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Q1.
Candidate's Role
Your teacher will play the part of the receptionist and will speak first.
When you see this – ! – you will have to respond to something you have not prepared.
Q2.
Your teacher will ask you the following three questions and then two more questions
which you have not prepared.
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• Qu’est-ce qu’il y a sur la photo ?
• Parle-moi d’un petit job que tu as fait.
• Est-ce qu’il est facile de trouver un emploi dans ta région ? ... Pourquoi / pourquoi
pas ?
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Q3.
Les jeunes et le sport
Quelle est l’attitude de la majorité des jeunes au sujet des sports suivants ?
1 le basket
(1)
2 la natation
(1)
3 l’athlétisme
(1)
4 le tennis
(1)
(Total 4 marks)
Q4.
Vous envoyez une photo Whatsapp à votre ami(e) français(e).
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Qu’est-ce qu’il y a sur la photo ? Ecrivez quatre phrases en français.
___________________________________________________________________
(2)
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(2)
___________________________________________________________________
(2)
___________________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 8 marks)
Q5.
Translate the following passage into French.
Q6.
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Exchange activities
You listen to a teacher from your Belgian exchange partner school going through the
programme of activities for the day.
A Attending lessons
B Food tasting
C Playing sport
D Shopping
E Sightseeing
F Swimming
G Watching a film
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(Total 4 marks)
Q7.
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Your teacher will ask you the following three questions and then two more questions
which you have not prepared.
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Q8.
Your teacher will ask you the following three questions and then two more questions
which you have not prepared.
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Q9.
Your teacher will ask you the following three questions and then two more questions
which you have not prepared.
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Q10.
Translate the following sentences into French.
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(Total 10 marks)
Q11.
Vous décrivez votre santé pour votre blog.
Décrivez :
Q12.
Un jeune footballeur
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Ecoutez ce reportage sur France Inter au sujet d’un jeune footballeur, Armand.
Choisissez deux phrases qui sont vraies et écrivez les bonnes lettres dans les cases.
(2)
(2)
(Total 4 marks)
Q13.
Activités sportives
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1 Choisissez dans la liste un aspect positif et un aspect négatif du basket
mentionnés par la mère.
A l'aspect social
B la forme
C les matchs
D le prix
E les vêtements
Positif Négatif
(2)
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(1)
(Total 3 marks)
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Mark schemes
Q1.
For general marking of this question please refer to the [Marking Guidance].
Q2.
For general marking of this question please refer to the [Marking Guidance].
Q3.
Accept Mark
1 P 1
2 P+N 1
3 N 1
4 P 1
[4]
Q4.
For this question, students are required to write four sentences. Each sentence is marked
according to the following criteria. The maximum mark is 8.
Mark Communication
Statements must refer to what is in the photo and cannot refer to what is not in it. ‘I like
the photo’ and similar opinions about the photo, without mentioning what is in it, will score
0. However, if the sentence reads, for example, ‘I like the photo because it is sunny’, it will
score 2 marks.
If the sentence could possibly be true or is very broadly relevant, accept it. For instance, it
is acceptable if the candidate writes ‘The tent is green’, even though the photo is in black
and white. However, if the sentence is definitely false, it receives a mark of 0. For
example, ‘There is an elephant’, when there clearly isn’t one.
It is acceptable to write a figure (e.g. ‘There are 2 people’) rather than a word. This is true
of all questions.
The aim of this question is for candidates to write in the present tense, but other tenses
are also acceptable.
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For 2 marks
• The response must be in the form of a sentence, using an appropriate conjugated
verb. The only exception to this is in French, where voici / voilà may be used in
place of a verb. The same verb / grammatical structure may be repeated in more
than one sentence, e.g. il y a / es gibt / hay plus different nouns.
• Any sentence that is broadly relevant to the photo is given 2 marks. For example,
imagine that the photo is of a man in a café. The student writes, in the target
language: ‘It’s a man. He’s old (even if to your eyes he may not be – ‘old’ to a 16-
year-old may be different from your perception of ‘old’). He’s a father (even if this is
not apparent from the photo, it would potentially be true). He’s a teacher (he could
be, for all we know).
• The first person of the verb is acceptable, for example: ‘I am / we are playing tennis’.
• There may be linguistic errors, but the message must be communicated without
ambiguity.
For 1 mark
• There is no verb and a minimum of two words, for example: ‘good weather’ (NB in
Spanish and Italian, because the subject of the verb is not required, one word is
sufficient for 2 marks if it is an appropriate conjugated verb, for example: comen /
mangiano.)
