Spanish

Vocabulary: Basic vocabulary (greetings, numbers, days, months, seasons, times, colours)

Basic vocabulary covering essential daily communication including greetings, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, seasons, times of the day, and colours.

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Vocabulary: Verbs

This topic covers the comprehensive list of verbs required for the GCSE Spanish qualification, including regular and irregular inflected forms across Foundation and Higher tiers. It includes the study of verb conjugations, tenses, and specific irregular patterns necessary for accurate communication in speech and writing.

Vocabulary: Irregular inflected verb forms (Foundation and Higher)

This topic covers the identification and correct usage of irregular inflected verb forms in Spanish, specifically focusing on verbs that deviate from standard conjugation patterns in various tenses and moods, as required for both Foundation and Higher tiers.

Vocabulary: Irregular inflected verb forms (Higher only)

This topic covers the specific irregular inflected verb forms required for the Higher tier of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish qualification, as detailed in the specification's vocabulary and grammar appendices.

Vocabulary: Cultural and geographical words

This topic covers specific vocabulary related to cultural and geographical entities, including continents, countries, regions, and cultural festivals, as defined in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish specification.

Vocabulary: Short phrases

The 'Short phrases' vocabulary section provides a list of functional, high-frequency expressions designed to support communication across various thematic contexts in both Foundation and Higher tier assessments.

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Vocabulary: Articles and pronouns

This topic covers the essential articles and pronouns required for communication in Spanish, including subject, object, and reflexive pronouns, as well as definite and indefinite articles, and their agreement in gender and number.

Vocabulary: Conjunctions

The topic covers the use of conjunctions in Spanish, including both basic coordinating and subordinating conjunctions required for Foundation and Higher tiers, as well as more complex conjunctions for Higher tier only.

Vocabulary: Prepositions

The topic covers the use and understanding of prepositions in Spanish, including their function in indicating relationships between words, locations, and time, as well as their role in specific verb phrases.

Vocabulary: Adverbs

The topic covers the identification, usage, and grammatical function of adverbs and adverbial phrases within the Spanish language, as specified in the vocabulary and grammar appendices.

Vocabulary: Adjectives

This topic covers the use and agreement of adjectives in Spanish, including their placement, gender and number agreement, and comparative/superlative structures.

Vocabulary: Nouns

This topic covers the vocabulary requirements for nouns in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish specification. It includes a comprehensive list of nouns categorized by thematic relevance and grammatical function, with specific distinctions between Foundation and Higher tier requirements. The specification emphasizes that nouns should be understood and used in context, and that gender and number agreement rules apply.

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Grammar: Nouns, pronouns and determiners

This topic covers the fundamental grammatical building blocks of Spanish, specifically focusing on the formation and usage of nouns, pronouns, and determiners. It includes rules for gender and number agreement, the use of articles, and the function of various pronoun types (subject, object, reflexive, relative, and interrogative) across Foundation and Higher tiers.

Grammar: Verbs (negation, interrogatives, passive voice, impersonal verbs, reflexive verbs, periphrastic expressions, modal verbs, interesar-type verbs)

This topic covers the grammatical requirements for verbs in the Edexcel GCSE Spanish specification, specifically focusing on negation, interrogatives, passive voice, impersonal verbs, reflexive verbs, periphrastic expressions, modal verbs, and interesar-type verbs.

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Grammar: Verbs — Tenses (present, present continuous, perfect, preterite, imperfect, imperfect continuous, periphrastic future, inflectional future, conditional, imperative, present subjunctive)

This topic covers the comprehensive range of verb tenses and moods required for the GCSE Spanish specification, including present, present continuous, perfect, preterite, imperfect, imperfect continuous, periphrastic future, inflectional future, conditional, imperative, and present subjunctive.

Grammar: Adjectives and adjectival phrases

This topic covers the grammatical requirements for adjectives and adjectival phrases in Spanish, including rules for gender and number agreement, positioning, and comparative/superlative structures.

Grammar: Adverbs and adverbial phrases

This topic covers the grammatical requirements for adverbs and adverbial phrases in Spanish, including their formation, position, and usage in both Foundation and Higher tiers.

Grammar: Prepositions

The grammar topic of prepositions covers the use of words to indicate relationships of place, time, and other connections between nouns, pronouns, or phrases. It includes common prepositions and their specific usage in Spanish, including contractions and prepositional phrases.

Grammar: Derivational morphology

The study of derivational morphology involves understanding how new words are formed by adding affixes (suffixes) to base words. This topic is primarily assessed in the Reading paper, where students must infer the meaning of derived forms based on their knowledge of base words and specific suffix rules.

Grammar: Sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs) and stress patterns

This topic covers the principles by which spelling represents sounds in Spanish (Sound-symbol correspondences or SSCs) and the rules governing word stress patterns, which are essential for accurate pronunciation in speaking and correct transcription in dictation tasks.

Thematic Context: Media and technology

The 'My neighbourhood' thematic context focuses on vocabulary and grammar related to local environments, including places in town, shopping, transport, and the natural world. It enables students to describe their surroundings, discuss local facilities, and express opinions about their living area.