Are you a linguist? Are you a good communicator? Do you enjoy travelling to new places? Are you interested in people and other cultures? Then you should be considering studying Spanish to A Level! More and more universities are asking for a language qualification for their courses, irrespective of your chosen career path. 

In addition to lessons with your teachers each week you will have extra conversation classes with a native Spanish speaker to improve your accent and the style of your spoken Spanish. You will take advantage of the instant access to authentic materials that the internet affords us and use your language in real life situations.

Through the A level route you will develop and refine your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as revising and building on the grammar already learnt at GCSE to improve the complexity and fluency of your language. In addition you will learn about the culture of Spain and the life of people in Spain and the Spanish speaking world. 

There are four areas of study which are taught at A Level; ‘Spanish society and social trends’, ‘Culture in the Spanish speaking world’, ‘Immigration and multicultural society’ and ‘Franco’s dictatorship and the move to democracy’. Also you will study literature and cinema from the Spanish speaking world. In Year 12 you will study the film ‘Laberinto del Fauno’ and in Year 13 you will study the text ‘Crónica de una muerte anunciada’.