1. GCSE Listening and Reading Skills
Getting back to basics

2. Current GCSE Controlled Assessment dominates lesson time Year 10
May - June
Year 11
October – Nov
Jan – March
Listening and Reading take a back seat

3. Impact on Listening & Reading Results French 2016

4. Impact on Listening and Reading Results German 2016

5. New GCSE Listening 25% Reading 25% Speaking 25% Writing 25%
One entry level only!

6. The good news … More time for listening and reading
More interesting content
More skills less parrot fashion learning
Better linguists!

7. Listening – new GCSE exam tasks (AQA)
Foundation
Summary box
Multi-choice
Multi-choice list
English questions
2 true sentences from 5 (in English)
Finish the sentence (Eng & French)
P, N or P & N?
Multi-choice pictures
Gap Fill – 1 word in English
Mixed questions – 1 multi-choice, 1 question

8. Listening – new GCSE exam tasks (AQA)
Higher
Finish the sentence (2 parts to the sentence)
English questions (2 details)
Summary boxes (2 parts)
2 true sentences from 5 (in the target language)
Multi-choice list in the target language
2 part questions in the target language
Target Language Questions

9. Listening – Developing Skills
What could you do with this GCSE listening passage to develop listening skills before students do the question?

10. Vocabulary tips Vocabulary
Give vocab to students before they see/hear the text
Teach strategies for learning vocab
Get students to use On-line sites to learn at home
Test vocab regularly
Encourage accountability (students record scores and list difficult words)

11. Listening – Developing Skills
Support Tasks to develop listening ..

12. Reading – new GCSE exam tasks (AQA)
Foundation
Multi-choice (Eng)
English questions
Finish the English sentence
Gap fill (1 word in Eng)
Match people to questions
Summary table (past/present/future)
English summary questions (list 6 things)
TL questions (1 detail)
T/F/NT (Eng & Fr)
Find 5/6 true statements from 10/12 in TL

13. Reading – new GCSE exam tasks (AQA)
Higher
4 true statements from 8 (Eng)
T/F/NT in TL
TL questions 2/3 details
Summary questions – list 5 advantages from the text

14. Reading – Developing Skills
What could you do with this reading passage to develop reading skills before students do the question?

15. Reading – Developing Skills
13 Reading strategies Anything missing?

16. Reading strategies – Student tick list
Could you use this?
Why (not)?
Would you adapt it?

17. Embedding Reading Strategies – Performance Management

18. Listening and Reading Embedding Practice
2-3 staff per group
Share ideas beforehand
1 teacher does lead lesson
Shared planning
Other teachers do follow up lessons (30 mins)