Group 2 Spanish Ab Initio (SL)

Entry Guidance

For students with little or no prior experience of Spanish. Students who have studied Spanish in Year 7 to Year 9 or completed an International GCSE Spanish qualification are not eligible for this course. Students are advised to contact the IB Diploma Coordinator if they wish to discuss their eligibility for this course.

Course Aims

This course aims to:

• Develop students’ intercultural understanding.

• Enable students to understand and use the language they have studied in a range of contexts and for a variety of purposes.

• Encourage, through the study of texts and through social interaction, an awareness and appreciation of the different perspectives of people from other cultures.

• Develop students’ awareness of the role of language in relation to other areas of knowledge.

• Develop students’ awareness of the relationship between the languages and cultures with which they are familiar.

• Provide students with a basis for further study, work and leisure through the use of an additional language.

• Provide the opportunity for enjoyment, creativity and intellectual stimulation through knowledge of an additional language.

Course Content

Assessment Outline

SL Assessment Component Weighting

External Assessment (2 hours 45 minutes) 75%

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Internal Assessment 25%

• Individual oral commentary

For Further Advice

Contact Carolina Taboada, Head of European Languages: Carolina.Taboada@dulwich-seoul.kr