Senior Phase Modern Languages courses

National Modern Languages in a Nutshell

Throughout this course students will further develop their listening, talking, writing and reading skills. 

It has two mandatory units: Understanding Language and Using Language. 

Pupils will be assessed on four contexts: society, learning, employability and culture. The exam itself is made up of 5 components. 120 marks overall.

There are three question papers done in the May exam diet:

• Reading – 30 marks, 25%

• Writing – 20 marks, 12.5%

• Listening – 20 marks, 25%

These are worth 62.5% of your overall grade.

• A Writing Assignment- 20 marks, 12.5%

• A Speaking Assessment- 30 marks, 25%

Both done in class time.

Progression

• Higher French

• May provide progression to an SQA qualification in another Modern Language.

National Modern Languages in a Nutshell

This is a crash course and will require a lot of hard work as it is not taught to pupils in years S1 – S3. 

Throughout this course students will develop their listening, talking, writing and reading skills.

It has two mandatory units: Understanding Language and Using Language. Pupils will be assessed on four contexts: society, learning, employability and culture.

The exam itself is made up of components. 120 marks overall.

There are three question papers done in the May exam diet:

• Reading – 30 marks, 25%

• Writing – 20 marks, 12.5%

• Listening – 20 marks, 25%

These are worth 62.5% of your overall grade.

• A Writing Assignment – 30 marks, 12.5%

• A Speaking Assessment- 30 marks, 25%

Both done in class time.

• Progression

• Higher Spanish

Higher Modern Languages in a Nutshell

Purpose

The aim of this course is to offer progressive development of competence in the four skill areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, within a widening range of contexts and language purposes. In particular, the course aims to enable learners to develop the ability to:

• Read, listen, talk and write in French

• Understand and use French

• Develop the language skills of translation

• Apply knowledge and understanding of French

The course contributes towards the development of literacy skills by providing learners with opportunities to read, listen, talk and write in French, and to reflect how this relates to English

Recommended Entry

While entry to the course or units will be at the discretion of the Principal Teacher, students will normally be expected to have attained:

N5 at grades A or B

N5 at grade A or B in English

Course Details

The course is made up of two mandatory units 

Understanding Language 

The purpose of this Unit is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop and extend reading and listening skills in French, and to develop their knowledge and understanding of detailed and complex language in the context of society, learning, employability and culture. It will build on students’ prior learning.

Using Language

The purpose of this Unit is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop and extend talking and writing skills in French, and to develop their knowledge and understanding of detailed and complex language in the context of society, learning, employability and culture. It will build on students’ prior learning.

Contexts of language covered will reflect the age and interests of the students and at this level the skills of Speaking and Writing will place emphasis on the student’s ability to express points of view in some detail and to exchange ideas with evidence of increasing confidence and accuracy.

Course Assessment

• To gain the award of the course, the learner should pass all the Units as well as the course assessment 

• Units are assessed as pass or fail by the school and are quality assured by the SQA. Achievements of units is recorded on the learner’s qualification certificate.

• The course Assessment consists of a Talking Performance (25%), a Writing Folio piece (12.5%) and two question Papers. The Performance is marked internally and the Writing Folio and Question Papers are marked externally by the SQA.

Paper 1 Reading (25%) and Directed Writing (12.5%)

Paper 2 Listening (25%) and Writing (10 marks)

Progression

• Advanced Higher course or units in the same language – this will depend on staffing availability.

• Higher education courses at appropriate levels, including HNC, HND or degree courses. 

• Courses offered by foreign language agencies at appropriate levels.

• Employment, possibly making use of foreign language competence.

Higher Modern Languages in a Nutshell

Purpose

The aim of this course is to offer progressive development of competence in the four skill areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, within a widening range of contexts and language purposes. In particular, the course aims to enable learners to develop the ability to:

• Read, listen, talk and write in Spanish

• Understand and use Spanish

• Develop the language skills of translation

• Apply knowledge and understanding of Spanish

The course contributes towards the development of literacy skills by providing learners with opportunities to read, listen, talk and write in Spanish, and to reflect how this relates to French and English

Recommended Entry

While entry to the course or units will be at the discretion of the Principal Teacher, students will normally be expected to have attained:

N5 at grades A or B in French

N5 at grade A or B in English

Course Details

The course is made up of two mandatory units 

Understanding Language 

The purpose of this Unit is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop and extend reading and listening skills in Spanish, and to develop their knowledge and understanding of detailed and complex language in the context of society, learning, employability and culture. It will build on students’ prior learning in French.

Using Language

The purpose of this Unit is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop and extend talking and writing skills in Spanish, and to develop their knowledge and understanding of detailed and complex language in the context of society, learning, employability and culture. It will build on students’ prior learning in French.

• Contexts of language covered will reflect the age and interests of the students and at this level the skills of Speaking and Writing will place emphasis on the student’s ability to express points of view in some detail and to exchange ideas with evidence of increasing confidence and accuracy.