• The use of an infinitive in an otherwise appropriate response.
• Language error(s) causing ambiguity or a delay in communication, for example:
‘They are eating lemonade’.
• A delay in communication because the response is too long, where one part
communicates well but another part does not, for example: ‘There is a family and
they are a field’.
For 0 marks
• The message makes no sense.
• A second person of the verb is used, for example: ‘You are wearing a t-shirt’.
• A single word, unless it is a conjugated verb in Spanish or Italian (comen /
mangiano).
The following are examples of responses that students may give to this question. This is
by no means a definitive list.
Inappropriate
C’est/il y a un
verb + un parc
parc Un parc [2 marks]
(eg Je suis/il a)
Accept : park
Park t.c.
Il faire beau
Il fait beau Beau temps (il a) beau [2 marks]
Il faut ...
Un garçon fait du
Garçon faire (du)
vélo. Vélo
vélo. [2 marks]
Je fais / j’ai fait garçon
Garçon vélo.
du vélo.
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noire et blanche
Use of negative
statement
Q5.
The translation is assessed for Conveying key messages (6 marks) and Application of
grammatical knowledge of language and structures (6 marks) as specified in the criteria
below. The maximum mark is 12. When awarding the marks the student’s response
across the passage should be considered as a whole.
The content does not meet the standard required for Level 1 at
0 0
this tier.
The language produced does not meet the standard required for
0 0
Level 1 at this tier.
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Notes
Once you have decided on the mark for Conveying key messages, you should read
through the translation once more and decide on the mark for Application of grammatical
knowledge of language and structures.
• A mark of zero for Conveying key messages automatically results in a mark of zero
for Application of grammatical knowledge of language and structures, but apart from
that, the Conveying key messages mark does not limit the mark for Application of
grammatical knowledge of language and structures.
• There is no direct correlation between the two marks, but your first thought should
be to see if the same mark is appropriate. For example, a candidate may have been
given 7 ticks and you have awarded a mark of 4 for Conveying key messages. You
may have had to hesitate when deciding on one of the ticks but just decided against
it. This may then encourage you to give a mark of 5, rather than 4, for Application of
grammatical knowledge of language and structures.
• If a candidate leaves gaps, you must assume that any attempt would have been
highly inaccurate and award a mark accordingly. Not to do so will penalise unfairly
those candidates who make an attempt but commit serious errors in so doing.
• Perfection is not required for full marks. For example, occasional missing accents
and minor spelling errors do not preclude a top band mark. However, if there are
numerous minor errors and incorrect use of accents which change the meaning of a
word, this is likely to have an impact on the mark for Application of grammatical
knowledge of language and structures.
Key messages
The translation is divided into 13 key messages (see below). As general rule, the wrong
person or wrong tense of a verb will not receive a tick. Minor inaccuracies, such as
incorrect gender or adjectival agreement, will not on their own prevent the award of a tick.
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mon avis / selon moi
A tick will be awarded for each key message that is communicated, despite any minor
inaccuracies. The total number of ticks awarded equates to a mark according to this table.
13 6
11/12 5
8/9/10 4
5/6/7 3
3/4 2
1/2 1
0 0
When deciding on whether a key message is conveyed, you should ask yourself the
question: ‘Would a native speaker understand the target language version without
reference to the original English?’ If the answer is ‘yes’, award a tick.
[12]
Q6.
Accept Mark
1 A 1
2 C 1
3 E 1
4 B 1
Q7.
For general marking of this question please refer to the Marking Guidance.
Q8.
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For general marking of this question please refer to the Marking Guidance.
Q9.
For general marking of this question please refer to the Marking Guidance.
Q10.
The translation is assessed for Conveying key messages (5 marks) and Application of
grammatical knowledge of language and structures (5 marks), as specified in the criteria
below. The maximum mark is 10. When awarding the marks, the student’s response
across all five sentences should be considered as a whole.
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Notes
A mark of zero for Conveying key messages automatically results in a mark of zero for
Application of grammatical knowledge of language and structures, but apart from that, the
Conveying key messages mark does not limit the mark for Application of grammatical
knowledge of language and structures.
Indicative content
The following indicative content is an example of a response which would be awarded full
marks.
Q11.
For this question, there are four compulsory bullet points which are assessed for Content
(10 marks) and Quality of language (6 marks), as specified in the criteria below. The
maximum mark is 16. The student is expected to produce approximately 90 words for this
task. The number of words is approximate and you must mark all work produced by the
student.
