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1 A-LEVELSPANISH(7692)SpecificationFor teaching from September 2016 onwardsFor exams in 2018 onwardsVersion July 2017 Copyright 2017 AQA and its licensors. All rights retains the copyright on all its publications, including the specifications. However, schools and colleges registered with AQA are permitted to copy material from this specification for their own internal Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 help and supportVisit our website for information, guidance, support and resources at can talk directly to the subject teamE: 01423 534 381A-LEVEL3A-level SPANISH (7692).

2 For exams 2018 onwards. Version for the most up-to-date specifications, resources, support and administrationContents1 Introduction Why choose AQA for A-LEVEL SPANISH support and resources to help you teach 52 Specification at a glance Subject content Assessments 83 Subject content Social issues and trends Political and artistic culture Grammar Works Individual research project 194 Scheme of assessment Aims Assessment objectives Assessment weightings Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing Paper 2: Writing Paper 3.

3 Speaking Assessment criteria 265 General administration Entries and codes Overlaps with other qualifications Awarding grades and reporting results Re-sits and shelf life Previous learning and prerequisites Access to assessment: diversity and inclusion Working with AQA for the first time Private candidates 394 Visit for the most up-to-date specifications, resources, support and administrationAre you using the latest version of this specification? You will always find the most up-to-date version of this specification on our website at We will write to you if there are significant changes to this SPANISH (7692).

4 For exams 2018 onwards. Version for the most up-to-date specifications, resources, support and administration1 Why choose AQA for A-LEVEL SpanishYou can find out about all our SPANISH qualifications at designed for you and your studentsWe have worked with teachers and universities to design stimulating content to enable students to develop their linguistic skills alongside their understanding of the culture and society of the countries where SPANISH is select a broad area of study to prescribe certain aspects for closer will study technological and social change.

5 Looking at the multicultural nature of Hispanic society. They will study highlights of Hispanic artistic culture, including a focus on SPANISH regional identity and the cultural heritage of past civilisations. They will learn about aspects of the diverse political landscape of the Hispanic will explore the influence of the past on present-day Hispanic communities. Throughout their studies, they learn the language in the context of Hispanic countries and issues and influences which have shaped them. Students will study texts and film and will have the opportunity to carry out independent research on an area of their tasks will be varied and cover listening, speaking, reading and writing AS and A-LEVEL togetherThe AS course is fully co-teachable with the first year of the A-LEVEL course, enabling flexibility for students as they plan their course of study and for teachers as you plan your support and resources to help you teachWe ve worked with experienced teachers to provide you with a range of resources that will help you confidently plan.

6 Teach and prepare for resourcesVisit to see all our teaching resources. They include: a digital scheme of work with links to resources which you can use to teach the various grammar points at appropriate places in the course marked student responses to the questions on our sample assessments, with examiner commentaries resources to help you deliver lessons on film and literature guidance and support for conducting the oral exams practice translations with mark schemes student textbooks and digital resources that have been checked and approved by AQA training courses to help you deliver AQA SPANISH qualifications subject expertise courses for all teachers, from newly-qualified teachers who are just getting started to experienced teachers looking for fresh for the most up-to-date specifications, resources.

7 support and administrationPreparing for examsVisit for everything you need to prepare for our exams, including: past papers, mark schemes and examiners reports specimen papers and mark schemes for new courses Exampro: a searchable bank of past AQA exam questions exemplar student answers with examiner your students results with Enhanced Results Analysis (ERA)Find out which questions were the most challenging, how the results compare to previous years and where your students need to improve. ERA, our free online results analysis tool, will help you see where to focus your teaching.

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9 Find out more at SPANISH (7692). For exams 2018 onwards. Version for the most up-to-date specifications, resources, support and administrationGet help and supportVisit our website for information, guidance, support and resources at you d like us to share news and information about this qualification, sign up for emails and updates at , you can call or email our subject team : 01423 534 3818 Visit for the most up-to-date specifications, resources, support and administration2 Specification at a glanceThis qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the Subject contentCore content1.

10 Social issues and trends (Page 11)2. Political and artistic culture (Page 12)3. Grammar (Page 13)Options4. Works: Literary texts and films (Page 18) AssessmentsPaper 1: Listening, reading and writingWhat s assessed Aspects of Hispanic society Artistic culture in the Hispanic world Multiculturalism in Hispanic society Aspects of political life in Hispanic society GrammarHow it s assessed Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes 100 marks 50 % of A-levelQuestions Listening and responding to spoken passages from a range of contexts and sources covering different registers and adapted as necessary.