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What type of spanish is taught in A level spanish?

Castilian Spanish or Latin American? or some mix?

I would expect Castilian Spanish. I know in GCSE Spanish our teacher specifically remarked on some differences to Spanish dialects of South and Central America (I think there was a word for taxi or something similar which meant something VERY different there).

Reply 2

Talkative Toad

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We're in Europe so I'm going to assume Spainish Spanish from Spain.

Reply 3

Castrovalva

IIRC it depends on your exam board for a start, but I'm pretty sure AQA is the most popular exam board for A-Level Spanish? If I remember correctly, they use basically entirely Castillan Spanish, but I suspect there's room for other dialects based on teacher's discretion... I use Educas where there's also South American studies as part of various topics, at which point some teachers might try to inject more regional Spanish in there - in terms of the actual spoken exam, that's basically entirely Castillan (UNLESS you do a topic around South America where you might use more regional Spanish as part of presentation but also showing your experience!)