Key Stage Four

Modern Foreign Languages KS4

GCSE: French, German and Spanish

Examining Board: AQA

Topics Covered: 

• Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and their consequences
• Relationships with family and friends
• Future plans regarding marriage / partnership
• Social issues and equality
• Free Time activities
• Shopping, money, fashion and trends
• Advantages and disadvantages of new technology
• Holiday plans, preferences and experiences
• What to see on holiday and getting around
• Special occasions celebrated in the home
• Home, town, neighbourhood and region, where it is and what it is like
• Current problems facing the planet
• Being environment friendly within the home / local area
• What school/college is like
• Pressures and problems in school/college
• Future plans and jobs
• Advantages and disadvantages of different jobs

Key skills tested:

                                       Unit 1: Listening

                                       20% of the marks

                                       Foundation Tier - 30 min (+5 min reading time)

                                       Higher Tier - 40m min (+5 min reading time)

A range of question types in English based on pre-recorded spoken material in the target language.                                     

  Unit 2: Reading

                                       20% of the marks

                                       Foundation Tier - 30 min                                       

                                       Higher Tier - 50 min

A range of question types in English based on written material in the target language.

 Unit 3: Speaking

                                      30% of the marks

                                      Controlled Assessment (internally assessed)

                                      Students are required to submit two tasks for moderation.

Unit 4: Writing

                                        30% of the marks

                                        Controlled Assessment (externally assessed)

                                        Students are required to submit two tasks for marking.

• In Listening and Reading there are two tiers of assessment: Foundation (C - G) and Higher (A* - D).  Students can be entered for either Foundation or Higher in each of these two skills, e.g. Foundation Listening and Higher Reading.
• There are no tiers for Speaking and Writing. Differentiation is by outcome, not by task.

Text books:

                    Expo: AQA GCSE French

                          Echo: AQA GCSE German

                          Mira: AQA GCSE Spanish

All three text books are published by Pearson Education.

Revision Guides:

                         GCSE French

                         GCSE German

                         GCSE Spanish

These revision books are published by CGP

Websites:

        Language skills

        Linguascope

        Atantot

        Klar

        MFL Sunderland