Westlake Girls’ High School

Year 10 Spanish

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr J. Gines.

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.

At Year 10, students will learn to describe more aspects of their own lives and background in spoken and written Spanish. Practice in the comprehension of texts through listening and reading will further develop language and analytical thinking skills. The course is designed to build confidence in communication.

The content and vocabulary learnt will provide a valuable knowledge base for NCEA Level 1 Spanish. Key areas covered are Personal Information, Family and Home, Interests, Hobbies and Sport, Food and School life.

With each topic, various aspects of the diverse cultures of Spain and Latin America are interwoven so that the student gains an appreciation and greater understanding of the Spanish-speaking world.

Course Overview

Term 1
Personal Information and description of self and others
My local area - where I live

The grammar points include Interrogatives, sentence structure and negation, comparatives, certain key verbs, gender and adjectival agreement.

Term 2
My Home
Shopping for clothes

The grammar points include: the Present tense, superlatives

Term 3
Interests, Hobbies and Sport
Food customs in the Hispanic World
School life

The grammar points include: reinforcement of the Present tense and above

Term 4
School life continued

Consolidation of language features.

Departments:

Languages

Pathway

Level 1 Spanish

By learning Spanish, there exist a wide range of career fields for future employment, especially in conjunction with other professions, -see
"Pathway Tags" below.

Year 10 Spanish

Course Overview

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