In this course you will be able to enhance the language skills you have developed in Talking, Listening, Reading and Writing. You will be able to communicate more confidently in French/Italian. Your work will cover topics like careers, holidays, health and free time.

The course consists of 2 mandatory Units and the Course Assessment. Each of the component Units of the Course is designed to provide progression to the corresponding Unit at Higher.

 

The assessment of the Units in this Course will be as follows:

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Understanding Language

The purpose of this Unit is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop reading and listening skills in the modern language and to develop their knowledge of straightforward language in the contexts of society, learning, employability, and culture.

 

Using Language

The purpose of this Unit is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop talking and writing skills in the modern language, and to develop their knowledge of straightforward language in the contexts of society, learning, employability, and culture.

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External Exam

N5 French          Thursday 17th May 2018          Reading: 13:00-14:30          Listening: 14:50-15:20

N5 Italian          Thursday 24th May 2018         Reading: 09:00-10:30          Listening: 10:50-11:20

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Question paper 1: Reading and Writing 50 marks
The purpose of this question paper is to allow candidates to demonstrate breadth, challenge and application in the skills of reading and writing.
This question paper gives candidates an opportunity to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and understanding:

• understand detailed written language and significant ideas/information and supporting details from the contexts of: society, learning, employability or culture

• extract the main points and details of texts

• use detailed written language in the modern language

• apply knowledge and understanding of the modern language

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This question paper has a total mark allocation of 50 marks. The question paper is subdivided into two components: Reading 30 marks and Writing 20 marks (Writing is scaled to 15 marks).
 

This question paper has two sections.
Section 1, titled ‘Reading’, has 30 marks.
Candidates read three texts of equal length in the modern language. Each text derives from a different context: society, learning, employability or culture, and is followed by questions in English. Candidates respond to the questions in English. There are 10 marks available for the questions on each text.
Candidates may use a bilingual dictionary.
 

Section 2, titled ‘Writing’, has 20 marks.
Candidates produce one written text of 120–200 words in the modern language in response to a job advert stimulus supported by six bullet points which the candidate must address. Four of the bullet points are common and are predictable but there are two additional bullet points that are linked to the specific context. Candidates may use a bilingual dictionary.

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Question paper 2: Listening 20 marks
The purpose of this question paper is to allow candidates to demonstrate breadth, challenge and application in the skill of listening.
This question paper gives candidates an opportunity to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and understanding:

• understand detailed spoken language in the modern language from the contexts of: society, learning, employability, or culture

• select relevant information

• apply knowledge and understanding of the modern language

• apply grammatical knowledge and understanding

 

This question paper has a total mark allocation of 20 marks, which is scaled to 30 marks.
Candidates first listen to one monologue in the modern language, and respond to questions worth 8 marks. They then listen to one conversation in the modern language and respond to questions worth 12 marks. The texts are linked thematically and are based on the context which is not sampled in the reading texts in question paper 1.
Candidates may not use a dictionary. Questions are in English and candidates respond in English.