Subject:
Exam Board:
Spanish
AQA
Year: 10
Qualification:
Course Code:
GCSE
4695
Assessment and (Provisional) Examination / Assessment Dates
46954 Writing Coursework (15% of the total GCSE marks, 1 hour in classrooms, 30 marks, July 2014)
46953 Speaking Coursework (15% of the total GCSE marks, Recorded 4-6 minute conversation December 2013)
Key Resources
AQA Mira GCSE Red and Green Text book GCSE Spanish, 2009 Anneli McLachlan and Leand Reeves
Vocabulary sheet
BBC bitesize ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gcse/spanish)
Autumn Term areas of study
A Clase (Work and education) (Module 3: Giving opinions on school subjects, revising basic vocabulary, describing
your school routine, using the present tense with time expressions, improving spoken and written texts, producing
descriptions of school life, using the imperfect and present tense, giving a range of opinions, describing school uniform
and rules, using phrases followed by an infinitive, giving and justifying opinions, describing teachers using
comparatives and superlatives, agreeing and disagreeing, describing school pressures and problems, using qualifiers,
improving listening skills, describing the schools of the future, using the future tense, using questions form answers)
Perdidos (Lifestyle) (Module 4: Talking about your family, using possessive adjectives, saying numbers and dates,
talking, talking about relationships, using ser and estar, talking about the present and the past, talking about daily
routine, using reflexive verbs, talking about chores, using the present, preterite and imperfect tenses, using negatives,
describing people’s personalities, talking about relationships in the past and present, making deductions while
listening, talking about experiences and hopes, using three time frames, extending answers)
Spring Term areas of study
Los trabajos (Work and education) (Module 5: revising jobs and places of work, revising masculine and feminine
nouns improving your pronunciation of cognates, describing part-time jobs, using tener + que infinitive, extending
spoken and written answers, describing work experience, using the preterite and the imperfect, using adverbs of time
and frequency, describing future plans, using different verbs to talk about the future, forming sentences with si.. (if..),
understanding job adverts and CVs, using the conditional with gustar and poder, understanding specialist vocabulary,
understanding application letters, forming the perfect tense, conducting a job interview)
Summer Term areas of study
Mi tiempo libre (Leisure) (Moduel 6: Revising TV programmes and films, using definite/indefinite articles and algun,
expressing a range of opinions, talking about hobbies and pocket money, using conjugates verbs and infinitives,
introducing variety into spoken Spanish, Describing sports and sporting events, referring to the past and present,
listening for the relevant information, talking about extreme sports, using a range of adjectives and opinion phrases,
decoding texts, making arrangements to go out, using the present continuous, taking part in an extended
conversation, writing reviews, using the personal a to talk about other people, using absolute superlatives, talking
about new technology, revising comparatives, using language of debate)
KS4 Spanish
GCSE Spanish 2013-2014
Subject:
Exam Board:
Spanish
AQA
Year: 11
Qualification:
Course Code:
GCSE
4695
Assessment and (Provisional) Examination / Assessment Dates
46953 Speaking Coursework (15% of the total GCSE marks, Recorded 4-6 minute conversation February 2014)
46951F/46951H Listening (20% of the total GCSE marks, 35/45minute paper, 35/40 marks, May 2014)
46952F/46952H Reading (20% of the total GCE marks, 30/50 minute paper 35/45 marks, May 2014)
Key Resources
AQA Mira GCSE Red and Green Text book GCSE Spanish, 2009 Anneli McLachlan and Leand Reeves
Vocabulary sheet
BBC bitesize ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gcse/spanish)
Autumn Term areas of study
Mi barrio (Leisure/Home and environment) (Module 7: Talking about your home, using prepositions using relative
clauses, talking about different types of house, using a variety of phrases to express opinions, justifying opinions,
talking about your neighbourhood, using the imperfect and present tenses, understanding tan and tanto/a (so, so
much, so many), talking about how you would change your city, using the conditional, developing a checklist, to
improve accuracy, shopping for clothing, using direct object, pronouns, using este, ese and aquel,giving presents and
making complaints, using indirect object pronouns, extending sentences by giving reasons,
Nuestro planeta (Home and environment) (Module 9: talking about environment, using the conditional of deber,
using a variety of expressions to give your point of view, talking about global issues, using the present subjunctive,
listening for high numbers, considering problems facing the planet, negative commands, using cognates and context
to understand a text, looking at local solutions to global problems, using the imperfect and present tenses, gaining
thinking time when speaking, talking about global citizenship, using si + present + future, writing an extended text,
talking about homelessness, the pluperfect tense, using different time frames)
Spring Term areas of study
Los trabajos (Work and education) (Module 5: revising jobs and places of work, revising masculine and feminine
nouns improving your pronunciation of cognates, describing part-time jobs, using tener + que infinitive, extending
spoken and written answers, describing work experience, using the preterite and the imperfect, using adverbs of time
and frequency, describing future plans, using different verbs to talk about the future, forming sentences with si.. (if..),
understanding job adverts and CVs, using the conditional with gustar and poder, understanding specialist vocabulary,
understanding application letters, forming the perfect tense, conducting a job interview
La salud (Lifestyle) (Module 8: Talking about the body and illnesses, using reflexive verbs in the perfect tense,
finding strategies to remember vocab, buying food, more vocab strategies, number practice, talking about how to stay
in good shape, using the present and imperfect, using a variety of verbs to talk about mealtimes, reading problem
pages and giving advice, using the conditional and future tense, giving extended answers while speaking, talking
about issues facing young people, understanding phrases, using the present tense and the conditional)
Summer Term areas of study
Revision of all units studied in Year 10.
Revision (for 46951 and 46952)
KS4 Spanish
GCSE Spanish 2013-2014