VCE Spanish study guide
VCE Spanish · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
VCE Spanish is a Victorian Certificate of Education study in Spanish offered under the VCE study designs published by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). The accreditation period runs for Units 1 and 2 from 2019 and for Units 3 and 4 from 2020, and the study design file is marked as updated January 2020. The study is intended for secondary students in Victoria who are building competence in Spanish across listening, speaking, reading and writing, and who want a language sequence counted within their VCE program. The design sets out the areas of study, outcomes and assessment for Units 1–2 and Units 3–4, with school-based assessment for the internal units and a separate external examination component for Units 3–4; VCAA publishes examination specifications, past examinations and reports, plus advice for teachers, learning activities and performance descriptions. Topics on this exam: Units 1 and 2 coursework (school-based assessment) and Units 3 and 4 coursework (school-based assessment). The VCE Spanish study guide has 2 sections and about 722 words.
01Units 1 and 2: Building the Foundations of Spanish Communication
Units 1 and 2 are school-based coursework, so your teacher designs the tasks, but the skills tested are consistent. You need to understand and produce Spanish across the three strands: interpersonal communication (conversing, exchanging information and opinions), interpretive communication (reading and listening to authentic texts), and presentational communication (speaking and writing for an audience).
364 words, about 2 min02Units 3 and 4: Advanced Comprehension, Production and Culture
Units 3 and 4 coursework (school-based assessment) raises the demand: you interpret longer authentic texts, sustain discussion, and produce extended written and spoken responses. The strands remain interpersonal, interpretive and presentational , but the contexts broaden to the Spanish-speaking world: contemporary society, the world of work, education, technology, environment, and cultural traditions.
358 words, about 2 min