KS4 MFL Support Evening

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1 KS4 MFL Support Evening

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

3 GCSE Like in KS3, students work on and are tested on the following skills: Listening Speaking Reading Writing

4 How the four skills make up your final grade: 30% 20% 20% Listening Reading Speaking Writing 30%

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

6 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.

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

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

9 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.

10 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.

11 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) 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 Students use their books & dictionaries 4-6 minute Controlled assessment (each student is Given their time and venue in advance) 30 words notes

12 Ways to support (Speaking) 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?

13 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.

14 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) Lesson 1 Task given Student start their draft Lesson 2 Student finish their draft Students use their books & dictionaries 1 hour Controlled assessment (exam in classroom) 30 words notes and dictionary only

15 Exercise books

16 Ways to support (Writing) 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?

17 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.

18 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

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

20 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

21 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.

22 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)

23 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)

24 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.

25 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!

26 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

27 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. A B C D E F Example: meine Jeans C a meine Sportschuhe b mein Pullover c mein Rock d meine Bluse marks) (4)

28 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 A B C D E F G H I mixed fruits cartoons sausage news chicken soap operas ice cream Saturday: cooking with friends Main course: e.g H i) Dessert: ii) chips thriller Sunday: watching TV Watch: Don t watch: iv) iii) (4 marks)

29 School Subjects What school subjects do these young people prefer? Enter the correct letter for each person. (4 marks) A Art B Spanish C History D French E ICT F Geography 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.

30 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)

31 Vocabulary booklets We have produced vocabulary booklets that include all the exam board vocabulary They are available on the VLE under GCSE German Resources / GCSE French Resources