GCSE Spanish-French-Madarin

Here are our top 5 reasons why languages are great:

English is not enough! Not everyone speaks English.
A language will always be useful, no matter what you do.
Languages mean business - being able to speak a language will make you really stand out.
They’re good for you! Speaking more than one language increases your brain capacity, improves your memory and you'll be at less risk of developing Alzheimer’s.
Using a language at work could raise your salary from 8-20%.

Course requirements: The content that will be studied will cover the following broad contexts:

Personal and Social Life, The Local Community, The World of Work, The Wider World

You will be assessed on four linguistic skills.

Unit 1: Listening exam at the end of year 11: 20%
Unit 2: Two pieces of controlled assessment speaking (“Structured conversation “and “Presentation and discussion”) : 30%
Unit 3: Reading exam at the of year 11 : 20%
Unit 4: 2 pieces of Controlled assessment writing : 50%

Future pathways –

Studying a language opens up a whole world of opportunities to you. While careers in interpretation and translation might immediately spring to mind, languages will improve your prospects in a whole range of careers such as working for the Home Civil Service, Diplomatic service, Marketing and selling, travelling, teaching or a foreign affairs journalist.

Useful page links

Revision: www.linguascope.com