Page 24 - Key Stage 4 Information Booklet 2022 - 2023 (1)

Modern Foreign Languages – French – Head of Department: Mrs N Motaban

Specifications: AQA French 8658 (GCSE 9-1)
At Key Stage 4, students study the following themes on which assessments are based;
1. Identity and culture
2. Local, national, international and global areas of interest
3. Current and future study and employment.
Over the course, eight individual modules will be taught and in-class assessments will be carried out routinely
to ensure good progress. The course will be delivered across four lessons per fortnight and homework will be
set as per whole school policy.
Examinations will take place at the end of the two-year course across four papers, one for each of the four
skill areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. There is a foundation tier (grades 1-5) and a higher tier
(grades 4-9) and all students will take the same tier for each paper.

Modern Foreign Languages – Spanish– Head of Department: Mrs N Motaban

Specifications: AQA Spanish 8658 (GCSE 9-1)

At Key Stage 4, students study the following themes on which assessments are based;
1. Identity and culture
2. Local, national, international and global areas of interest
3. Current and future study and employment.
Over the course, eight individual modules will be taught and in-class assessments will be carried out routinely
to ensure good progress. The course will be delivered across four lessons per fortnight and homework will be
set as per whole school policy.
Examinations will take place at the end of the two-year course across four papers, one for each of the four
skill areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. There is a foundation tier (grades 1-5) and a higher tier
(grades 4-9) and all students will take the same tier for each paper.

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