KS4 MFL Support Evening

Aims Have an overview of the skills tested at GCSE and the weighting of each of these skills on the overall mark. Be able to help your child reflect upon his/her own work and performance. Understand how each skill is assessed. Be able to help with learning techniques for controlled writing assessments

GCSE 2011 GCSE in French/German changed in 2009! This is only the third year of the new GCSE.

GCSE 2011 Like in KS3, students work on and are tested on the following skills:  Listening Speaking  Reading  Writing

GCSE 2011 How the four skills make up your final grade:

Listening and Reading The topic areas you cover are: Out and About Transport and directions Weather Local amenities Future plans, Education and Work Job ads, applications, CVs School and college Basic language of internet Customer service and transactions Cafés and restaurants Shops Problems Personal information Family and friends Healthy eating and exercise Interests and leisure

Listening and Reading  Both exams are at the end of year 11.  Students can do foundation or higher.  All questions and rubrics are in English.  There is no French/German at all on the listening paper, but one question in French/German on the higher reading paper.  Students only need to write two or three words per answer.

Listening and Reading  Foundation listening exam : 30 minutes  Higher listening exam : 40 minutes  Foundation reading exam : 35 minutes  Higher reading exam : 50 minutes

Speaking and Writing The topic areas you cover are: Media and Culture Music, film and reading Fashion, celebrities and religion Blogs and the internet Business, work and employment Work experience and jobs Product or service information Sport and Leisure Hobbies and interests Sporting events Lifestyle choices Travel and Tourism Holidays Accommodation Eating, food and drink Or…a ‘centre devised’ option!

Speaking There are three different types of speaking task. Students do two different tasks. Each task takes 4-6 minutes. We usually do at least three so we can enter the best marks. They can be done at any point over the two years. You get up to 6 hours of lesson time to prepare for your task.

Different Speaking Tasks Task 1: we discuss a picture students bring in. Task 2: students give a 2-3 minute presentation then the teacher asks some questions about it. Task 3: students are given a stimulus (e.g. an advert for a leisure centre), which we discuss.

The lead up …. Students are told at the beginning of the unit that they will be completing a speaking assessment at the end of the unit. 5 – 7 weeks of lessons on that topic Exam Preparation (2 lessons) Students use their books & dictionaries Lesson 1 Task given Student start their draft of what they want to say Lesson 2 & HMK Student finish their draft of What they want to say 4-6 minute Controlled assessment (each student is Given their time and venue in advance) 30 words notes

Do you want to practise saying it to me? FRENCH - Are you keeping the last letter of words silent? (Except if there’s a vowel/silent ‘h’ on next word) Have you practised it enough times to feel confident? Have you timed what you want to say? How long is it? Have you completed your notes sheet? Ways to support (Speaking)

Writing  Students have to do two different tasks.  We usually do three so we can enter the best marks.  They can be done at any point over the two years.  You get up to 6 hours of lesson time to prepare for your task.  Each assessment can only take an hour.

The lead up …. Students are told at the beginning of the unit that they will be completing a writing assessment at the end of the unit. 5 – 7 weeks of lessons on that topic Exam Preparation (2 lessons) Students use their books & dictionaries Lesson 1 Task given Student start their draft Lesson 2 Student finish their draft 1 hour Controlled assessment (exam in classroom) 30 words notes and dictionary only

Exercise books YOUR EXERCISE BOOKS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! It is vital that you bring your book to every lesson, that you glue sheets in and that you keep your book as neat as possible. It will be invaluable when you are preparing for controlled assessments.

Have you made sure you have capitalised all nouns (German)? Is it 200 words or more? Have you completed your notes sheet? Are the words in the right order? Have you included connectives? Could you write about someone else too? What grade do you think this piece of work is and why? What else is there in your ex. book can you add? Can you add something in another tense? Have you given your opinion? Ways to support (Writing)

Once they have written their draft … Is it at least 200 words long? Check, check and check again. Label that copy as MASTER COPY. This copy is not to be altered/lost. Is it at least 200 words long? Check, check and check again.

Memorising Words Important for spelling/endings Important for accuracy Phrases Important for endings & structure Important for accuracy Important for prompts Sentences Important for getting tenses accurate Paragraph Important for flow and cohesion

Word level (Try to memorise these words) Criteria: Accurate spelling Extra: Accurate order Urlaub interessant Ferien Sommer Flugzeug

Phrase level (Try to memorise these phrases) Criteria: Accurate spelling Extra: Accurate order Letzten Sommer Jeden Tag mit meinen Freunden Nächstes Jahr Danach Am Abend

Sentence level (Try to memorise these sentences) Criteria: Accurate spelling Extra: Accurate order Ich fahre gern nach Paris. Ich bin nach Spanien gefahren. Ich werde nach Wales fahren.

