1. GCE French Chantal Brady
26 and 29th February 2008

2. Responsive Writing
Two questions – 2 of the 3 contexts will have a question.
Short stimulus text words
3 bullet points
words

3. What has changed? No marks for AO4 (Knowledge of target country)
3 bullet points to be adhered to

4. Weighting of AS Unit 2 Listening 30 marks Reading 30 marks
Translation 20 marks
Writing 50 marks

5. Assessment Objectives
AO2 Understanding and Response - 20 marks
AO3 target Language – 30 marks

6. AO2: Understanding and Response
To gain access to the top band of marks, candidates should:
Show a clear understanding and good knowledge of the topic
Address the question appropriately and coherently
Have minimum repetition and no irrelevant material
Show a good degree of personal engagement and analysis

7. AO2: Structuring the response
The response should consist of approximately 5 parts:
A short introduction
The response to the 3 bullet points which will form the bulk of the essay
A short conclusion

8. AO3: Target Language
To gain access to the top band of marks, candidates should:
Show a very good command of the language
Use frequent examples of accurate and complex structures appropriate to AS level
Show evidence of idiomatic language
Errors should only appear where more complex language is used

9. AO3: Checking the answer
Candidates should check their work for careless errors:
Spelling of basic vocabulary
Adjectival agreements
Verb forms
Pronouns

10. General advice to candidates
Prepare a few sub-points for each of the 3 bullet points before planning the introduction and conclusion
Answer the 3 bullet points in the order in which they appear in the question

11. General advice to candidates
Check the word count
Keep a balance between the 3 bullet points
Use link words to sequence ideas and structure sentences
Use transitions between paragraphs
Use idiomatic language and complex structures

12. General advice to candidates
Don’t
borrow phrases from the stimulus
include any irrelevant material
repeat ideas
overdo pre-learnt phrases