12SPAN

Level 2 Spanish

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr J. Gines.

This course aims to develop the student’s ability to understand and communicate with confidence in Spanish in a wide range of genuine situations, both familiar and beyond immediate personal life. Social, historical and cultural contexts relating to the Spanish-speaking world are studied through film, reading and analytical research.

The standards offered in this course may be altered at the discretion of the Head of Department.

Course Overview

Term 1
Holidays and Sustainable Tourism
Life and Work

Grammar: Review of Present and Future tenses, Past tenses. The Conditional tense.
Gender and Adjectival agreement
the Imperative

Term 2
Health and Wellbeing - youth issues, habits and addictions
Media and Advertising

Grammar: The Perfect and Pluperfect tenses
Formal commands





Term 3
Technology and Modern Life
The Environment

Grammar: Relative Pronouns

Term 4
Revision and consolidation

Recommended Prior Learning


Subject

Level 

Recommendations

9 Spanish

9

Open entry.

10 Spanish

10

Year 9 Spanish or at the discretion of the HoD.

Level 1 Spanish

1

Year 10 Spanish or at the discretion of the HoD.

Level 2 Spanish

2

14 credits from Level 1 Spanish including at least one Internal and one External assessment.

Level 3 Spanish

3

14 credits from Level 2 Spanish including at least one Internal and one External assessment.


Pathway

With Spanish, careers exist in a wide range of fields, particularly in conjunction with other professions. (See below in "Pathway Tags".

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 19 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 9 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91148 v3
NZQA Info
Spanish 2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Spanish texts on familiar matters
Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91150 v2
NZQA Info
Spanish 2.2 - Give a spoken presentation in Spanish that communicates information, ideas and opinions
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91151 v3
NZQA Info
Spanish 2.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Spanish text(s) on familiar matters
Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91152 v2
NZQA Info
Spanish 2.5 - Write a variety of text types in Spanish to convey information, ideas, and opinions in genuine contexts
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0

Assessments:
Term: 2, Week: 8
Term: 3, Week: 3

Credit Summary
Total Credits: 19
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

Courses will only run based on minimum entries

Selecting a course does not guarantee entry into this course

You may apply for an exemption if you do not meet the prerequisites of a course or if the course requires this for entry

Standards offered can be altered at the discretion of the HOF or HOD of the Department

Some standards in NCEA courses might be optional depending on student strengths