Year 10/11 GCSE Topics
We follow the AQA specification for Modern Foreign Languages.
Students study all of the following themes on which the assessments are based:
Theme 1 Identity and culture- to include: 1) me, my family and friends 2) technology 3) free time activities 4) customs and festivals
Theme 2 Local, national, international and global areas of interest - to include: 1) home and town 2) social issues 3) global issues 4) travel and tourism
Theme 3 Current and future study and employment - to include: 1) my studies 2) life at school 3) post-16 education 4) jobs, career choices and ambitions
Students will study these themes through the four skills of learning a language: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
Year 10/11 GCSE Grammar
The main grammar aspects taught during the GCSE course are:
- Present tense
- Perfect tense
- Imperfect tense
- Future tense
- Conditional
- Imperative
- Negatives
- Nouns and articles
- Cases and pronouns
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
- Comparative and superlative
- Questions
- Conjunctions
Higher ability students will also study:
- Infinitive constructions
- Pluperfect tense
- Subjunctive
- Passive
