Spanish

We live in a multilingual global society and languages are undeniably all around us, whether at work, on holiday or just casually in day-to-day life. This course is ideal for you if you wish to improve your communication skills, your understanding of grammar and to develop your linguistic ability making you more employable as employers seek people with a language  qualification. This course also aids appreciation of other cultures and undoubtedly broadens horizons.

Students with an A Level in Spanish go on to a wide range of careers outside of the expected such as translation, including business, travel and tourism and engineering. In our ever- changing European landscape the ability to rely on English is reducing and the importance of Spanish as the language of European business and politics is growing. The ability to speak Spanish also opens up opportunities with South American companies. Spanish can be studied with a wide range of other subjects at university such as International business, Law and Mathematics.

Previous students of A Level MFL have said that they really enjoy focusing on studying topics in the context of the country, finding the cultural aspect really interesting. “The support from the teachers is excellent – it really helps me to improve.”

Mr Owen and Mrs Bainbridge are both extremely experienced A level MFL teachers, and Mrs Bainbridge has taught A level Spanish for over 20 years.

You would be the first cohort to study A Level Spanish at Bishops’ and this is an exciting time for the MFL department. We have had many successful previous linguists from other A  level language cohorts who have gone on to study them at University