GCSE MFL

How many skills are assessed in GCSE MFL exam?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Are the skills being assessed ..

• equally weighted - 25% each?

• 20%, 20%, 30%, 30%?

• 10%, 10%, 40%, 40%?

• 25%, 25%, 30%, 20%?

How many broad themes are there?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

The speaking exam consists of ...

• 2 conversations

• a role play and a conversation

• a role play, a photo card, 2 conversations

• a photo card and a conversation

The role plays consists of ...

• answering 5 questions

• asking 5 questions

• answering 3 questions, asking 1 question, answering 1 unseen question

• Answering 5 unseen questions

The photo card part of the oral exam consists of ...

• describing the photo, answering one seen question and 2 unseen questions

• talking about the photo for 5 mins

• asking 5 questions about the phots

• responding to 4 seen questions

For the conversation part of the oral exam the candidate

• picks any 2 topics of his/her choice

• engages in a conversation with the teacher on one topic of their choice

• picks 2 from a choice of 4 topics

• doesn't have a choice in the topics they talk about

In the listening and reading papers

• all the questions are in the assessed language

• all of the questions are in English

• more than half of the questions are in the assessed language

• less than half of the questions are in the assessed language

Dictionaries are

• forbidden from all papers

• permitted in the writing paper

• permitted in the speaking exam

• permitted in the listening and reading papers

In the foundation writing paper there are

• 2 questions

• 3 questions

• 4 questions

• 5 questions