The Modern Foreign Languages Specification sets out clear expectations for students across three integrated strands of MFL for Spanish.
Modern Foreign Languages are optional Junior Cycle subjects and require a minimum of 200 hours of learning.
You will find modern languages useful in your personal life for travelling and in many careers including tourism, catering, education, business and translation services.
The Specification is organised around three integrated strands:
Communicative Competence: Communicative competence is concerned with developing students’ ability to communicate meaningfully in the target language. This strand incorporates five elements , representing the five language skills of listening, reading, spoken production, spoken interaction and writing.
Language Awareness: Language awareness enhances the students’ general awareness about languages, and incorporates the three elements of reflecting on how the target language works, comparing the target language with other languages students know, and reflecting on their own language-learning strategies
Socio-Cultural Knowledge and Intercultural Awareness: Socio-cultural knowledge and intercultural awareness, gives students access to new cultural dimensions and encourages them to reflect on their own culture. The three elements of this strand develop students’ knowledge of the countries and cultures related to the target languages, and enable them to make comparisons with their own country and culture.
| Number of hours over 3 years | Final Exam | Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs) | Assessments Task |
| 200 hrs minimum |
One 2-hour paper (including aural) Taken at Common level Worth 90% of overall grade(aural component worth 35% of overall grade) |
Two CBAs to be taken over 2nd & 3rd year CBA 1- Oral Communication CBA 2- Student Language Portfolio
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Students complete a specified written reflection task which is sent to the SEC for marking. Worth 10% of overall grade |
These subjects explore the ways in which humans live and communicate in the world. Human life is examined by looking at our past, our present and into our future. These subjects help people to express themselves clearly and develop their reasoning ability.
This subject builds skills and knowledge that are particularly useful for careers in the following Career Sectors: