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GCSE Foundation Spanish
OSC1549 / OSC1550
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Course code: OSC1549
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Course overview
GCSE Foundation Spanish is a great starting point if you're new to the language.
The AQA specification focuses on developing essential language skills and your understanding of culture. You’ll explore three key themes while working with grammar suited to the foundation level.
The three main themes are:
- People and lifestyle
- Popular culture and communication
- The world around us
Throughout the course, you’ll receive guidance from a dedicated tutor, including up to nine one-to-one sessions to support your preparation for the speaking exam.
Please note: This is a foundation tier course, meaning the highest GCSE grade you can achieve is a 5. If you're aiming for a grade between 4 and 9, you may want to consider the higher tier course instead.
This course covered three distinct themes which will apply to all 3 exams and the speaking assessment.
- Topic 1: Identity and relationships with others
- Topic 2: Healthy living and lifestyle
- Topic 3: Education and work
- Topic 1: Free-time activities
- Topic 2: Customs, festivals and celebrations
- Topic 3: Celebrity Culture
- Topic 1: Travel and tourism, including places of interest
- Topic 2 Media and technology
- Topic 3: The environment and where people live
Awarding body
AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance) is a leading examination board in the UK. It offers a wide range of qualifications, including GCSEs, A Levels, and vocational qualifications. AQA are known for their vigorous assessments that evaluate students’ knowledge and skills. They provide comprehensive resources to students and educators, ensuring high-quality education. AQA’s qualifications are widely recognised and accepted within the UK and internationally, making it a trusted and respected examination board.
Exam details
What's assessed?
- Understanding and responding to spoken extracts comprising the defined vocabulary and grammar for each tier
- Dictation of short, spoken extracts
How's it assessed?
- Written exam: 35 minutes
- 40 marks
- 25% of GCSE
Assessment type: comprehension questions, transcribing short sentences.
What's assessed?
- Speaking using clear and comprehensive language to undertake role-play
- Carry out a reading aloud task
- Talk about visual stimuli
How's it assessed?
- Non-exam assessment (NEA)
- 7-9 minutes + 15 minutes supervised preparation time.
- 50 marks
- 25% of GCSE
Assessment type- role-play, reading aloud task, short conversation, photo card discussion
What's assessed?
- Understanding and responding to written texts which focus predominantly on the vocabulary and grammar at each tier
- Inferring plausible meanings of single words when they are embedded in written sentences
- Translating Spanish to English
How's it assessed?
- Written exam: 45 minutes
- 50 marks
- 25% of GCSE
Assessment type- Reading comprehension questions, translation
What's assessed?
- Writing text in the language in a lexically and grammatically accurate way in response to simple and familiar stimuli
- Translating English to Spanish
How's it assessed?
- Written exam: 1 hour 10 minutes
- 50 marks
- 25% of GCSE
Assessment type- Response to visual stimuli, translation
You will have one year's unlimited tutor support during your studies.
To achieve your GCSE Spanish qualification, you must complete all the formal examinations. This will include 3 written exams for the writing, reading and listening components and a speaking assessment which will take place annually in the May/June exam series.
Throughout your course, you will have the opportunity to submit tutor marked assignments, which are comprised of exam-style questions to give you an opportunity to practice the type of question you should expect to answer in an exam. In addition to this, you will have the chance to conduct sessions with your tutor to practice the speaking assessment component. This will comprise of practice sessions to discuss the tasks with your tutor and then a full run through session- during this session, your tutor will grade you to give you an idea of the level you are working at.
The study method you choose depends on your personal learning style. Your options are:
- Study pack: if you choose the study pack option, you will be sent a set of printed course materials.
- Study online: if you choose this option, you will be sent your login details to our online portal through which you will access your course materials digitally. You can access your course via a desktop/laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Full tutor support will be available via email. You will also receive support via video call to prepare for your speaking assessment.
Once you successfully complete your exams, you’ll be awarded the GCSE Foundation Spanish qualification, with an official certificate issued by AQA.
Please note: As a foundation tier course, you can achieve a GCSE grade between 1-5, compared to the higher tier course, which covers grades 4-9.
FAQs
Yes, this GCSE course is the same as the GCSEs you would study at a traditional school. The only difference is that this course is designed to be studied from home and you receive full tutor support via email.
You will need to take the official GCSE French Foundation exams to achieve the full qualification.
This will include 3 written exams for the writing, reading and listening components and a speaking assessment which will take place annually in the May/June exam series.
While you are formally assessed by examination, you will also need to submit tutor-marked assignments to allow your tutor to monitor your progress and help you achieve the best grade possible.
If you add on the exams, you will need to sit the examinations in one of the following locations and we will book these for you when you are ready:
- Birmingham
- Doncaster
- Bolton
- Mitcham
- Taunton
- St Neots, Cambridgeshire
- High Wycombe
- Romford
Whilst we hope you achieve your desired grade; you can re-sit your exam in the next available exam series. Please note that re-sits come at an additional cost.
If you choose not to add on exams, you will need to book and pay for these yourself.
It's not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Learner Services Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.
That's not a problem. We want to make sure you're 100% confident about enrolling on the course and starting your study. So, just give our team of education specialists a call on 0121 329 4656 and they'll do their best to help.
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