Sentence level (creative) (Try to memorise these sentences) Criteria: Accurate spelling Extra: Accurate order Ich bin Sporturlauber. Es war die beste Ferien meines Lebens. (It was the best holiday of my life) Ich freue mich darauf. (I’m looking forward to it)

Sentence level (creative) (Try to memorise these sentences) Criteria: Accurate spelling Extra: Accurate order Ich bin Sporturlauber. Es war die beste Ferien meines Lebens. (It was the best holiday of my life) Ich freue mich darauf. (I’m looking forward to it)

Paragraph level Criteria: Accurate spelling & order Normalerweise in den Ferien fahre ich nach Spanien, weil es sehr heiβ ist. Die Spanier sind sehr freundlich und nett. Ich fahre mit meinen Eltern aber ich würde lieber mit meinen Freunden fahren, weil sie lustiger sind.

Text level Criteria: Accurate spelling & order Normalerweise in den Ferien fahre ich nach Spanien, weil es sehr heiβ ist. Die Spanier sind sehr freundlich und nett. Ich fahre mit meinen Eltern aber ich würde lieber mit meinen Freunden fahren, weil sie lustiger sind. Letztes Jahr bin ich nach Österreich gefahren, um Ski zu fahren. Das Wetter war sonnig aber sehr kalt. Wir sind nach St Anton gefahren, wo man auch snowboarden kann. Meine Eltern sind wandern gegangen, aber ich bin ski gefahren, weil ich wandern langweilig finde. Nächstes Jahr werde ich nach Italien fahren, weil ich italienisches Essen köstlich finde. Hoffentlich wird das Wetter sehr schön sein. Wir werden Tagesausflüge nach Rom machen und viele Sehenswürdigkeiten sehen. Spitze! Ich bin Sport- und Bildungsurlauber!

Here are some Edexcel sample questions. They are Foundation level, so they will be harder in the real exams; just see what you can do…

Packing my bag. Claire is going away for the weekend and has made a list of the clothes she wants to take. Here is her list. What is she taking with her? Write the correct letter. Example: meine Jeans C ameine Sportschuhe ___ bmein Pullover ___ cmein Rock ___ dmeine Bluse ___(4) marks) AB C DE F

You receive this from Cilli. Complete Cilli’s diary. Enter the correct letter. Hallo! Was machst du am Wochenende? Am Samstag koche ich mit Freunden. Als Hauptgericht gibt es Bratwurst mit Pommes. Als Nachspeise essen wir ein gemischtes Eis. Am Sonntag sehe ich fern. Meine Lieblingssendungen sind Zeichentrickfilme. Seifenopern finde ich so langweilig. Schreib mir eine ! Deine Cilli ABCDEFGHI mixed fruits cartoonssausagenewschickensoap operas ice cream chipsthriller (4 marks) Saturday: cooking with friends Main course:e.g H i) ______ Dessert:ii) _____ Sunday: watching TV Watch:iii) _____ Don’t watch:iv) _____

School Subjects What school subjects do these young people prefer? AArt BSpanish CHistory DFrench EICT FGeography Example:Ich lerne gern Spanisch. B i)Ich finde Informatik toll. ii)Mein Lieblingsfach ist Geschichte. iii)Erdkunde ist echt interessant. iv)Ich mag Kunst. Enter the correct letter for each person. (4 marks)

My family You read this from Anja. Ich habe einen kleinen Halbbruder, Felix, und eine Schwester, Laura. Felix geht mir auf die Nerven – er ist so frech – und ich komme nicht gut mit Laura aus – wir streiten immer über Mode. Sie ist nie freundlich! Ich habe auch einen Freund, Matthias. Er ist so muskulös, immer gut gelaunt und geduldig. Er ist wirklich nett... Answer these questions in English. a) Why does Felix get on Anja’s nerves? b) What do Anja and her sister argue about? c) Who is Matthias? d) What is he like? Give one detail. (4 marks)

The MFL blog! The Languages department blog has homework reminders and help!

Vocabulary booklets We have produced vocabulary booklets that include all the exam board vocabulary They are available on the blog under GCSE German Resources / GCSE French Resources If you would like to purchase a hard copy (£3), please see Ms Twomey at the end for a letter (to be taken away and completed or you can do it now if you like)