Spanish
Bienvenido! When you think of Spain, you think of a ‘passion for life’ and it is this passion that the Spanish department aim to instil in our students at Ashville.
With more than 400 million speakers and spanning two continents, Spanish is one of the most sought after languages of business. The Hispanic culture is now firmly embedded in global culture and within the USA there are more than 40 million native Spanish speakers. Moreover, Spanish is an official language of the European Union and the United Nations.
At Ashville we have a thriving and growing Spanish department led by the Head of Modern Languages/Spanish Mr. I W Kendrick. Working with Miss C. Quinn, Mrs J. Parker and Mrs E. Jones the team promote a lively and engaging learning environment for our students. We also host a native Spanish speaking assistant to support our teaching and students’ learning.
The opportunity to start learning Spanish comes with a gentle introduction in Year 1 in Pre-Prep and, following on from this, Spanish can be studied throughout. (Year 7 Spanish will be introduced in September 2012). With strong GCSE, AS and A2 results may students continue to study Spanish at university.
The Spanish department has strong links with Spain and we offer two educational visits. At GCSE level, students have a study visit at Easter to Córdoba whilst Sixth Form students have the opportunity of a trip to Mallorca in June.
