CHANGE PHOTO SUBJECT FACILITIES, STUDENTS LANGUAGES: SPANISH

CHANGE PHOTO SUBJECT FACILITIES, STUDENTS LANGUAGES: SPANISH

AS and A2

THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE AREA 30-60 minute small group sessions with a native speaker in Speaking Room, in addition to standard lessons. Good languages faculty IT resources. Excellent links with the Resource Centre at UOP and amazing dictionary resources at BH. We order your essential course items for you. Careful transition: grammar, target language and topics. We track your progress like no other: 6 data points throughout each year on the course. Personalised revision sessions based on performance.

2010-11: AS Spanish 63% A-C A2 Spanish 100% A-C 2011-12: AS Spanish 50% A-C A2 Spanish 100% A-C 2012-13: AS Spanish 75% A*-C A2 Spanish 100% A*-C 2013-14: AS Spanish 50% A*-C A2 Spanish 60% A*-C 2014-15: AS Spanish 66% A*-C A2 Spanish 100% A*-C THE BEST RESULTS

THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES Spain language course trip to Málaga in October. Spanish Language mentor help out with KS3 classes. Spanish lecture at Bristol University and mini series on Global Employability.

Sixth Form Period 6 lecture series

La desigualdad en España; las mujeres y los jóvenes Carmen Meria-García Bristol University Lecture for KS5 students in the area. Highly relevant to A2 syllabus. We reserve tickets in advance for interested students.

PERSONAL BEST DESTINATIONS Cardiff University Cambridge University Nottingham University Birmingham University Glasgow University St Andrews University Aberdeen University Manchester University Warwick University Reading University Guilford School of Acting Royal Holloway Kings College University of Winchester University College London Sheffield Hallam University Bath Spa University Hereford College of Arts Avon and Somerset Constabulary Gap Year

2015 Hayesfield Leavers Mariam Abou El Fadl Plymouth International Business with Spanish Sarah Allen York Linguistics and Mathematics Hannah Cleland Sheffield Modern Languages Louisa Hall Manchester English Language and Spanish Ella Hayes Warwick French and History Georgina Oxford Exeter English and French

Entry requirements: At least a B at GCSE or equivalent.

AS Spanish. 3 Exam papers. Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Written Translation. Worth 40% of AS. Spanish to English Translation. Paper 2: Written Response. Worth 30% of AS. English to Spanish Translation. Grammar exercise. Written responses to either a Literary text or a Film. Paper 3: Speaking Exam. Worth 30% of AS. Task 1, discussion about the Theme La evolución de la sociedad española. Task 2, presentation and discussion on a chosen sub-theme.

Literary texts. Bodas de sangre, Federico García Lorca, 1932 Como agua para chocolate, Laura Esquivel, 1989 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, Gabriel García Márquez, 1961 La casa de Bernarda Alba, Federico García Lorca, 1936 Nada, Carmen Laforet, 1943 Réquiem por un campesino español, Ramón J. Sender, 1953

Films. Diarios de motocicleta, dir. Walter Salles (2004) El laberinto del fauno, dir. Guillermo del Toro (2006) La lengua de las mariposas, dir. José Luis Cuerda (1999) Mar adentro, dir. Alejandro Amenábar (2004) Volver, dir. Pedro Almodóvar (2006)

A2 Spanish. 3 Exam papers. Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Written Translation. Worth 40% of A2. Spanish to English Translation. Paper 2: Written Response. Worth 30% of A2. English to Spanish Translation. Written responses to two Literary texts or one Literary text and a Film. Paper 3: Speaking Exam. Worth 30% of A2. Task 1, discussion about a stimulus card, based on the topics studied. Task 2, presentation and discussion on independent research.

Literary texts. Bodas de sangre, Federico García Lorca, 1932 Como agua para chocolate, Laura Esquivel, 1989 Crónica de una muerte anunciada, Gabriel García Márquez, 1981 Eva Luna, Isabel Allende, 1990 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, Gabriel García Márquez, 1961 El túnel, Ernesto Sabato, 1948 Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges, 1944 La casa de Bernarda Alba, Federico García Lorca, 1936 La casa de los espíritus, Isabel Allende, 1982 Modelos de mujer, Almudena Grandes, 1996 Nada, Carmen Laforet, 1943 Réquiem por un campesino español, Ramón J. Sender, 1953

Films. Barrio, dir. Fernando León de Aranoa (1998) Diarios de motocicleta, dir. Walter Salles (2004) El laberinto del fauno, dir. Guillermo del Toro (2006) La lengua de las mariposas, dir. José Luis Cuerda (1999) Machuca, dir. Andrés Wood (2004) Mar adentro, dir. Alejandro Amenábar (2004) Sin nombre, dir. Cary Fukunaga (2009) Todo sobre mi madre, dir. Pedro Almodóvar (1999) Voces inocentes, dir. Luis Mandoki (2004) Volver, dir. Pedro Almodóvar (2006)