Reading and Writing (Translation)
Paper two: Writing (an essay on one text and one film or two texts from a set list)
Paper three: Speaking (discussion of a stimulus card plus individual research project)

You may decide to continue to study language at university by either focusing on one language or combining language study with almost any other subject. This A Level is a great asset for university and employment as you will acquire invaluable transferable skills such as autonomy, creativity, analytical and critical thinking and communication skills.


My experience at the college has been really good, it’s been really rewarding, all the lecturers were so lovely and supportive there’s no way I could have done it without them - the teaching has been outstanding.

Lucie Brooks, A Level student

“HSDC provided me with the opportunity for autonomous study and the choice of subjects that I wanted to study, which helped me develop relevant knowledge as well as relevant skills for the workplace.”

Lucas Ratcliffe, A Level and CTEC student

My courses were all especially interesting, I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. All of my lecturers were extremely knowledgeable and I have learnt a lot from them.

Lottie Warren, A Level student