AQA A2 Spanish written exam 4th June 2013

I was wondering whether anyone else on here is taking this exam? How are you preparing for it?

Buena suerte :smile:

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Yeah I'm taking it too. i'm preparing by doing past papers and exercises on kerboodle. Is anyone else doing Maria Full of Grace for the cultural topic?

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Buongiorno

It is a bit annoying that exams for this module are only taken in June so there aren't that many past papers. I wish there were more!

Reply 3

Buongiorno

A collection of essay titles for those doing a dramatist or a director

SPECIMEN

13 La obra de un dramaturgo/poeta hispanohablante
EITHER (a) Para ti, ¿cuáles son las ideas más interesantes expresadas por el dramaturgo /poeta que has estudiado? (40 marks)
OR (b) Escoge una obra de teatro/una coleción de poemas que has estudiado y analiza los temas que el dramaturgo/poeta desea expresar. (40 marks)

14 La obra de un director de cine/arquitecto/músico/pintor hispanohablante
EITHER (a) Analiza las razones para el éxito del artista que has estudiado. (40 marks)
OR (b) En tu opinión, ¿cuál es la mejor obra de tu artista y hasta qué punto es representativa de su país? (40 marks)

JUNE 2010

13 Un dramaturgo/poeta hispanohablante
EITHER 13 (a) ¿Cuál es el tema más importante en la(s) obra(s) que has estudiado? ¿Qué
relevancia tiene para ti? (40 marks)
OR 13 (b) ¿Cuáles son los intereses y preocupaciones que se reflejan en la(s) obra(s) / la
colección de poemas que has estudiado? Explica tus opiniones. (40 marks)

14 Un director de cine/ arquitecto / músico / pintor hispanohablante
EITHER 14 (a) Analiza una o más obras importantes del director de cine/ arquitecto/ músico/pintor que has estudiado. Explica por qué te gusta(n) o no. (40 marks)
OR 14 (b) Refiriéndote a una o más obras, ¿qué nos revela(n) de las ideas del director de cine/ arquitecto/músico/pintor que has estudiado? (40 marks)

JUNE 2011

13 Un dramaturgo/poeta hispanohablante
EITHER 13 (a) Explica con detalles por qué el dramaturgo/poeta que has estudiado utiliza las técnicas que ha usado. ¿Qué efecto tienen sobre la calidad de la obra? (40 marks)
OR 13 (b) Refiriéndote a una o más obras o poemas, explica qué nos revela(n) de las ideas del dramaturgo / poeta. Justifica tu punto de vista. (40 marks)

14 Un director de cine/ arquitecto / músico / pintor hispanohablante
EITHER 14 (a) Evalúa las técnicas usadas por el artista en la(s) obra(s) que has estudiado. En tu opinión, ¿qué efecto han tenido sobre la popularidad de esta(s) obra(s)? (40 marks)
OR 14 (b) Para ti, ¿cuáles son los mejores aspectos de la(s) obra(s) que has estudiado?
Justifica tus opiniones. (40 marks)

JUNE 2012

13 Un dramaturgo/poeta hispanohablante
EITHER 13 (a) ¿Cuáles son los temas principales que se elaboran en la(s) obra(s) / la colección de poemas que has estudiado? Justifica tus opiniones. (40 marks)
OR 13 (b) Analiza dos escenas o dos poemas de la(s) obra(s) que has estudiado. En tu opinión, ¿qué efecto tienen sobre el espectador / lector? (40 marks)

14 Un director de cine/ arquitecto / músico / pintor hispanohablante
EITHER 14 (a) ¿Cuál es / cuáles son la(s) obra(s) más significativas del director de cine/arquitecto/músico/pintor que has estudiado? Explica por qué te parece(n) tan importante(s). (40 marks)
OR 14 (b) Refiriéndote a una o más obras, ¿cuáles fueron las razones para el éxito que tuvo el director de cine/arquitecto/músico/pintor que has estudiado? ¿Qué opinas tú de esta(s) obra(s)? (40 marks)

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*J@addie

yeah im taking this exam as well, I'm doing La casa de Bernarda Alba though!

