GCSE Spanish Examining Board AQA www aqa org
GCSE Spanish Examining Board – AQA www. aqa. org. uk
What will I study over the next 2 years? The 2 year course is split into 4 main areas: • Lifestyle • Leisure • Home and Environment • Work and Education The following slides will tell you about these topics in more detail. . . You will be expected to understand & provide information & opinions about all of the topics.
LIFESTYLE: • Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles & their consequences • Relationships and Choices • Relationships with family & friends • Future plans regarding: marriage / partnership • Social issues and equality
LEISURE: • Free time and the media – Free time activities – Shopping, money, fashion & trends – Advantages & disadvantages of new technology • Holidays – Plans, preferences, experiences – What to see and getting around
HOME AND ENVIRONMENT: • Home and Local Area Special occasions celebrated in the home Home, town, neighbourhood and region, where it is and what it is like • Environment Current problems facing the planet Being environmentally friendly within the home and local area
WORK AND EDUCATION: • School / College & Future Plans – What school / college is like – Pressures and problems • Current and Future Jobs – Looking for and getting a job – Advantages & disadvantages of different jobs
What else is there? Grammar: to be able to recognise and use appropriately. . . – Nouns, adjectives – Verbs – Tenses (past, present, future for Grade C or above) – Conjunctions (linking words to you and me!!) – And a few other elements with complicated names that we will come across along the way *For more information on this, look at the website*
What else is there? Communication strategies: as well as learning items of vocabulary, you will develop ways of understanding and producing the language even when you may not be 100% sure of what a word means! *For more information on this and vocabulary, look at the website*
What exams will I do? You will be assessed in the following four skills, that you will be used to practising in Key Stage 3. . . • Listening – 20% of overall grade, exam at end of course • Reading – 20% of overall grade, exam at end of course • Writing – 30% of overall grade, you will submit 2 written pieces of work done in exam conditions throughout the 2 yr course • Speaking – 30% of overall grade, you will complete 2 different / separate speaking tasks, carried out by your teacher throughout the 2 yr course
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