Content
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A reasonable response covering almost all aspects of the
task. Communication is generally clear but there are likely
3 5–6
to be lapses. Some information is conveyed. An opinion is
expressed.
The content does not meet the standard required for Level
0 0
1 at this tier.
Notes
There may be some imbalance in the coverage of the four compulsory bullet points but,
provided at least some coverage of all bullet points is evident, students will have access to
full marks where the other criteria are met.
Quality of language
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Notes
(b) A mark of zero for Content automatically results in a mark of zero for Quality of
language. Apart from that, the Content mark does not limit the mark for Quality of
language.
The following indicative content is an example of the response that students may give to
this question. It demonstrates a balanced coverage of the compulsory bullet points.
Je mange assez sainement, par exemple j’aime les fruits et les légumes. Cependant, je
ne mange pas de salade et j’aime le chocolat et le fast-food, mais ce n’est pas bon pour la
santé. Je n’aime pas le stress des examens et j’ai trop de devoirs. Mes parents sont très
stricts aussi. Je sors seulement le week-end avec mes amis. Récemment je suis allé au
match de rugby. C’était super parce que mon équipe a gagné. A l’avenir, je voudrais faire
plus d’exercice et je vais manger moins de sucreries. (90 words)
[16]
Q12.
Accept Mark
Q13.
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Examiner reports
Q1.
Task a
Inexplicably, a number of students failed to give a name and so were limited to one mark.
Task c
Devenir was often unknown so some students spoke of being a member and why this was
a good thing. In such cases, the second piece of information earned a mark.
Task d
Some students struggled with the unprepared questions but their responses were marked
discretely so, if they had interpreted the two questions as referring to this particular visit to
the sports centre rather than a membership, their responses were credited. For example,
Maintenant and Deux heures earned two marks.
Q2.
For general marking of this question please refer to the Examiners Report.
Q3.
Pleasingly, all parts of this section were answered very well.
Q4.
Teachers are reminded that students are required to write four sentences about what is in
the photo. Each sentence is marked separately and is worth a maximum of two marks.
The best responses included successful use of phrases such as ‘il y a’ or ‘je vois’. There
were very few instances of students not attempting to write full sentences. Where students
failed to score marks, it was mainly for the following reasons:
• the use of ‘il n’y a pas’ or ‘la photo est noire et blanche’ as the rubric requires
students to refer to what is in the photo;
• inaccuracy causing a delay in communication. The main issue here was when
students wrote longer sentences than they needed to and often created errors as a
result. Another common error was when students inaccurately described the
weather with language such as ‘il faut’ rather than ‘il fait’.
Q5.
For this question, there are 6 marks for Conveying key messages and 6 marks for
Application of grammatical knowledge of language and structures. Given that the level of
demand of the messages was aimed at covering grades 4 to 9, the question differentiated
well, with all students able to score some marks.
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L’année samedi
Last Saturday
dimanche
J’ai fais
I did my homework Je faisais
Je faire
Du recycle
And some recycling Du recyclement
Du recyclé
In a small cafe
J’ai perdu
I forgot my mobile
je n’ai / avais pas.
Next weekend
Advice to students
• Practise high frequency words and phrases, especially connectives and
prepositions.
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• Check carefully that all aspects of the translation have been addressed accurately,
particularly the little words.
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Notes
Q1.
• You begin the role-play.
• You should address the candidate as vous.
• You may change the target language phrases given below only if the candidate’s
response makes them inappropriate.
• Remember that if you supply key vocabulary, candidates cannot be rewarded for it.
You must begin the role-play by using the introductory text below.
2 Allow the candidate to give his / her name and to say for which sport he / she has a
booking.
3 Allow the candidate to give two details about his / her last visit.
4 Allow the candidate to say why he / she would like to become a member.
! Ask the candidate when he / she would like the membership to start and for how
long.
5 Allow the candidate to say when he / she would like the membership to start and
how long it should be for.
Chouette.
? Allow the candidate to ask you a question about the schedule of classes.
Q2.
Teacher’s Notes
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The maximum time for this part of the test is three minutes but may well be less than that
for some candidates.
Candidates may use any notes they have made during the preparation time.
You begin the conversation by asking the candidate the first question ‘Qu’est-ce qu’il y a
sur la photo ?’ You then ask the remaining four questions in order. No supplementary
questions must be asked. You may paraphrase the questions provided the same meaning
is maintained, and you may repeat or paraphrase a question that the candidate does not
understand. You should allow the candidates to develop their responses as well as they
are able. However, do not go over the maximum time of three minutes for the questions
and answers on the Photo card.
