Tauranga Boys’ College
This course requires 2 options.
Spanish 3
Course Description
Teacher in Charge:
Level 3 Spanish is an advanced language acquisition course designed for students with previous experience in Spanish studies. In this course, students further develop their ability to communicate in Spanish through the study of language, themes and texts. With an emphasis on culture and society, in familiar and less familiar contexts, students describe situations, narrate events, make comparisons, explore social issues, and state and support their personal opinions on a variety of topics relating to course content.
Course Overview
Term 1
Topic:
Land and People
Tradition and Culture
Term 2
Topic:
Travel and Tourism
Planning a Trip
Traveling in Spain
Assessment:
NCEA Senior Exam (3.1 Listening / 3.4 Reading)
NCEA Level 3 Internal Standard 91572 (Writing Portfolio #1)
Term 3
Topic:
Future Plans and Work
Communication and the Media
Assessment:
Senior Exams Derived Grades (3.1 Listening / 3.4 Reading)
NCEA Level 3 Internal Standard 91572 (Writing Portfolio #2)
NCEA Level 3 Internal Standard 91569 (Presentation)
Term 4
Exam Revision
Assessment:
NCEA External Standard 91568 (Listening)
NCEA External Standard 91571 (Reading)
Prerequisites
If you did not take a pathway course at Level 2, or achieved fewer than 14 credits in that course, you must seek HOD approval to take Level 3 Spanish.
Pathway
In addition to dedicated career paths in interpreting, translating or teaching, future pathways could include but are not limited to careers in the following; business, marketing, sales, retail, agriculture, supply chain management, logistics, entertainment, electronics, law, medicine, health and lifestyle, political studies and diplomatic services.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
Course endorsement provides recognition for a student who has performed exceptionally well in an individual course.
Students will gain an endorsement for a course if, in a single school year, they achieve:
* 14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence, and
* at least 3 of these credits from externally assessed standards and 3 credits from internally assessed standards.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
For a full list of UE approved subjects, go here:
https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/awards/university-entrance/approved-subjects
External
NZQA Info
Spanish 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Spanish texts
NZQA Info
Spanish 3.2 - Give a clear spoken presentation in Spanish that communicates a critical response to stimulus material
Assessments:
Term: 1, Week: 10
NZQA Info
Spanish 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual Spanish texts
NZQA Info
Spanish 3.5 - Write a variety of text types in clear Spanish to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Tags
Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation, Translator, Editing and Publishing, Automotive Industry, International Business and Marketing, Diplomacy, Teaching, Law, Sales, Customer Service. Complements careers in Law, Finance and Economy, Engineering, Counselling and more., Interpreter, Teacher, Travel (social and in employment),
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