German

Spanish

Pre-requisite

Pupils need to have studied Spanish in Year 8.

What is Spanish?

The Year 9 Spanish course provides a valuable opportunity to make significant progress towards GCSE. Building on the foundations laid in Years 7 and 8, pupils will develop their language skills in three key areas: grammatical awareness, comprehension and communication. As a result, they will become capable of understanding the language in a variety of registers as well as writing and speaking it increasingly accurately and fluently. The development of their language skills will take place within a framework of topics and issues of interest and relevance to young people in the Spanish-speaking world.

What skills are involved?

This course equips pupils with a number of key transferable skills such as: communication (oral and written); analytical and logical thinking; creativity; literacy; independent learning; cultural and geographical awareness; teamwork; presentation skills.

What sort of pupil does it suit and what will they get out of the course?

You will be aware from your study of the language in Years 7 and 8 that well-motivated, enthusiastic, culturally aware and well-organised pupils will cope comfortably with the demands of the Year 9 course.