Spanish — Foreign Language 0530
Build vocabulary and grammar for everyday communication. Practise reading, listening, writing and speaking through familiar topics and original examples.
What you'll cover
- Everyday activities
- Personal and social life
- The world around us
- The world of work
- The international world
Published syllabus exam years: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030. Confirm exam-series and centre availability with your school and Cambridge.
Cambridge IGCSE Spanish (0530) syllabus map
2025–2027 Version 2 and 2028–2030 syllabuses
5 of 5 sections have teaching and practice
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All Spanish passages, prompts, model answers, listening scripts and tasks are original StudyForA materials, not Cambridge assessment content. Vocabulary is taught in context, but Cambridge's 2028 vocabulary spreadsheet has not been mapped word by word. Grammar groups have not had an item-by-item Spanish-specialist audit, and a Spanish-language specialist should review the original Spanish before publication is described as complete. Browser speech synthesis is not Cambridge audio and cannot guarantee a regional accent, natural pace or pronunciation. Speaking is rehearsal and self-review, not the supervised centre assessment or examiner interaction; writing is not Cambridge-marked. No complete timed specimen paper or 130-hour course is included. Check your exam year, entry option and centre arrangements with Cambridge and your school. The five broad syllabus areas and three grouped grammar pathways link to staged guided, independent and transfer practice. Paper 1 listening and both year-specific reading, speaking and writing formats are represented. This mapped route is still a developing set of original lessons, not proof of full vocabulary mastery, examiner readiness or a complete course.
The 2025–2027 Version 2 route keeps its written-response Reading and 45-mark Writing paper. From 2028, all papers are 40 marks; Paper 2 is all multiple-choice/matching, speaking preparation notes are handed to the examiner before the test, and Writing uses the 5/10/25 split. Cambridge applies the Reading change from March 2028 in India and June 2028 elsewhere. Confirm the correct exam series and centre arrangements.
Choose your paper route
- 2025–2027 Version 2P1 Listening · P2 Reading · P3 Speaking · P4 Writing
Use the older written-response Reading and 45-mark Writing format. Speaking preparation follows the centre's applicable rules; do not use the later note-taking permission.
- 2028–2030P1 Listening · P2 all selected response · P3 Speaking with preparation notes · P4 Writing
All papers are 40 marks. Reading changes by exam series; speaking notes are handed to the examiner before the test; writing criteria use the revised allocation.
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Mapped teaching links the five broad subject areas, grouped grammar and original preparation for the published paper formats. The syllabus provides extensive topic vocabulary; the separate 2028 vocabulary spreadsheet has not been reconciled word by word. Specialist Spanish review, full-length timed paper simulations and official speaking/writing marking remain outstanding.
A: time expressions, days, months, seasons and routines; A: food, drink, meals, body, health and illness; A: travel and transport
- Everyday activitiesA
B: self, family and friends; B: home, rooms, furnishings and appliances; B: colours, clothes and accessories; B: leisure, hobbies, sport and holidays
- Personal and social lifeB
C: people and places; nature, environment, climate and weather; C: communication and technology; C: built environment, services, urban areas and shopping; C: measurements, shapes and materials
- The world around usC
D: education, training, classroom, tools, subjects and studying; D: jobs, professions, careers and workplace
- The world of workD
E: countries, nationalities and languages; E: culture, customs, beliefs, faiths and celebrations
- The international worldE
Supplemental grammar and structures
- Spanish nouns, agreement and pronounsLANG-NOUNS · Supplemental StudyForA practice, not a syllabus section
- Spanish verbs and time framesLANG-VERBS · Supplemental StudyForA practice, not a syllabus section
- Spanish questions, connectors and quantityLANG-STRUCTURES · Supplemental StudyForA practice, not a syllabus section
Practice the papers
Practice the papers
- Listening · original practicePaper 1 · 1 lessons
Both cycles use listening assessment with 40 marks; the 2028 syllabus retains the paper and permits digital or paper-based delivery. StudyForA scripts and synthesized speech are original practice, not Cambridge recordings.
- Reading · written-response formatPaper 2 · 2025–2027 · 1 lessons
One hour, 45 marks; includes matching and short answers in Spanish. Use only for the relevant 2025–2027 syllabus and series.
- Reading · all selected responsePaper 2 · 2028–2030 · 1 lessons
One hour, 40 marks; all questions are multiple-choice/matching. The new format applies from March 2028 in India and June 2028 elsewhere.
- Speaking · preparation rules through 2027Paper 3 · 2025–2027 · 1 lessons
About 10 minutes: one role play and two topic conversations; internally assessed and externally moderated. Follow your centre's current preparation instructions.
- Speaking · supervised preparation notesPaper 3 · 2028–2030 · 1 lessons
About 10 minutes: one role play and two topic conversations. Candidates may make supervised preparation notes and hand them to the examiner before the test; centre assessment and moderation apply.
- Writing · 45-mark formatPaper 4 · 2025–2027 · 1 lessons
One hour, 45 marks: form 5, directed writing 12, extended writing 28. Check the exact task wording and word limits on the paper.
- Writing · revised 40-mark formatPaper 4 · 2028–2030 · 1 lessons
One hour, 40 marks: Q1 5, Q2 10 (5 task completion, 5 range/accuracy), Q3 25 (9 task completion, 9 range, 7 accuracy). StudyForA does not award Cambridge marks.
Lessons and worked examples
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Everyday activities
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Personal and social life
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The world around us
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The world of work
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The international world
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Spanish nouns, agreement and pronouns
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Spanish verbs and time frames
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Spanish questions, connectors and quantity
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Listening for details and attitude
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Reading before 2028
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Reading from 2028
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Speaking before 2028
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Speaking from 2028
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Writing through 2027
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