Modern Foreign Languages GCSE

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Modern Foreign Languages GCSE
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• All students should study one of the Modern
  Foreign languages, either French or German, to
  GCSE. We recommend that students choose the
  language they have been studying since year 7.
  Students may choose to study both languages if
  they wish and any student considering a career in
  languages would be well advised to do this.
  Spanish will also be offered from year 10 this
  year but students wishing to take this subject
  must take it in addition to French or German.

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• All departments follow the AQA examination board
  GCSE course. All skills (listening, reading,
  speaking and writing) will be assessed.

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• The listening and reading skills will be
  assessed in a final examination in year 11. Each
  skill is 20 of the final mark. There is an
  option of Foundation and Higher tier. In order
  to gain grades A to C, students will need to
  take the Higher tier for those skills.

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• The speaking skill will be assessed in school
  and marked by the modern language teacher. This
  skill is 30 of the final examination mark. A
  minimum of two speaking tests will be done over
  the two years. There are no Higher or Foundation
  tiers for this skill.

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• The writing skill will be assessed in school
  under supervision. This skill is 30 of the
  final examination mark. Two pieces of writing
  must be submitted. Again there are no Foundation
  or Higher tiers for this skill.

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• Students opting for Spanish, or French or German
  (their second foreign language which they started
  in Yr 9) will be expected to work hard to reach
  GCSE standard in two or three years and should be
  aware of the intensive nature of the course when
  opting for this subject.

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• All languages will provide opportunity for
  revision work of work covered in Key Stage 3, as
  well as introducing new grammar, new vocabulary
  and topics.

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Topics
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Lifestyle

• Health
• Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and their
  consequences
• Relationships and Choices
• Relationships with family and friends
• Future plans regarding marriage/partnership
• Social issues and equality

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Leisure

• Free Time and the Media
• Free time activities
• Shopping, money, fashion and trends
• Advantages and disadvantages of new technology
• Holidays
• Plans, preferences, experiences
• What to see and getting around

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Home and Environment

• Home and Local Area
• Special occasions celebrated in the home
• Home, town, neighbourhood and region, where it is
  and what it is like
• Environment
• Current problems facing the planet
• Being environmentally friendly within the home
  and local area

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Work and Education

• School/College and Future Plans
• What school/college is like
• Pressures and problems
• Current and Future Jobs
• Looking for and getting a job
• Advantages and disadvantages of different jobs