GSQT – One of the most popular language and also chosen in recent years is Spanish, or IB Spanish. If you have the time and determination needed, the language is not simply a subject, but also knowledge, about culture and life.

The curriculum

In IB Spanish, there are two parts, including Spanish A for the native speakers or the people in countries that speak Spanish a long side their mother tongues. Spanish B for students of the language for at least 2 to 5 years. If you haven’t had any experience with the language and you want to kick start this interesting subject, then IB Spanish Ab Initio is definitely for you.

Spanish B is yet again divided into Higher Level (HL) and Standard Level (SL) for students for 4-5 years and 2-3 years, respectively. The structure of the curriculum is not too different from HL and SL. However, students of HL will spend more time with teachers in class and more homework. The language will be more sophisticated in structure and closer to the culture and literary style.

Besides, Spanish Standard Level also helps learners to continue to get familiar with daily communication structures and practice to become more fluent in realistic situations. Throughout the program, the topics for both levels are communication and media, global problems relating public relations. Moreover, teachers may choose two topics from culture diversity, custom, traditions, health, entertainment, science and technology to teach their students.

Examination methods

For Spanish in IB program, there is only one outline, which is IB Language B for all languages taught in IB group 2. According to the goal of the course, learners will be equipped with full language capabilities and skills to write all kinds of different documents, from fliers, work diary, reports, short stories, literature criticism… Other difficult writing topics, such as interview, presentation, essay and creative writing will be included in the Higher Level.

During the school year, there will be two tests for reading-understanding and writing paragraphs for given topics which account for 50% total grade. Students will have to take at least three group Spanish speaking exercises to get the highest score out of the three. The final test for IB Spanish will be individual speaking, the score will be added to the group work score. Writing is an extended part which is optional.

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