UCC GCSE French and Italian Revision Topics Theme 1: Identity and culture
Topic 1: Me, my family and friends Relationships with family and friends Marriage/partnership Topic 2: Technology in everyday life Social media Mobile technology Topic 3: Free-time activities Music Cinema and TV Food and eating out Sport Topic 4: Customs and festivals in French-speaking countries/communities
Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest Topic 1: Home, town, neighbourhood and region Topic 2: Social issues Charity/voluntary work Healthy/unhealthy living Topic 3: Global issues The environment Poverty/homelessness Topic 4: Travel and tourism
Theme 3: Current and future study and employment Topic 1: My studies Topic 2: Life at school/college Topic 3: Education post-16 Topic 4: Jobs, career choices and ambitions
UCC GCSE French and Italian exams to prepare for Paper 1: Listening
25% of the marks Foundation Tier 40 marks; 35 minutes (including 5 minutes' reading time) Higher Tier 50 marks; 45 minutes (including 5 minutes' reading time) Practise lots of listening questions, go through answers with a transcript. Look up any words or phrases you don’t understand.
Paper 2: Speaking
25% of the marks Foundation or higher. Features a role-play, photo card and a general conversation. Make sure you have prepared thoroughly for all three of these sections. You have been given plenty of examples of the role-play and photo card, and you have a list of questions to prepare for the general conversation.
Paper 3: Reading
25% of the marks Foundation Tier 60 marks; 45 minutes Higher Tier 60 marks; 1 hour Do plenty of practice with past papers and any paragraphs you’ve been given by your teacher. Look up and make a note of any words or phrases you don’t understand.
Paper 4: Writing
25% of the marks All instructions are in English. All questions are in French. You will have to answer a range of written questions including translations, so lots of practice is key. Practise writing short paragraphs and submit these to your teachers for marking. Revise key phrases in past, present and future tense so that you’re able to respond in a range of different time frames.
French Revision: How can I support my son or daughter? At home, good French revision is built upon two main things: 1. Vocabulary revision and 2. Practising exam-style questions
VOCABULARY REVISION
• Ask them to log on to UCC French to practise key words for each topic on Quizlet and Memrise. Get them to show you and talk you through these sites as they’re by far the best way of revising vocab. • Ask them to make flash cards with key vocabulary. Test them on these words. • Label things around the house in French.
EXAM QUESTIONS
• Purchase a revision guide (at a discount price in Shirley’s shop) and encourage them to use this to revise. Access past papers from UCC French along with mark schemes and transcripts. Encourage them to carefully go through each paper, looking up and noting down new words