General Conversation
The questions on the Photo card are followed by a General Conversation. The first part of
this conversation should be on the candidate’s nominated Theme and the second part on
the remaining Theme from the ones listed below. The total time of the General
Conversation should be between five and seven minutes and a similar amount of time
should be spent on each Theme.
Remember
It is a requirement for the candidate to ask you at least one question during the General
Conversation; this can happen at any time during this section of the test. If, towards the
end of the General Conversation, the candidate has not asked you a question, you must
prompt this by asking the candidate in French, ‘Is there anything you want to ask me?’.
Q6.
1 F2 D’abord, ce matin, vous restez ici. Vous allez en cours avec votre partenaire.
2 F2 Après la récré, direction le stade. Les Anglais contre les Français. Qui va
gagner ?
3 F2 Cet après-midi, on fait une visite guidée de la vieille ville. N’oubliez pas de
prendre des photos !
Q7.
Theme: Identity and culture
Topic: Free time activities
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The maximum time for this part of the test is two minutes but may well be less than that
for some candidates.
Candidates may use any notes they have made during the preparation time.
You begin the conversation by asking the candidate the first question ‘Qu’est-ce qu’il y a
sur la photo ?’ You then ask the remaining four questions in order. You may paraphrase
the questions provided the same meaning is maintained, and you may repeat or
paraphrase a question that the candidate does not understand. You should allow the
candidates to develop their responses as well as they are able. However, do not go over
the maximum time of two minutes for the questions and answers on the Photo card.
General Conversation
The questions on the Photo card are followed by a General Conversation. The first part of
this conversation should be on the candidate’s nominated Theme and the second part on
the remaining Theme from the ones listed below. The total time of the General
Conversation should be between three and five minutes and a similar amount of time
should be spent on each Theme.
Remember
It is a requirement for the candidate to ask you at least one question during the General
Conversation; this can happen at any time during this section of the test. If, towards the
end of the General Conversation, the candidate has not asked you a question, you must
prompt this by asking the candidate in French, ‘Is there anything you want to ask me?’
Q8.
Theme: Identity and culture
Topic: Free time activities
The maximum time for this part of the test is three minutes but may well be less than that
for some candidates.
Candidates may use any notes they have made during the preparation time.
You begin the conversation by asking the candidate the first question ‘Qu’est-ce qu’il y a
sur la photo ?’ You then ask the remaining four questions in order. You may paraphrase
the questions provided the same meaning is maintained, and you may repeat or
paraphrase a question that the candidate does not understand. You should allow the
candidates to develop their responses as well as they are able. However, do not go over
the maximum time of three minutes for the questions and answers on the Photo card.
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• Qu’est-ce qu’il y a sur la photo ?
General Conversation
The questions on the Photo card are followed by a General Conversation. The first part of
this conversation should be on the candidate’s nominated Theme and the second part on
the remaining Theme from the ones listed below. The total time of the General
Conversation should be between five and seven minutes and a similar amount of time
should be spent on each Theme.
Remember
It is a requirement for the candidate to ask you at least one question during the General
Conversation; this can happen at any time during this section of the test. If, towards the
end of the General Conversation, the candidate has not asked you a question, you must
prompt this by asking the candidate in French, ‘Is there anything you want to ask me?’
Q9.
Theme: Local, national, international and global areas of interest
Topic: Social issues
The maximum time for this part of the test is three minutes but may well be less than that
for some candidates.
Candidates may use any notes they have made during the preparation time.
You begin the conversation by asking the candidate the first question ‘Qu’est-ce qu’il y a
sur la photo ?’ You then ask the remaining four questions in order. You may paraphrase
the questions provided the same meaning is maintained, and you may repeat or
paraphrase a question that the candidate does not understand. You should allow the
candidates to develop their responses as well as they are able. However, do not go over
the maximum time of three minutes for the questions and answers on the Photo card.
• A part l’exercice, qu’est-ce que tu vas faire pour être en meilleure forme ?
General Conversation
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The questions on the Photo card are followed by a General Conversation. The first part of
this conversation should be on the candidate’s nominated Theme and the second part on
the remaining Theme from the ones listed below. The total time of the General
Conversation should be between five and seven minutes and a similar amount of time
should be spent on each Theme.
Remember
It is a requirement for the candidate to ask you at least one question during the General
Conversation; this can happen at any time during this section of the test. If, towards the
end of the General Conversation, the candidate has not asked you a question, you must
prompt this by asking the candidate in French, ‘Is there anything you want to ask me?'
Q12.
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