Spanish: AS & A2

Studying the advanced courses in Spanish enables you to:

• develop and build on your skills acquired at GCSE
• enhance your employment prospects
• participate in foreign travel
• gain an insight into another culture and society
• gain a sound basis for further study.

Course overview

AS: Year 1
Unit 1  Listening, reading and writing (70%)
Unit 2 Speaking (30%)

During the course you will develop your study of:

• media
• healthy living and lifestyle
• popular culture
• family and relationships.

A2: Year 2
Unit 3  Listening, reading and writing
Unit 4 Speaking

During the course you will develop your study of:

• the environment
• multicultural society
• contemporary social issues
• cultural topics.

Course assessment

Unit 1 is marked by the exam board and Unit 2 is conducted internally but marked by an external examiner.

Unit 1  70% of AS, 35% of A-level; 2 hour written examination; 110 marks.
Available January and June

Unit 2  30% of AS, 15% of A-level; 35 minutes speaking test (including 20 minutes preparation); 50 marks.
Available January and June

Unit 3   35% of A-level; 2 hours 30 minutes written examination; 110 marks.
Available June only

Unit 4   15% of A-level; 35 minutes speaking test (including 20 minutes preparation);
50 marks.
Available June only

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