Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Teaching Mandarin Chinese in Your School with

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Offers Mandarin Chinese Entry Level Certificate (ELC) Mandarin Chinese Foundation Certificate of Secondary Education (FCSE) Mandarin Chinese GCSE They are three separate qualifications. They can be taken as stand-alone qualifications or as a coherent progression through a student's study of Mandarin.

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. All Our Qualifications are: Nationally recognised Teacher and student friendly Cost effective Easy to administer Attract performance table points Written primarily for non-native speakers

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. ELC and FCSE Appeal to centres with limited time for learning Mandarin Offer great flexibility and choice (of what to study) Cover all four skill areas: Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing Twelve units in four themes, corresponding to current GCSE themes

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. ELC and FCSE Awards Entry Level Certificate:  Entry 1  Entry 2 three levels of award  Entry 3 Foundation Certificate of Secondary Education (FCSE):  Pass (NC Level 4)  Merit (NC Level 5)three levels of award  Distinction (NC Level 6)

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. ELC and FCSE Suitable for a wide age range and range of abilities: Primary Key Stage 3 (years 7 – 9) Key Stage 4 (years 10 – 11) Sixth Form Adult Learners Special Needs Students (ELC) Poor Attendees etc (ELC)

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Themes and Topics Theme 1 My World  Unit 1 – Self, Family and Friends  Unit 2 – Free Time  Unit 3 – Home Theme 2 Holidays Time and Travel  Unit 4 – Ordering Food and Drink  Unit 5 – Finding the Way  Unit 6 – The Weather Theme 3 Work and Lifestyle  Unit 7 – Shopping for Food  Unit 8 – Occupations  Unit 9 – Shopping for Clothing Theme 4 The Young Person in Society  Unit 10 – School  Unit 11 – Home Town  Unit 12 – Using the Telephone ELC Your students will produce a portfolio of four units, one taken from each theme. Themes and Topics

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Themes and Topics FCSE Your students will produce a portfolio of three units, each selected from a different theme.  Theme 1 My World  Unit 1 – Meeting People  Unit 2 – Home Life  Unit 3 – Education and Future Plans  Theme 2 Holidays and Leisure  Unit 4 – Holidays  Unit 5 – Travel and Accommodation  Unit 6 – Leisure  Theme 3 Lifestyle  Unit 7 – Celebrations  Unit 8 – Health and Fitness  Unit 9 – Food and Drink  Theme 4 The Young Person in Society  Unit 10 – Region and Environment  Unit 11 – Media  Unit 12 – Work and Choices

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Versatile, Flexible and Manageable ELCFCSE We provide the Reading and Writing assignments. We provide the Reading and Listening assignments. You can set your own Speaking and Listening assignments or use the ones we provide. You can set your own Speaking and Writing assignments or use the ones we provide. You select which units to cover. Your students attempt an assignment when a topic has been covered and they are ready. Assignments can be re-taken if necessary.

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. FCSE Bridging the gap between the ELC and GCSE Grade Contribution to the AQA Level 1 threshold Point Score Distinction20.00%34 Merit20.00%28 Pass20.00%19 This makes a Distinction equivalent to a Full-Course Grade D GCSE, contributing 20% to the AQA Level 1 threshold.

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. New Mandarin GCSE written in response to teacher demand and consultation fully supported by subject specialists motivates learners accessible to all, including non-native speakers easy to manage

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. GCSE Subject Content Contexts and Purposes (1) Understand and provide information and opinions about these contexts relating to the student’s own Lifestyle and that of other people, including people in countries/communities where the target language is spoken. LIFESTYLE Health  Healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and their consequences Relationships and Choices  Relationships with family and friends  Future plans regarding marriage/partnership  Social issues and equality

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. GCSE Subject Content Contexts and Purposes (2) Understand and provide information and opinions about these contexts relating to the student’s own Leisure and that of other people, including people in countries/communities where the target language is spoken. LEISURE Free Time and the Media  Free time activities  Shopping, money, fashion and trends  Advantages and disadvantages of new technology Holidays  Plans, preferences, experiences  What to see and getting around

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. GCSE Subject Content Contexts and Purposes (3) Understand and provide information and opinions about these contexts relating to the student’s own Home and Environment and that of other people, including people in countries/communities where the target language is spoken. HOME AND ENVIRONMENT Home and Local Area  Special occasions celebrated in the home  Home, town, neighbourhood & region, where is it & what it is like Environment  Current problems facing the planet  Being environmentally friendly within the home and local area

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. GCSE Subject Content Contexts and Purposes (4) Understand and provide information and opinions about these contexts relating to the student’s own Work and Education and that of other people, including people in countries/communities where the target language is spoken. WORK AND EDUCATION School/College and Future Plans  What school/college is like  Pressures and problems Current and Future Jobs  Looking for and getting a job  Advantages and disadvantages of different jobs

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Unit 1 ListeningUnit 2 ReadingUnit 3 SpeakingUnit 4 Writing Examination 20% weighting Examination 20% weighting Controlled Assessment 30% weighting Controlled Assessment 30% weighting Foundation Tier 30 minutes ( +5 minutes reading time) Higher Tier 40 minutes (+ 5 minutes reading time) Foundation Tier 30 minutes Higher Tier 50 minutes Untiered Differentiation by outcome Untiered Differentiation by outcome Combines with Unit 3 to form short course GCSE in: spoken language Combines with Unit 4 to form short course GCSE in: written language Combines with Unit 1 to form short course GCSE in: spoken language Combines with Unit 2 to form short course GCSE in: written language A range of question types based on pre-recorded spoken material in target language A range of question types based on written material in target language Students submit two tasks for moderation Students submit two tasks for marking GCSE Specification at a Glance

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. In Listening and Reading, there are two tiers of assessment:  Foundation (C-G)  Higher (A*-D) Students may be entered for either Foundation or Higher in each of these two skills Speaking and Writing are un-tiered. Differentiation is by outcome, not by task GCSE Tiers

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Each GCSE skill can be taken at either Foundation or Higher Tier Students do not have to cover all the vocabulary and grammar in the specification - only as appropriate to thetier they are entering Short Courses are available in L/S or R/W and are appropriate for students with limited time Short Course in L/S is ideal for students who do not have time to learn Chinese characters GCSE Advantages

Teaching Mandarin Chinese in your school with AQA Version 1.0 Copyright © 2008 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Why choose AQA? An educational charity - all our income goes straight back into running and improving the quality of our specifications, exams and support services. We do not profit from education - you do. Direct personal contact - free support meetings for teachers Excellent customer service - dedicated MFL specialists always available for support and queries Website - detailed up to date information and 24/7 access to help with your queries.

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