AQA A2 Spanish Unit 3 12/06/12

Looking through and was surprised not to find a thread already started about this.

How does everyone feel about the exam? What cultural topics are people doing? And does anyone have a hunch about what topic will come up in the translation?

Personally I'm doing La Casa de Bernarda Alba and studying Mexico as a Spanish-speaking region. I reckon immigration, integration or racism will come up but its just a guess.

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Reply 1

john_bishop1

I was surprised too! Yes I agree with you on the translations - that hasn't come up before. I would love environmentto come up but I doubt it will. If medicine comes up that will be awful!

Reply 2

cerrr

I've thought that it might be racism or at least something under that topic. Which I would be happy with. I don't really like environment.

Hoping for good essay questions!!
Anyone got any ideas?

I'm doing 'Las Bicicletas son para el Verano' and 'Todo Sobre mi Madre'...

Reply 3

kto5000

What has everyone been doing to revise? Apart from learning specific vocab and essay plans i have been struggling!

Reply 4

TommyCricket

Yep, specification and June 2010 were both environment, June 2011 was public order.
So I'm guessing anything from multicultural society or science/wealth+poverty

Reply 5

TommyCricket

Original post by kto5000

What has everyone been doing to revise? Apart from learning specific vocab and essay plans i have been struggling!

Languages are hard to revise for! Its not a specification based subject is it, you learn and accumulate throughout the year I reckon!

Reply 6

cerrr

Original post by kto5000

What has everyone been doing to revise? Apart from learning specific vocab and essay plans i have been struggling!

I've done essay plans and practice translations. Also done past paper questions, particularly on the questions I find difficult.

But I do agree with TommyCricket languages are SO hard to revise for... It is accumulation over the year and luck on the day really.

Let's hope for a brilliant paper tomorrow!

I think I'd cry if the translation was science :frown:

Reply 7

jbw94

I'm freaking out now! I really don't know how to revise plus there aren't that many past papers! Anyone got any links to translations etc?

Reply 8

MissCellaneous94

I'm doing Bernarda, get the facts mixed up with the transition - hate it!

I've just been doing all the past papers - AQA, Edexcel, OCR etc. - all the boards and reading through the book for the essay.

Don't sweat - this time tomorrow it'll all be over (nearly!) :wink:

Reply 9

TommyCricket

Original post by MissCellaneous94

This time tomorrow it wont have started! :frown:

Reply 10

kto5000

Original post by TommyCricket

Languages are hard to revise for! Its not a specification based subject is it, you learn and accumulate throughout the year I reckon!

yep, if we don't know the language by now we are stuffed haha

Reply 11

digestives

What time is the exam? Has anyone done any past papers? I have a day to revise and I'm not quite sure what to do.

Reply 12

MissCellaneous94

Original post by TommyCricket

This time tomorrow it wont have started! :frown:

Yeh, true

What did you get at AS?

Reply 13

TommyCricket

194/200, hoping for an A* if I can :smile:

Reply 14

Soph(:

In my school we've only ever done one past translation :| I'm so grateful it's only worth 10 marks. Any predictions of what might come up for Literature and the arts?

Reply 15

chucklybunny08

we havent done many translations either...
im doing pans lab and hoping for techniques used or influences, but hopefully not describe and evaluate.
hoping on a nice translation too, really not prepared for science as we didnt look at it even, so hoping for immigration.
i need an A to get an A overall, so im hoping for the best!!

Reply 16

Soph(:

Original post by chucklybunny08

What vocab comes up in the translations? We haven't really done any anthing apart from discursive

Reply 17

With an Accent

Original post by Soph(:

In my school we've only ever done one past translation :| I'm so grateful it's only worth 10 marks. Any predictions of what might come up for Literature and the arts?

Remember that there are two translations, each of which are worth 10 marks each.

I'm only considering doing literature (Allende's The House of The Spirits) for the essay. I've been (I know, I'm sad!) looking at all of the previous questions that have come up for all three languages (same specification) and here's somethings that have never been asked before for Spanish:

1) A question based on an episode or scene, e.g. analyse the end of the book etc. that you have studied, do you think it's an appropriate conclusion to the story? (Questions based on episodes and scenes have come up in French and German, but only for the poet/playwright. However, these categories do seem to share questions.)

2) A question based on the development of themes or characters, e.g. What do you think is the most important theme in the novel etc. that you have studied? How does this theme develop throughout the work? (This sort of thing has come up for French.)

3) Questions based on the success of the author is achieving their aims. e.g. To what extent does the author achieve their aims? (This has come up quite a bit, but never for Spanish, I believe.)

4) Something weird but generic. e.g. How important is love in the work that you have studied? (There have been some very random titles, including one for German asking about 'heroes'.)

I know those questions aren't in a realistic format! Here is the mock that I shall write myself:

Un autor hispanohablante

EITHER (a) En tu opinión, ¿quién es el personaje más importante en la(s) obra(s) del autor que has estudiado? ¿Cómo cambia en la historia? (40 marks)

OR (b) ¿En qué medida juegan los conflictos entre los personages un gran papel en la(s) obra(s) del autor que has estudiado? Explica tus opinions. (40 marks)