Oxford Home Schooling’s Spanish IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in Spanish (4SP0) for examination in June 2013 or later years.
Assessment is by two written examinations. Paper 1 (Listening) lasts 45 minutes and Paper 2 (Reading and Writing) lasts 1 hour 30 minutes.
Students may also be entered for the speaking examination, Paper 3. This is optional in 2013 but compulsory from 2014 onwards. The grade awarded for this assessment will be reported separately on the student’s final certificate in 2013, but not thereafter. The OHS course has an accompanying disk full of speaking and listening exercises.
The OHS course is designed to match the Edexcel 4SP0 specification and is divided into five modules, as follows:
There is also a CD designed to support you in your oral and aural skills.
The Oxford Home Schooling course is designed for students tackling the IGCSE Spanish examinations set by Edexcel. The IGCSE Spanish course is not designed for complete beginners; it assumes that you have some experience of the Spanish language, probably a basic knowledge from school days. Don’t worry, however, if this was some time ago! The first few lessons of the course are designed to remind you of the basic “building blocks” of the Spanish language and to prepare you for the IGCSE-style exercises in the rest of the course.
As well as preparation for the IGCSE Spanish exams, this course also aims to give you experience and confidence in a wide variety of Spanish conversational situations. Edexcel also set an oral (speaking) exam (Paper 3) but this is optional and graded separately.
Within IGCSE Home Education there are the following subjects