A-level Spanish Speaking Guide

teachingisgood is excited to offer a full and comprehensive guide on A-level Spanish speaking.

This guide is in PowerPoint format and is designed to make it clear and simple to students (and teachers) what the exam is composed of, how it will run, and what you need to do to prepare. This guide goes through both the photo card and the Independent Research Project.

While the information is specific to the AQA A-level Spanish syllabus, teachers teaching other exam boards may find this information to be useful also due to the similarity between different syllabuses.

This guide includes:

• A breakdown of the speaking exams - how long they are and what you need to do in each one
• How the photo card works - what you will be given and what you must to do to prepare, and also what you must do during the exam
• Detailed guidance on asking questions in the photo card, responding to questions posed by the examiner, and including Hispanic examples
• Photo card assessment criteria and questions you can ask yourself to see if you are doing to meet everything in those criteria
• How to prepare an answer for the photo card
• Sample photo card and sample answer, as well as annotations about what is good about the sample answer
• How the IRP (Independent Research Project) works - what you will be given and what you must to do to prepare, and also what you must do during the exam
• IRP assessment criteria and questions you can ask yourself to see if you are doing to meet everything in those criteria
• How to prepare an answer for the IRP, including top tips
• Sample IRP answer, including sample candidate form, sample introduction for “presentation” and key facts for “discussion”