Y11 French/Spanish GCSE speaking exam

Please find the dates of the speaking exams (25% of the GCSE grade) that will take place on one of the following dates: Wednesday 22 April, Thursday 23 April, Friday 24 April, Monday 27 April, Tuesday 28 April and Wednesday 29 April.

French/Spanish GCSE speaking exam week B

Wednesday 22 April all day: option C with Ms Jacob
Wednesday 22 April all day: option A with Ms Harper
Thursday 23 Apr all day: option C with Ms Jacob
Thursday 23 Apr all day: option C + 4 of option A with Ms James
Friday 24 April period 1: option A with Ms James
Friday 24 April all day: option C with Ms Miguel
Friday 24 April periods 3, 4, 5: option B with Ms Williams

French/Spanish GCSE Speaking exam week A

Monday 27 April all day: option C with Ms Williams
Monday 27 April all day: option B with Ms Smith
Tuesday 28 April periods 1, 2, 3, 4: option B with Ms Smith
Tuesday 28 April periods 1, 2, 3: option C with Mr Deacon
Tuesday 28 April periods 4, 5: option C with Ms Williams
Wednesday 29 April periods 1, 2: community languages with Ms James
Wednesday 29 April periods 1, 2: community languages with Ms Miguel

Your child’s teacher will give them the time of the assessment in lesson time. It should also have been recorded in the student’s planner. Your child needs to arrive a couple of minutes before their time to ensure the smooth running of the day and to be in the right mindset.

Students (Foundation and Higher) have 15 minutes preparation in the AEN department with an invigilator to prepare for a role-play, a reading aloud text and a photocard before entering the exam room.

The test will last between 7-9 minutes at Foundation level and 10-12 minutes at Higher level.

During the exam, students will be tested in the following order:

1. The role play.

2. The reading aloud task, followed by a short unprepared conversation related to the topic of the task.

3. The photo card. After students have spoken about the content of two photos, they will be asked conversation questions related to any of the topics within the theme.

This is a reminder of all the topics students need to memorise for their conversation questions:

Theme 1: People and lifestyle (Topic 1: Identity and relationships with others / Topic 2: Healthy living and lifestyle/Topic 3: Education and work).
Theme 2: Popular culture (Topic 4: Free-time activities, Topic 5: Customs, festivals & celebrations/Topic 6: Celebrity culture).
Theme 3 (Topic 7: Travel and Tourism/Topic 8: media and technology/Topic 9: The environment and where people live).

You could support your child by asking them the questions in French/Spanish. You could also ask them to translate back in French/Spanish to test their understanding and/or students could record themselves and listen to their answers to help them with the learning.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher.

Katty Jacob
Head of Languages
kjacob@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk