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What is A-Level Spanish?

Studying Spanish A-Level will mean you are studying one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, after English and Mandarin. There are more than 400 hundred million Spanish speakers in the world. Not just in Spain and South America, but also in the United States and even the Philippines. 25 different nations speak Spanish either as the official language or as a first language. In addition, it is one of the top five languages used in business, so speaking Spanish could also improve your job prospects in the future.

When you broaden your knowledge of the culture, traditions and societies within the Hispanic world, it helps you become a more flexible and open-minded person. Studying Spanish A-Level will enable you to build on the skills that you have learnt at GCSE. Then deepen your understanding of the language, culture, society and history of Spain, as well as develop your grammatical knowledge and your spoken fluency.

What Will You Study in A-Level Spanish?

Modern and traditional values in Spanish speaking countries
Cyberspace – influence of technology on Spanish speaking countries
Issues of Equal rights in society
Modern Day Idols (cinema, music)
Spanish Regional culture (festivals and traditions)
Cultural Heritage (art, music and architecture)
Immigration, Racism and Integration in Spanish speaking countries
Today’s youth and tomorrow’s citizens (political participation of young people)
Monarchies and dictatorships
Popular movements (demonstrations)
A Spanish work of literature and a Spanish film

What Next after Completing A-Level Spanish?

Any Modern Language is highly sought after by employers and is a great skill to possess in the current work market. Furthermore, top universities respect and recognise the demands of studying this subject and the wide array of transferable skills acquired by students who study a language at A-Level. Languages can be combined with nearly any other subject at university. Many of our students choose to continue to study languages either on their own or as a combined programme after College. In the past students have studied more than one language at university, or combined their language with other subjects such as Business, Zoology, Linguistics, Drama, English, Economics, Law, History and even Physics and Medicine.