Key Stage 4

St Mary's Catholic College
A Voluntary Aided Academy

Our GCSE French and German courses build on the Key Stage 3 experience to further develop confidence and independence in the language. Groups are taught in sets according to ability and follow the AQA 9-1 syllabus.

The students follow themes which are categorised under the following headings:

Identity and culture

Local, national, international and global areas of interest

Current and future study and employment

The exam is divided into 4 skill based assessments:

25% - Listening exam

25% - Reading exam

25% - Writing exam

25% - Speaking exam

All assessments are conducted at the end of year 11 and students will sit all papers at either Foundation tier (grades 1-5) or Higher tier (grades 4-9)

Students are closely monitored and will be required to attend intervention and revision sessions should we feel that they are not reaching their potential.

Links :

https://www.memrise.com/

http://www.linguascope.com/ students will receive a password for access

www.languagesonline.org.uk

http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/chansons/index.htm (songs for learning French)

http://www.wordreference.com (French online dictionary)

http://dict.leo.org (German online dictionary)

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St Mary's Catholic CollegeA Voluntary Aided Academy

Key Stage 4

St Mary's Catholic College
A Voluntary Aided Academy