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This course is optional
What will you study in this course?
What will you study in this course?
The Course offers pupils opportunities to develop and extend a wide range of skills. In particular, the Course aims to enable learners to develop the ability to:
read, listen, talk and write in a modern language
develop the language skills of translation
apply knowledge and understanding of a modern language
develop literary skills
The contexts studied are:
Society – lifestyles, media –digital age, languages and their role, citizenship
Learning – learning styles, lifelong learning, school, college, future plans
Employability – interviews, CV, job skills, the world of work
Culture – customs, holidays, literature, media – film and t.v
Where does this course lead to?
Where does this course lead to?
Successful students can progress to Advanced Higher French/German/Spanish, or a second language.
Course methodology
Course methodology
Pupils enhance their ability to communicate through the four skills with the focus on -
Understanding language - Reading and Listening
Using language – Talking and Writing
Pupils work independently and cooperatively. A range of digital media – web sites, computer programmes etc is used to enhance learning. The study of grammar is important and will help pupils to understand and produce the language.
Assessment in this course
Assessment in this course
Writing Assignment - 20 marks
Pupils produce a written essay (200-250 words) based on one of the contexts with stimulus points given in English. The essay is discursive / persuasive and will provide both sides to an argument with a conclusion. Pupils are allowed access to a word glossary, grammar book and dictionary. This is done in class under exam conditions and pupils are allowed to redraft.
Pupils sit an external exam in May as follows:
Paper one - Reading and Directed Writing
Section One – Reading
Passage in the target language with questions to answer in English - 20 marks
Short translation into English - 10 marks
Section two - Directed Writing
Pupils will produce one written text of 150-180 words, relating to six bullet points. The pupil will choose one from two scenarios. The two scenarios will be taken from two of the contexts not covered in Reading or Listening - 20 mark
Paper two – Listening
Pupils listen to:
a monologue in the target language - 8 marks
dialogue in the target language - 12 marks
Pupils answer questions in English.
Talking Assessment - 30 marks
A dialogue lasting 8-10 minutes covering two different contexts.
All assessment elements are scaled to ensure each of the skills -reading, writing, listening and talk - comprise 25% of the total mark.
Additional Information
Additional Information
The following resources are very useful for this course:
Classwork in Teams
www.sqa.org.uk - past papers
www.linguascope.com - Intermediate. Listen to the introductory scenes, all topics.
www.zut.org.uk / www.gut.org.uk
Intermediate year 10 – 11 listening
Advanced Year 12 videos – harder listening
A full list of useful websites can be found on the pupil shared space in the Modern Language Folder. Pupils will have been issued with these.
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