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Paper 1 Speaking Worth 25% of the overall grade

Tasks include:
• A reading aloud task
• A transactional role play
• A picture description and follow on conversation

Important to know:
In addition to the silent preparation time in another room, students will have
a minute before the exam starts to practice the reading out loud, if students
would like to.

The role plays are transactional like booking hotels, buying clothes, going to
the doctors so they are useful in real life situations.

Students will have a choice of two thematic contexts for the picture
description and follow on conversation a few weeks in advance so students
can be really prepared and confident.

Paper 2- Listening and understanding Worth 25% of the overall grade
Section A: Listening - multiple-choice, multiple-response and short-answer
open response questions. All questions set in English.
Section B: Dictation
Each extract will be played 3 times so that students can listen,
respond and then check.
The extract will be spoken at a moderate pace and there will be
gaps built in to give students time to answer.

Paper 3 – Reading and understanding Worth 25% of the overall grade
Section A: Reading - multiple-choice, multiple-response and short-answer
open response questions. All questions set in English.
Section B: Translation into English
There will be some pictures and glossed words (proper nouns
like place names) to help students understand cultural topics.

Paper 4 – Writing Worth 25% of the overall grade.
Picture description task (foundation only)
Two open response writings (Foundation = 40-50 words & 80-90 words.
Higher = 80-90 words and 130-150 words) with a choice of two for each so
students can pick the one they feel more confident with.
Translation into French – 5 sentences for Foundation, a short paragraph
for higher.

Some jobs related to Languages are:
Call Centre Operator, Bar/Waiting Staff, Tour Manager, Teacher, Interpreter,
RAF Officer, Air Cabin Crew, Journalist, Immigration Officer.

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