Languages French German Spanish AS PDF File

IVYBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Modern Foreign Languages: AS German/Spanish/French
German
The following are highly recommended buys for the German AS/A2 courses:
 Wort für Wort: New Advanced German Vocabulary, Paul Stocker
 Collins Robert German Dictionary (a large dictionary will now be necessary – your small
pocket dictionary won’t be enough for study purposes at AS/A2)
 Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage
The following are suggested websites that you can consult to improve your German prior to
and during the AS/A2 courses:
www.zdf.de
www.tagesschau.de
www.dw.de
www.spiegel.de
www.bundeskanzlerin.de
The following are suggested books that you can read to improve your German prior to and
during the AS/A2 courses:
 Julia Frank – die Mittagsfrau
 Katharina Hacker – die Habenichtse
 Karin König – Oya – Fremde Heimat Türkei and ich fuehle mich so fifty fifty
 Bernhard Schlink – Der Vorleser
 Silke Scheuermann – Shanghai Performance
 Mary Fulbrook – A Concise History of Germany
The following are suggested films that you can watch to improve both your language skills
and your cultural knowledge:
 Goodbye Lenin!
 Das Leben der Anderen (‘The Lives of Others’)
 Lola Rennt (‘Run Lola, Run’)
 Der Untergang (‘Downfall’)
 Westwind
 Sophie Scholl
 Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (‘The Edukators’)
 The Baader Meinhof Complex
Spanish
The following are highly recommended buys for the Spanish AS/A2 courses:
Palabra por Palabra: New Advanced Spanish Vocabulary, Phil Turk
Acción Gramática : Phil Turk and Mike Zollo
Collins Robert Spanish Dictionary (a large dictionary will now be necessary – your small
pocket dictionary won’t be enough for study purposes at AS/A2)
The following are suggested websites that you can consult to improve your Spanish prior to
and during the AS/A2 courses (Many of the websites below you can also download as apps
on your phones):
www.newsinslowspanish,com
www.20minutos.es
www.20minutos.tv
www.elpais.es
www.elmundo.es
www.rtve.es
www.antena3.com
www.languagesonline.org
The following are suggested films that you can watch to improve both your language skills
and your cultural knowledge:
 Pan’s Labyrinth: Guillermo del Toro
 Anything by Pedro Almodóvar eg. Volver, Todo Sobre Mi Madre
 Mar Adentro: Alejandri Amenábar
 Amores Perros: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
 The Motorcycle Diaries: Walter Salles
 Familia Rodante: Pablo Trapero
 Valentin: Alejandri Agresti
The following are suggested reading for linguistic/cultural knowledge:
In English:
 Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
 Andalus by Jason Webster
 Duende by Jason Webster
 Guerra by Jason Webster
 Sacred Sierra by Jason Webster
 Anything by Isabel Allende
In Spanish:
 La Casa de Bernarda Alba: Federico Garcia Lorca
 Bodas de Sangre: Federico Garcia Lorca
 Cien Años de Soledad: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 Penguin Parallel Texts
 Cinco Horas con Mario: Migeul Delibes
French
The following are highly recommended buys for the French AS/A2 courses:
Mot a Mot: New Advanced French Vocabulary, Paul Humberstone (28 May 2010)
Collins Robert French Dictionary (a large dictionary will now be necessary – your small pocket
dictionary won’t be enough for study purposes at AS/A2)
The following are suggested websites that you can consult to improve your French prior to
and during the AS/A2 courses:
www.lesclesjunior.com
www.m6.fr
www.tv5.org
www.culturepub.fr
www.francophonie.org
www.jeux.francophonie.org
www.tf1.fr
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.1jour1actu.com
The following are suggested films that you can watch to improve both your language skills
and your cultural knowledge:
 À la folie pas du tait (he loves me, he loves me not)
 A very long engagement
 Jean de Florette/Manon des sources
 La gloire de mon père/le château de ma mère
 La vie en rose
 La haine
 Coco avant Chanel
 Paris, je t’aime (Shorts) - collective, 2006
 Au revoir les Enfants (Drama) - Louis Malle, 1987
 Les Visiteurs (Comedy) - Jean-Marie Poiré, 1993
 Astérix, Mission Cléopatre (Comedy + cultural aspect of Astérix) - Alain Chabat, 2002
 Ne le dis à personne (French thriller based on American novel by Harlan Coben) Guillaume Canet, 2006
 Les Choristes - Christophe Barratier, 2004
 La Vie est un long Fleuve tranquille, Etienne Chatillez, 1988
 Tanguy - Etienne Chatillez, 2001
 Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis - Dany Boon, 2008
 Entre les murs - Laurent Cantet, 2008
 3 hommes et un couffin, Coline Serreau - 1985
 Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001
The following are suggested reading for linguistic/cultural knowledge:
In English:
 Speak the Culture: France: Be Fluent in French Life and Culture, Andrew Whittaker
 The Secret Life of France, Lucy Wadham
 A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging Like the
French, Charles Timoney
 The Count of Montecristo, Alexandre Dumas
 The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
In French :
 Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
 Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 L’Etranger, Albert Camus
 Jean de Florette, Marcel Pagnol
 Manon de Sources, Jean de Florette
 Un Sac de Billes, Joseph Joffo
 Le Zèbre, Alexandre Jardin
 Okilele, Claude Ponti
For all three languages, a grammar booklet designed especially to ease your transition into
Year 12 is also available to buy from the Modern Foreign Language’s office for the cost of £1.
It is highly recommended that you use it in the summer in order not to forget all the important
rules related to tenses and other aspects of grammar.