Examinations

Unit

Assessment Format

Duration

Weighting

Availability

A2 1

Speaking

Q1: Discussion based on societal theme

Q2: Conversation

Approx
15 minutes

Total time:
15 minutes

Speaking:
70 marks

Total marks: 70
A2: 17.5%

Summer only

A2 2

Listening Reading
Writing

Section A – Listening

Students answer two questions based on two passages recorded on individual student CDs.

Questions will vary from year to year and will be a mixture of objective type tasks, questions and answers in the target language and, questions and answers in English.

40 minutes

Listening:
30 marks

Summer only

Section B – Reading

Students answer three questions based on two texts:

Questions will vary from year to year and will be a mixture of objective type tasks and questions and answers in the target language.

Q3: Translation from English into target language.

1 hour 20 minutes

Reading:
30 marks

Translation:
20 marks

Section C – Writing

Q1: Students answer one essay response based on a literary text. The response must be 300-350 words long.

1 hour

Writing:
50 marks

Total time:
3 hours

Total marks: 130
A2: 32.5%