Year 12 into Year 13 Spanish Summer 2019 Homework PART 1 – for Ms Boya TASK 1: You must spend the summer thinking about and beginning to research around a possible Independent Research Project title for your final oral exam. This will be an area of interest that you study and develop profound knowledge about in order to answer questions asked by the examiner. You will need to spend a lot of time finding appropriate information and sources to discuss your knowledge. Please bear the following in mind when choosing a title: 1) 2) 3) 4)

Needs to be firmly rooted in Hispanic/Spanish culture/society Needs to be question or a statement that enables candidate to show depth of analysis. Cited sources need to be from Hispanic/Spanish sources and not translated websites Candidates need to have enough knowledge and information to discuss the topic for 10 to 11 minutes 5) Should not overlap significantly with the themes covered by the specification 6) Need to be able to present your written sources for 2 minutes before beginning an in depth discussion around knowledge of the issue. 7) Your question/title should be formulated in Spanish

Examples of IRP topic areas from last year given by the board:  Catalonian Independence: Would Catalans benefit from becoming independent or not?  Bull fighting should not be legal in the 21st century/ The vast majority of Spanish young people are against bull fighting/San Fermin is cruel  How far has the role of women changed in society since “la seccion feminine” under Franco?  How the economic situation has affected the Venezuelan population  The current state of human rights in Colombia  Who is to blame for the drugs problem in Colombia?  To what extent is Spain a xenophobic country?  How is Spain affected by religion?  The importance of the life and work of Emilia Pardo Bazan in Spanish society  The legacy of Che Guevara  The influence of Los Moros in Spanish gastronomy  Can we save Murcian children who are at risk of child poverty? Some from Cherwell students last year:  ¿Cuál es la causa principal de la crisis económica Española?  Antonio Gaudi: el comienzo de una arquitectura moderna en España y el mundo hispanohablante.

 ¿Debería El Salvador despenalizar el aborto?  ¿Hasta qué punto ha influenciado Frida Kahlo el feminismo de hoy en día?  ¿Hasta qué punto ha habido integración en Espana desde la Reconquista (moros y gitanos)  El papel del FARC en el proceso de paz en Colombia desde el ano 2000 hasta el dia de hoy  El legado de Pablo Neruda

You need to provide the title of your research Project to your Spanish teacher in the first lesson back in Year 13 so that this can be finalised and approved.

Task 2: Complete the entire booklet with exercises on the civil war (handed to you in class) using the internet to support you with appropriate research to answer the questions. This work will take at least 10 hours so do not leave it until the last day! Part 2 – for Ms Brodie

El Laberinto del Fauno

We will be studying the film El Laberinto del Fauno in class next year from September. Tasks: 1. Watch the film again 2. Use the ‘antes de ver’ (pages 1-34) section of the blue ELDF booklet given to you by Ms Brodie to create an overview summary of the film – use the a3 page provided (by Ms Brodie in class) or create a page of notes for each section. You should include the following subheadings:  El director  Críticas  El context histórico  Género  Personajes  Otras obras del director 3. Read as much of the info as you can from pages 1-34 (it will help you with Ms Erskine’s Civil War topic too). The exercises will help, but reading is most important!