Year 10 MFL Parent’s Evening

September 2014 On va

parler

WELCOME

The AQA GCSE Course consists of the following elements:

Speaking (30%) Writing (30%) Reading (20%) Listening (20%)

The GCSE MFL Course

The Speaking and Writing Elements are assessed via Controlled Assessments.

The 2 speaking exams will be completed during Year 10

The 2 writing exams will be completed during Year 11

Each of these Controlled Assessments will count for 15% of the final GCSE grade.

Controlled Assessments

The 2 speaking exams will be based on the following topics:

Exam 1: Mon Collège (My School) w/c 8th December Exam 2: Mon Temps Libre (My Free Time) w/c 16th March

The Speaking Exams

In lessons we will be covering all the language and grammar required for these exams

Eg: Mon Collège Describing your school Opinions of your subjects Describing your teachers School rules What you did at school yesterday Your primary school Your ideal school Present, perfect, imperfect and conditional tenses

Teacher input

Once students have been given the task by their teacher (6 hours of lesson time before so 3 weeks of lessons) we CANNOT correct their work.

Students CAN peer assess and self assess their work during this period

Preparation time

To be successful it is CRUCIAL that students: Bring their books to all lessons Make good notes in class Complete all Home Learning on time and to

the best of their ability

Student preparation

We can mark their Home Learning and classwork and provide feedback as to whether answers are suitable and how they can be improved

We can practice speaking in lessons and in lunchtime clubs

We can allocate learning mentors and FLA’s to support students

How we can support you son/daughter

Marking-Effort (Ctl)

G

A

R

We feel that the student has tried hard to complete this Home Learning/classwork and are pleased with their efforts

We can see that the student has completed the work but feel they could have put in more effort

The student has not completed the work to a satisfactory standard

Marking-Attainment

1

2

3

This piece of work is on or above the level the student is/should be aiming for

This piece of work is good but requires improvementto be at the standard the student is aiming for

This piece of work is not up the level the student is aiming for

Lasts 4-6 minutes Students wil be asked 5 ‘main’ questions

(though we can add additional questions to help prompt students)

There will be a surprise question Students are allowed to take in 40 words to

help them, NO conjugated verbs are allowed

The Speaking Exam

Any retakes will be completed in Year 10 These will only be offered at the teacher’s

discretion for exceptional circumstances Students will be required to attend extra

lunchtime sessions and complete additional preparation for these

Retakes

Check your son/daughter’s books! Check their home learning Ask them to tell you 3 sentences about the topic

they are currently studying Encourage your son/daughter to read their

classnotes/answers out loud on a regular basis (to themselves or to you, even if you don’t have a clue what they are saying!)

Little and often is the key to success!

Links (past speaking exams) Can you guess the level/grade?

How YOU can support us

We are now going to listen to a few of last years speaking exams. Try to note down some areas for improvement, you can also try to grade them if you wish.

Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4

Be the examiner!

Test 1=A* Test 2= F Test 3= D Test 4=A*

Useful websites

Vocab express

Useful websites