Spanish (up to GCSE)
Subject Vision
In languages at St. George’s we aim to foster an adventurous spirit by providing diverse cultural experiences and immersive language learning opportunities.
Resilience: We strive to develop resilience in our pupils, empowering them to overcome linguistic obstacles, take risks, and persevere through the ups and downs of language acquisition.
Independence: We encourage independence by nurturing self-directed learners who can confidently navigate foreign language contexts and engage in authentic communication.
Curiosity: Fuelling pupils' curiosity is at the heart of our department as we spark a passion for exploring new languages, cultures, and perspectives, inspiring a lifelong love for learning.
Challenge: We embrace challenges as transformative opportunities for growth, creating an environment where pupils are encouraged to step out of their comfort zones and push the boundaries of their linguistic abilities.
Community: Above all, we cherish our vibrant language learning community, fostering connections and collaboration amongst pupils, teachers, and native speakers of other languages to create an inclusive and supportive environment where language skills are celebrated and intercultural understanding thrives.
Staff
Our Learning Journey
HOMEWORK
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Subject Information - KS3
All Year 7 study Spanish in Terms 1-3 covering the following topics:
- Term 1: Talking about myself and others
- Term 2: Talking about school life
- Term 3: My family
Year 8
- Term 1 My house
- Term 2 My free time
- Term 3 My town
- Term 4 My holidays
- Term 5 Food
- Term 6 Fashion
Year 9 Sets 1-2
- Term 1 Media
- Term 2 School
- Term 3 Health
- Term 4 World of Work
- Term 5 Spanish speaking world
- Term 6 Revision/Start GCSE Course
Year 9 Sets 3-9
- Term 1 Talking about people
- Term 2 Going out
- Term 3 Holidays
- Term 4 Food
- Term 5 Fashion
- Term 6 Revision/Start GCSE Course
Year 10 and Year 11 GCSE Subject Information
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 | |
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| Year 10 | Holidays | Schools | Family/relationships | Free Time | Where I live |
Customs, Festivals EOY revision |
| Year 11 | My Career | Local and Global Issues | Exam Preparation/Practice | Exam Preparation/Practice | Exam |
How is the course assessed?
The GCSE consists of 4 units: Writing 25%, Speaking 25%, Reading 25% and Listening 25%. These components are all taken at the end of this linear course.
GCSE Revision Information - KS4
| General Information (Useful Information for Parents) |
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| All MFL students have bought or been loaned a Pearson MFL GCSE 9-1 Revision Guide, this contains everything they need to know and be able to do for their exams. In addition to these, below are a number of useful websites that can be accessed by students for further revision help. GCSE Spanish - we follow the AQA syllabus. Useful revision websites - BBC Education - www.bbc.com/education/subjects/z4dqxnb GCSE Spanish has a Foundation Tier (grades 1–5) and a Higher Tier (grades 4–9). Students must take all four question papers at the same tier. All question papers must be taken in the same series. The papers assess the following three themes, divided into sub-topics. |
| Theme 1 = IDENTITY & CULTURE | Term 2 LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL& GLOBAL AREAS OF INTEREST | Theme 3 CURRENT & FUTURE STUDY AND EMPLOYMENT | |
| Topic 1 | Me, my family and friends Relationships with family and friends and Marriage/partnership | Home, town, neighbourhood and region | My studies |
| Topic 2 | Technology in everyday life Social media and Mobile technology | Social issues Charity/voluntary work and Healthy/unhealthy living | Life at school/college |
| Topic 3 | Free-time activities Music, Cinema and TV, Food and eating out & Sport | Global issues The environment & Poverty/homelessness | Education post-16 |
| Topic 4 | Customs and festivals in Spanish-speaking countries/communities | Travel and tourism | Jobs, career choices and ambitions |
| Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
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Personal Learning ChecklistListening – Revision topics can be found in General Information Section What's assessedUnderstanding and responding to different types of spoken language How it's assessed
(Each exam includes 5 minutes’ reading time of the question paper before the listening stimulus is played.) Please practice the following types of question using revision guide and BBC Bitesize. QuestionsFoundation Tier and Higher Tier
Example Exam Questions/Model AnswersExample listening questions can be found in the ‘test area’ of BBC Bitesize GCSE Spanish. Revision Materials/Sharepoint | Personal Learning ChecklistSpeaking - Revision topics can be found in General Information Section What's assessedCommunicating and interacting effectively in speech for a variety of purposes How it's assessedNon-exam assessment
Please practice the following types of tasks using the questions you have prepared in class and using your revision guide.
Example Exam Questions/Model AnswersRevision Materials/SharepointPink revision guide, BBC Bitesize. |
| Paper 3 | Paper 4 |
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Personal Learning ChecklistReading - Revision topics can be found in General Information Section What's assessedUnderstanding and responding to different types of written language How it's assessed• Written exam: 45 minutes (Foundation Tier), 1 hour (Higher Tier) • 60 marks (for each of Foundation Tier and Higher Tier) • 25% of GCSE Please practice the following types of tasks using the practice paper below and using your revision guide. QuestionsFoundation Tier and Higher Tier
Example Exam Questions/Model AnswersExample reading questions are in this specimen paper. Revision Materials/SharepointPink revision guide, BBC Bitesize. | Personal Learning ChecklistWriting - Revision topics can be found in General Information Section What's assessedCommunicating effectively in writing for a variety of purposes How it's assessed
Please practice the following types of tasks using the practice paper below and using your revision guide. QuestionsFoundation Tier
Higher Tier
Example Exam Questions/Model AnswersExample writing questions are in this specimen paper. Revision Materials/SharepointPink revision guide, BBC Bitesize. |
Job Opportunities / Careers
To learn a foreign language is to see the world anew. You are as many people as the languages you speak. The business world is in need of people who are multi-lingual because of the global economy. You will be an asset to any business with more than one language at your disposal. In today’s global economy such opportunities are constantly expanding.
Pearson Education and Skills Survey 2019, Education and Learning for the Modern World shows the major European languages most commonly in demand among businesses are Spanish (35%) and French (32%).
People who can speak another language earn on average 20% more than people who do not.
Some of the occupations involving languages are…
- Computer programmer
- Customer support adviser
- Executive search consultant
- Cultural briefing consultant
- Interpreter
- Teacher
- Language trainer
- Translator
- Engineering
- Banking
- Civil service
- Travel and tourism
- Secretary/PA
- Marketing
- Public relations
- Pharmaceutical work
- Journalism and media
- Transport and distribution
- Website localiser
