¡hola! A-level spanish thread :)

What worries me is that I don't speak Spanish very well- Im not too great at the accent and pronunciation :/ and also thinking of things to say under pressure is not one of my strong points either
Did you find that it went okay? As in we're you thinking you'd got a B?

Sarah, you are amazing at Spanish! You come up with really good answers when Johnson quizzes us all about our weekends (and novios...) on a Tuesday morning!

Aha,
Btw, voy a decir a Señor Ramirez que crees que es guapo

Yep I do AQA Ah thank you, haha, any tips for the essays? I was getting around 26-30/35 in class, then in the exam I got 19:/, so I'm hoping i'll do a bit better this time. I think my Spanish teacher might have been a bit generous with the marking, either that or I had a really harsh examiner. Yeah, the listening on the last paper was really ambiguous, so I'm hoping it'll be a bit better this time, last time I understood the vocab, but couldn't' actually work out the answer I found it so ambiguous. Ah I know what you mean, the A2 topics are much more 'meaty', and it's nice to get away from topics like holidays and television, because they were part of the GCSE too so it was all getting rather repetitive! What cultural topics are you doing? Let me know how your friend finds the paper- I'm the only one at my school doing it in this sitting, everyone else is retaking in June.

¡Por favor nooooo!!!!

You're from Girls High? I wish I had went to that school. You're probably going to get a really good grade in Spanish then because the languages department is awesome at Girls High! I had to teacher a Spanish class for the year 7s there last year

Yeah Girls High haha where do you go?

I'm not great with the accent and pronunciation as well. I even have pronunciation problems in English. I can't roll my Rs either, but I still got a B! I can't think of things under pressure too, but once the oral exam has started it feels really quick My teacher actually predicted me an A for my oral exam so I was a little disappointed with the B, but I got an A overall so it's all good, lol. I also made a huge mistake in my oral exam, so I was lucky to get a B. Also, when I think back to starting AS Spanish I thought that I would never be able to get a B in my oral exam and in my mock I got a C or even lower so I was proud of the B overall

Oh well that's not so bad then, 20 minutes sounds like it will last forever though! The GCSE ones were only 5ish minutes and they were bad enough :')
a B is not so bad though but well done on your A!!!
we have our mock oral on Friday next week and I am terrified! I really don't think I'll do well and considering its our only proper practice at an oral before we will do the real exam, I really don't want to mess up :/

Hay alguien que hace OCR? Encuentro los 'readings' y 'listenings' van bien y los 'writings' tambien, pero los 'speakings' son tan dificiles Sobre todo el parte donde tienes que dar advisos usando un adverto en Ingles. El vocabulario es muy oscuro y no puedo pensar tan rapido como necesito.

Sin embargo, me encanta aprender Espanol en AS! Al primero habia preocupado que seria demasiado dificil y estresante pero ahora estoy contento que estoy le haciendo. Creo que hablar es lo mas dificil porque necesito much tiempo para pensar sobre cada pregunta...aunque me gusta aprender palabras nueves y leer la revista Glamour en Espanol! Mi madre me dio una subscripcion para me cumpleanos hace dos meses Pienso que es una manera muy bien para mejorar el vocab y grammario.

You probably don't know it, but I go to St Chad's. Well it's really Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Sports College but that's too long to write all the time. It's in Bushbury. Have you been at Girls High since year 7?

HOLA guys, this is a thread for anyone doing as/a-level Spanish, or wishes they were

I was really lucky with my essay title. I'm really interested in doing volunteer work abroad and I have done some of it in the past and the holiday question was asking whether it was better do volunteer work on your holidays or if holidays were just for relaxing so I had a ton to say in the essay. You're already writing Spanish a lot and that would be one of my tips. Also, content is very important like others have said so maybe when you're planning your essay you could make a list of all the relevant content. Other than that, I don't really have many tips for you. I'm sure you'll do better anyway!
Oh, I hate when my teacher is too kind with essay marking. I'd rather have a harsh teacher. I never got 30/35 in class, but I think that my essay in my exam was much better because I was really into it, lol. That's what I hate about Spanish sometimes. You understand the vocab and the message, but you can't work out the answer because it's too ambiguous. Spanish exams don't just test your Spanish, they test your problem solving skills as well, haha.
I enjoy the topics now, but I hate my teacher. I think the class may fail A2 Spanish because of her. I literally hate her. I want my old Spanish teacher back. She was actually a native as well. I'm studying the film Volver and we're studying the era in Spain when Franco ruled. It's quite interesting. What cultural topics are you studying? I will ask her how it went. I also know someone else on TSR who has the exam on Monday so I'll ask her too

¡Hoolaaaaaaaa! jajaja qué chulo.

Estoy estudiando español con AQA.... no pienso que iré hacer bien en mis examenes.... especialmente el pruebo oral...

I was actually shocked when you said it was 20 minutes because It didn't feel like it at all! I was actually shocked when the teacher said we were finished! I made a silly mistake on my GCSE Spanish oral exam too and it was on the easier section, haha. Do you go to Girls High too? I bet you'll do well, don't be terrified! I didn't have my mock until April or something so you'll have plenty of time to improve even if you do mess up. To improve your speaking, I'd suggest that you do lots of Spanish talking even if you talk to yourself and you cold read Spanish out loud so that you improve your pronunciation Just relax. You'll do well and it you don't it's not the end of the world. The most important thing is the actual exam!

¡Hoolaaaaaaaa! jajaja qué chulo.

Estoy estudiando español con AQA.... no pienso que iré hacer bien en mis examenes.... especialmente el pruebo oral...

Leo 'El Pais'. Es muy interesane pero hay muchas palabras dificiles alli. Escuchas la radio espanola tambien? OCR Espanol parece dificil y extrano, jaja. Gracias a dios que estudio AQA Espanol Mi amiga puede hablar espanol bien. Estoy celosa de ella !