Modern Languages – Spanish
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Our Aims
We aim to promote an awareness of Spanish language and culture within the school. At the end of Form 2 pupils have the opportunity to choose to begin to study Spanish the following year in Form 3. We give a talk at the subject choice meeting for Form 2 to highlight the importance of Spanish as a world language. Those who opt to take Spanish in Form 3 can continue to GCSE and beyond, or may drop it at the end of the year.
Spanish Assistant
¡Hola!
Me llamo María. Vivo en Belfast desde hace 17 anos. Antes vivía y trabajaba en madrid. En 1990 vine por primera vez a Belfast como Auxiliar de conversación al colegio de San Malaquías. Desde entonces mi vida cambió porque conocí al que hoy es mi marido y decidí venirme a vivir aqui. Siempre me gustó la ensenanza y he trabajado como profesora de Espanol todos estos anos.
En la actualidad trabajo como asistente dos días en B.R.A. y tres días en el colegio de San Malaquías. Me encanta mi trabajo porque me da la oportunidad de conversar con mis alumnos de una forma personal y esto me acerca mucho a ellos. Mi mayor satisfacción es ver que no sólo son capaces de sacar buenas notas en sus exámenes, sino que también cuando se van de vacaciones a Espana, hablan con los nativos y además ayudan a sus padres a pedir en el restaurante.
Staff
Miss S Arbuthnot
Teacher
Mrs M Sheeran
Teacher
Miss K Williams
Teacher
Curriculum
Key Stage 3
In Form 3, we follow the Aventura Nueva Course
GCSE
Pupils follow the AQA, specification A. They take examinations in speaking, listening, reading and writing. The oral component is conducted by their teacher.
AS
We follow the CEA Spanish specification. Pupils attend two conversations classes per week with the Spanish assistant.
A2
Pupils study Spanish literature and cinema.
Links with Spain
In the past, trips have gone to Barcelona and Valencia, as well as a school exchange to Asturias, North-West Spain. For further information and photographs from the latest exchange, please go to the Gallery section of the website.
We have visited the George Best Belfast City Airport, which was formerly owned by the Spanish consortium, Ferrovial. They staged a business and Spanish insight day which proved very informative.
Additional Information
In the Sixth Form pupils attend a Study Day and also a Film Day at Q.U.B.
A number of our pupils continued their study of Spanish at university, including Oxford.
