THIS INFORMATION WAS DESIGNED FOR JAN 2022 AND MAY NOT BE RELEVANT IN JAN 2023

Year 11 Russian revision advice January 2022

Exam dates:

• Paper 1 code: 1RU0/1H (listening) Not available yet

• Paper 2 code: 1RU0/2H (speaking) Not available yet

• Paper 3 code: 1RU0/3H (reading) Not available yet

• Paper 4 code: 1RU0/4H (writing) Not available yet

Russian Paper 1 code: 1RU0/1H

• Listening

• 25% of the total GCSE

• This unit is externally assessed.

• Students are assessed on their understanding of standard spoken Russian by one or more speakers in a range of public and social settings. Students will respond to multiple-response and short-answer open-response questions based on a recording featuring male and female Russian speakers. Students must answer all questions in both sections.

• Timing: 45 minutes (plus 5 minutes’ reading time).

• Total number of marks is 50.

Russian Paper 2 code: 1RU0/2H

• Speaking

• 25% of the total GCSE

• This unit is externally assessed.

• Students are assessed on their ability to communicate and interact effectively through speaking in Russian for different purposes and in different settings. There are three tasks which must be conducted in the following order:

• Task 1 – a role play based on one topic that is allocated by Pearson

• Task 2 – questions based on a picture stimulus based on one topic that is allocated by Pearson

• Task 3 – conversation based on two themes. The first theme is based on the topic chosen by the student in advance of the assessment. The second theme is allocated by Pearson.

• The assessments are conducted by teachers in one session within a prescribed assessment window, the recordings are then submitted to Pearson for external marking.

• Timing: 12 minutes.

• Total number of marks is 70.

Russian Paper 3 code: 1RU0/3H

• Reading

• 25% of the total GCSE

• This unit is externally assessed.

• Students are assessed on their understanding of written Russian across a range of different types of texts, including advertisements, emails, letters, articles and literary texts. Students are required to respond to multiple-response and short-answer questions based on these texts. Students must answer all questions in each of the three sections:

• Section A is set in English. The instructions to students are in English

• Section B is set in Russian. The instructions to students are in Russian

• Section C includes a translation passage from Russian into English with instructions in English.

• Timing: 1 hour 5 minutes (plus 5 minutes’ reading time).

• Total number of marks is 50.

Russian Paper 4 code: 1RU0/4H

• Writing

• 25% of the total GCSE

• This unit is externally assessed.

• Students are assessed on their ability to communicate effectively through writing in Russian for different purposes and audiences. Students are required to produce responses of varying lengths and types to express ideas and opinions in Russian. The instructions to students are in Russian. Word counts are specified for each question. Students must answer all questions.

• Timing: 1 hour 25 minutes.

• Total number of marks is 60.

All of these past papers belong to the previous specification.

The majority of the questions are still relevant and well worth practising. If a topic appears that you think seems unfamiliar, check with your teacher or the specification.