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In the Senior Phase learners progress into SQA National Qualifications in Spanish at National 3 - Advanced Higher. French is also offered in the department in additional to Spanish at N5 Level.
Course Content
The courses provide candidates with the opportunity to develop Reading, Listening, Talking and Writing skills in the Modern Language, and to develop their knowledge and understanding of detailed and complex language in the contexts of society, learning, employability, culture.
The following provides a broad overview of the subject skills, knowledge and understanding developed in the course:
¨ Reading,Listening, Talking and Writing skills in a Modern Language in the contexts of society, learning, employability, culture
¨ applying knowledge and understanding of detailed and complex language to understand and use a Modern Language
¨ applying knowledge and understanding of language to translate detailed and complex language
¨ applying grammatical knowledge and understanding
By its very nature, through addressing and developing the core skills of Listening, Talking, Reading & Writing, Modern Languages learning allows for a development of essential, transferrable skills for work, such as presentation skills, communication skills – oral and written, planning and organising and working with others.
Entry Level / Suitability
Learners will be suitable for study at N5 and H
- N5 Spanish – learners who have successfully passed N4 Spanish
- Higher Spanish – learners who have successfully passed N5 Spanish
6th year ‘crash’ students may be accommodated at the discretion of the PT.
- Advanced Higher Spanish - learners who have successfully passed H Spanish
- N5 French - learners who have successfully passed N5 Spanish
6th year ‘crash’ students may be accommodated at the discretion of the PT.