AS+Specification

=CCEA Specification=





__** Context 1: Relationships **__

Within this context, students at AS should have the opportunity to understand and explore issues in Spanish such as:


 * different family structures;
 * roles and responsibilities within families;
 * pressures on families;
 * breakdown of the family unit;
 * working parents;
 * generational issues;
 * different types of personal and interpersonal relationships and societal attitudes to them;
 * gender roles in society;
 * young people and their problems in society; and
 * topical issues

__** Context 2: Health and Lifestyle **__

Within this context, students at AS should have the opportunity to understand and explore issues in Spanish such as:


 * physical well-being: diet/exercise;
 * personal responsibility;
 * consequences for risk-taking behaviour including smoking, alcohol and drugs;
 * mental well-being: dealing with stress/pressure;
 * self-harm;
 * interests and entertainment
 * options and opportunities available;
 * personal participation;
 * benefits of hobbies/interests for the individual;
 * travel;
 * positive and negative impacts of travel on the individual and on society; and
 * contemporary and topical issues.


 * __ Context 3: Young People in Society: __**

Within this context, students at AS should have the opportunity to understand and explore issues in Spanish such as:


 * influences on young people: peers/family/friends/school/religion;
 * popular culture and media:television/cinema/magazines/music/press/advertising;
 * cultural identity: understanding own culture and cultural differences;
 * school life: pressures and challenge;
 * dealing with school pressures;
 * personal responsibility for learning;
 * career planning: aspirations/intentions;
 * understanding the education system;
 * understanding other education systems; and
 * contemporary and topical issues.