CORE WITH OPTION
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES: FRENCH AND SPANISH
100%
EXTERNAL EXAM
EXAM BOARD: EDEXCEL IGCSE
Assessment of work: Speaking is worth 25%. This will be a 8-10 minute oral examination in April or May of Year 11. Listening is worth 25%. This will be examined in May or June of Year 11. Reading and writing is worth 50%. This will be examined in May or June of Year 11.
Further study: Students can go on to study A level French and A level Spanish.
Students can choose to study either French or Spanish or both. If students would like to take both French and Spanish, it will take up one of the three GCSE options. In both French and Spanish, students work on all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The department run fortnightly debating clubs in both languages as well as drop in language support sessions. In Spanish, Year 10 students are offered a chance to participate in our residential trip to Salamanca during Easter holidays. Students are immersed in the language as they stay with Spanish families and attend school during the day. In French, Year 11 students are offered a chance to participate in our residential trip to Lyon during the first week of October half-term. Students are immersed in the language as they stay with French families and attend school during the day.
THE KING ALFRED SCHOOL - GCSE OPTIONS 2021/22
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