Department Curriculum Map 2016-17
Department
MFL SPANISH = (Beginning in Yr 9)
Subject specific Skills required in Year 11
 Exam skills / assessment info detailed below
Year
2016-17
Year 11
Skills
Covered
AUT1
AUT2
7 weeks
GCSE
Past tense
Imperfect tense
Time phrases
Opinions
Future tense
Adverbs
Si clauses
7 weeks
GCSE
Modal verbs
Negatives
Future intentions
Deber
Tener que
Conditional
Present subjunctive
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
argument,
recount.
- Active listening
with
appropriate
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
Report
: narrative,
persuasive
Links between
tenses
 Wider key skills
Listening, reading, writing, speaking
SPR1
6 weeks
GCSE
Recognising Tenses
Translation skills
Accessing literary texts
SPR2
7 weeks
GCSE
Listening for gist
Oral preparation
Role plays
Expressing opinions
SUM1
5 weeks
GCSE
Recognising Tenses
Translation skills
Accessing literary
texts
Listening for gist
Oral preparation
Role plays
Expressing opinions
SUM2
Secure
d
response.
Theme/
Focus/
Content
THEME: FUTURE
ASPIRATIONS,
STUDY & WORK
THEME:
INTERNATIONA
L & GLOBAL
DIMENSION
Revision
Revision
Revision
Work experience
Extended opinions
Our planet
Environmental issues
Global citizenship
Local problems
Revision
Describing a photo
Vocabulary learning
Revision
Vocabulary learning
Revision
Describing a photo
Vocabulary learning
Expressing opinions
7 weeks
Adjectives
Passive Voice
Negatives
Opinions
Present tense
Comparative
Superlativees
Adverbs
6 weeks
Present tense and
reflexive verbs
Possessive adjectives
Future expressions
Cuando era joven
Imperfect tense.
Voy a/quiero/ me
gustaria + infinitive –
ways of expressing
future intentions.
7 weeks
Acabar de + infinitive
Absolute superlatives
Extended opinions
Question formation
Reasons
5 weeks
Comparatives
Superlatives
Tener que
Hay que
Deber
Issues facing young
people
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
2016-17
Year 10
Skills
Covered
7 weeks
Voy a +inf
Demonstrative
adjectives
Comparative
Superlatives
7 weeks
Prepositions
Lo Bueno/malo es….
Tan
Imperfect
(ser/estar/vivir)
Conditional with
gustar
Theme/
Focus/
Content
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
Report
Negatives
Future
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
Narrative,
review
- Tenses.
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
recount
- Sequencing
ideas
Verbs and tenses
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
argument,
persuasion
- Use of verbs.
- Expanding
responses
(with
connectives).
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
Recount,
persuasive
- debating
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
Procedural
- Sequencing
THEME: LOCAL
AREA, HOLIDAY &
TRAVEL
THEME:
SCHOOL
THEME: IDENTITY
& CULTURE
THEME:
IDENTITY &
CULTURE
THEME:
INTERNATIONA
L & GLOBAL
DIMENSION
THEME: LOCAL
AREA, HOLIDAY
& TRAVEL
Holiday
accommodation
School and study
Free time
New technologies
House and home
Revision of Year 9
themes Revision of
Year 9 work (holidays)
Revision of Year 9
themes
Revision of Year 9
work (family,
personal ID, school,
Leisure activities
Using the internet
Dangers
Language of debate
Describing your town
Describing where you
live in detail
Revision of present
and past tense
Holidays and
accommodation
Near future tense
Comparatives
Introduction to
imperfect tense
Describing your
school uniform and
teachers
Life at home
Extended details about
yourself and your family
Relationships
Imperfect tense
Your future plans
Jobs
TV, films and cinema
Hobbies
Arranging to go out
Opinions
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2016-17
7 weeks
7 weeks
6 weeks
Year 9
Adjectives
Adjectival agreements
Ser and estar
Possessive adjectives
Desde hace
Comparative
Reflexive verbs
Gender of nouns
Me gusta(n)
Radical changing
verbs
Se puede
Opinions
Present tense
Reflexive verbs
Past tense
Irregular past tense
Opinions
Gender of nouns
Questioning
Present tense of ar
verb
Prepositions
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
Recount - Responding
orally in full
sentences.
- Nouns, verbs,
adjectives.
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
report.
Distinguishing
between fact and
opinion.
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
recounting,
description
- Past tense
Myself, family and
home
My daily routine
at school and at
home
Introducing self and
others
School subjects and
time
Describing your
school
Skills
Covered
Theme/
Focus/
Content
Describing house and
home
Present Tense
Daily routine
5 weeks
7 weeks
Preterite vs present
Imperfect
Present
Past tense
Comparitive
Present and past
continuous.
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
recounting,
description
- Future tense
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
Persuasion
and argument
Literacy threads:
- Text type:
narrative,
Sequencing
Holidays
Travelling around
Grammar
Jobs and work
Describing holidays and
weather
Modes of transport
At the station
En route
Complaints
Grammar revision
Introduction to past
tense
Food and eating in a
restaurant
7 weeks
Helping in the house
Pocket money and
spending
Places of work
Buying food
Buying clothes
Revision of present
and past tense
2016-17
Year 8
7 weeks
7 weeks
7 weeks
7 weeks
6 weeks
7 weeks
5 weeks
7 weeks
5 weeks
6 weeks
7 weeks
Skills
Covered
Theme/
Focus/
Content
2016-17
Year 7
Skills
Covered
Theme/
Focus/
Content
List of Exam Skills
PAPER 1 – LISTENING PAPER
SKILLS
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Listening for gist
Recognition of tenses
Authentic sources
Extracting details
Evaluating and draw conclusions
PAPER INFO
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2x questions in set Spanish (multiple choice)
6 weeks
PAPER 2 – SPEAKING PAPER (3x TASKS)
SKILLS
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Narrating
Spontaneous speech
Rephrasing and repair strategies
Use of tenses
PAPER INFO
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FT: 7-9mins(Total for all 3x TASKS)
- Role play = 10 marks
- Picture = 20 marks
- Conversation = 30 marks
HT: 10-12mins (Total for all 3x TASKS)
- Role play = 12 marks
- Picture = 24 marks
- Conversation = 36 marks
TASK 1: Role play
- 12 mins total prep time for TASKS 1 & 2
- Students can make 1x A4 side of notes to use in exam
- Role play can only be based on the following topics:
- accommodation
- applying for a job
- café / restaurant
- reporting and dealing with problems
- social activites
- school
- shopping and services
- tourist requirements eg directions
- travel arrangements
- FT: 1x unpredictable question (only present tense required); HT: 2x unpredictable questions (2 tenses required)
- Marked for communication only (not accuracy etc)
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TASK 2: Questions based on picture stimulus
- 12 mins total prep time for TASKS 1 & 2
- Students can make 1 A4 side of notes to use in exam
- Assessment based on any of the GSCE topics excluding travel & tourist transactions
- Examiner asks 4x set questions and then continues conversation
- Range of tenses required in both tiers
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TASK 3: Conversation based on 2 themes (1 is chosen by the student)
- No notes permitted
- Based on any 2 themes (both from the GCSE topics)
- Range of tenses required at both tiers
PAPER 3 – READING AND UNDERSTANDING
SKILLS
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Reading for gist
Recognition of tenses
Authentic sources
Extracting details
Evaluating and draw conclusions
PAPER INFO
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Paper includes Spanish – English translation (FT: 3 lines; HT: 4-5 lines)
Range of styles and registers (including literary texts)
FT: 4x questions set in Spanish ; HT: 3x questions set in Spanish, including one short answer to be completed in Spanish (full sentences not required)
PAPER 4 – WRITING IN Spanish
SKILLS
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Range of tenses
HT: Writing in the correct style / register; writing to interest / inform / convince
PAPER INFO
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Paper includes English – Spanish translation
FT: 4x questions including one English – Spanish translation (1 sentence) and 2x open response (choice of 2 given for one open response)
HT: Student choice 3x questions, including 1x English – Spanish translation (4 sentences) and 2x open response (choice of 2 given for both)
NB – open response could be to describe a photograph