Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Spanish Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

understanding of a variety of extended spoken Spanish texts.

AS91570, 3.3 Interact clearly using spoken Spanish to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations.

AS91571, 3.4 understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual Spanish texts.

AS91572, 3.5 Write a variety of text types in clear Spanish to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives.

Achievement standard, AS91569, a speech, is offered as an additional option.

Please note that the achievement standards outlined above comprise the set course and must be completed for students to be eligible for school prizes. Additional and optional credits will not be counted towards school prizes. Assessment procedures are outlined below, including forms you may need to access throughout the academic year.

QMC NCEA Assessment Procedures Booklet

Appeal Form - Internal Assessment

Extension or Rescheduling Request Form

Withdrawal Request Form - NCEA Standards

Course details

The aim of this course is for students to hold competent conversations with Spanish speakers, to express and justify their own ideas and opinions effectively and support or challenge those of others. This course requires students to create a portfolio of spoken interactions and write a variety of text types in which they explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations. As an additional option, students may also deliver a two to threeminute speech in Spanish. They study the following topics: technology and scientific innovation, migration, language and identity, education and the working world, human rights and globalisation. Students also have regular conversation practice with our Spanish language assistant to help develop their speaking and listening skills.

Course Information

• Year 13 Spanish is an option subject.

• There are 8 lessons per 10-day timetable.

Homework expectations

Your daughter should be learning at home for a total of at least 15 hours per week, across all subjects.

To achieve at a high level in this subject, students are expected to complete homework during the week. The key to language learning is ‘little and often’. Homework might include:

• Learning a number of words, verbs or phrases.

• Reading and grammar exercises to do or an essay to write.

• Creating revision material

• Revision of vocabulary learned in class with www.educationperfect.com

• Catching up on work missed due to absence.

• Carrying out research tasks on the internet.

Head of Learning Area: Caroline Harding