Related university courses & careers?
Spanish A-Level can lead to studying Spanish or Hispanic Studies at university on either a single subject degree course or as part of a combined honours degree course. The Spanish language might be used either as a primary focus of employment, e.g. interpreter, professional translator, teacher or lecturer, or as a secondary skill supporting employment in a loosely related career, e.g. in the Foreign Service, in commercial employment involving Spanish activities, in international business, in press and media, in public relations and administration, in international development, in finance or the arts.
Employers value foreign language abilities, not just as a linguistic skill, but also as a transferable skill that develops teamwork, relationship building and the capacity to move easily in international contexts.
Suggested literature & resources
Texts
‘La casa de Bernarda Alba’ by Federico García Lorca
‘Crónica de una muerte anunciada’ by Gabriel García Márquez
‘Como agua para chocolate’ by Laura Esquivel
‘Réquiem por un campesino español’ by Ramón J. Sender
‘La sombra del viento’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
‘La casa de los espíritus’ by Isabel Allende
‘Rimas’ by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
‘Las bicicletas son para el verano’ by Fernando Fernán-Gómez
‘El otro árbol de Guernica’ by Luis de Castresana
‘El coronel no tiene quien le escriba’ by Gabriel García Márquez
Films
‘El laberinto del fauno’ by Guillermo del Toro (2006)
‘Ocho apellidos vascos’ by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro (2014)
‘María, llena eres de gracia’ by Joshua Marston (2004)
‘Volver’ by Pedro Almodóvar (2006)
‘Abel’ by Diego Luna (2010)
‘Las 13 rosas’ by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro (2007)