Reply 5

Lingo-Flamingo

I'm doing this exam too! I've studied 'Volver' (film) and 'La Casa de Bernarda Alba' (play) as my cultural topics, but I think I'll probably just talk about the film in the actual exam :smile:

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ohmygosh

Original post by Lingo-Flamingo

I'm doing this exam too! I've studied 'Volver' (film) and 'La Casa de Bernarda Alba' (play) as my cultural topics, but I think I'll probably just talk about the film in the actual exam :smile:

Ah I'm not doing it for the exam, I'm doing Mexico. But 'Volver' is really good! :smile:

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*J@addie

yeah ive seen volver, i like it - but we couldnt study it- La casa is good because of all the symbolism it has etc, but i might do Andalucia, which is my cultural topic, is anyone else studying it?

Reply 8

Buongiorno

According to examiner's reports, La casa de Bernarda Alba is the most popular cultural topic to write about. Although personally I'm leaning towards writing about a director instead.

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krissyclark8

Original post by *J@addie

yeah ive seen volver, i like it - but we couldnt study it- La casa is good because of all the symbolism it has etc, but i might do Andalucia, which is my cultural topic, is anyone else studying it?

Im studying Andalucia too,
Struggling to find info and stats on las creencias y religiones though :/ do you have any information on this?

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*J@addie

You're doing that? nope sorry i dont, we've just been told to focus on what it brings, has to offer etc, which is good because most of it is just common sense haha! Are you doing AQA ? X

Original post by krissyclark8

Im studying Andalucia too,
Struggling to find info and stats on las creencias y religiones though :/ do you have any information on this?

Reply 11

MaroonHedgehog

I'm studying 'Como Agua Para Chocolate' (book) and Diarios de Motocicleta (film).

The hardest bit I think is remembering quotes!

Buena suerte a todos!

Reply 12

hannabelle_

I'm doing La Casa De Bernarda Alba as my play, then El Laberinto Del Fauno for film.
I agree with everyone else that La Casa is the easiest.

Are the questions pretty much the same every year?

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username1054067

I'm doing El Laberinto del Fauno and El Otro Arbol de Guernica :smile:

So nervous though :frown:

Reply 14

meganmccabe

Original post by *J@addie

yeah im taking this exam as well, I'm doing La casa de Bernarda Alba though!

I'm doing Casa as well - how is everyone else revising for the essay?

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krissyclark8

Original post by *J@addie

You're doing that? nope sorry i dont, we've just been told to focus on what it brings, has to offer etc, which is good because most of it is just common sense haha! Are you doing AQA ? X

oh god i didn't realise this was an AQA thread! I'm doing edexcel!
That sounds good, I have to do research on all different aspects like customs & traditions, important people of the region, beliefs, demography, immigration, society- its sooooo long :eek:

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*J@addie

Original post by krissyclark8

LOL dont worry, everyones tired and not sure where to post hahah! and omg i don't envy you - then again, i'm doing so much work on la casa at the moment i might just stick to that... oh decisions ,decisions haha!

Reply 17

Buongiorno

How are people finding translations?

Reply 18

ohmygosh

Original post by Buongiorno

How are people finding translations?

This is by far the worst aspect of the exam for me, particularly the English into Spanish. I'm so concerned about losing more than half of the marks. Does anyone have any idea which of the topics is more likely to come up? I wish I could find some vocab sheets with words which often come up on these sentences, or at least a list of grammar points to look out for e.g. subjunctive phrases which are commonly used. At the moment I'm just working through AQA's online examples. starting to panic, Tuesday is not far now :eek:

Reply 19

itsmagic

Is anyone doing a region as their essay topic?
I'm doing Catalonia..
Just wondering if anyone had any predictions as to what the region essay titles could be..,