The IGCSE First Language Spanish Course is a two-year course for students in Grades 9 and 10 whose command of the language is that of native or near native users. This course affords the students the opportunity to develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for a wide range of academic and communicative purposes. Students will respond with understanding to a rich array of reading texts during the course as a whole. Candidates will use these texts to inform and inspire their own writing, and will write in a range of text types for different purposes and audiences. Candidates are encouraged to become appreciative and critical readers, writers, speakers and listeners.