Glendowie College
11 Spanish
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Year 13 (2025) students are required to attend Subject Confirmation on Thursday 23 January to finalise their timetable.
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr H. Overton.
Objectives
- To extend students' linguistic and cultural understanding and their ability to interact appropriately with others.
- To introduce students to new ways of thinking about, questioning, and interpreting the world and their place in it.
- To acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes that equip students for living in a world of diverse peoples, languages and cultures.
- To challenge and consider our own identities and assumptions.
- To develop understanding of the power of language.
- To enjoy using another language in meaningful situations.
Content
Topics continue to stress communication, and focus on both personal details, and life in Spanish speaking countries, highlighting their various cultures.
Topics may include
- Holidays.
- Eat to live or live to eat.
- The place where I live/out and about.
- Mind and body.
Learning and Assessment Area | Description |
Listening Comprehension | Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Spanish texts relating to areas of most immediate relevance. |
Reading Comprehension | Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of Spanish texts on areas of most immediate relevance. |
Interaction | Interact using spoken Spanish to communicate personal information, ideas and opinions in different situations. |
Writing | Write a variety of text types in Spanish on areas of most immediate relevance. |
Subject Overview
Term 1
Holidays.
Near future tense, preterite tense, imperfect tense, sports vocabulary, Se for passive voice, weather expressions.
Term 2
Eat to live or live to eat.
Food and kitchen vocabulary, comparatives, superlatives, tag questions, weights and measurements.
Term 3
The place where I live/out and about.
Place names, directions, clothing vocabulary, shopping vocabulary, money vocabulary, occupations, employment vocabulary, adjectives of quantity, suggestions, expressions of acceptance.
Term 4
Mind and Body.
Face parts, parts of the body, health vocabulary,
Recommended Prior Learning
- Year 10 Spanish.
- In cases of proven language ability, a student may begin at Year 11 with Head of Faculty approval.
Subject and Associated Costs
Course Costs: Nil.
Associated Costs: Nil.
Pathway
Assessment Information
Listening Comprehension.Reading Comprehension.
Interaction.
Writing.
Disclaimer
It is important that you complete your option selection by the due date to enable you to have your preferred course of study. Course availability is dependent on numbers and staffing, and course entry will be confirmed at the beginning of the school year.
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