Languages
Year 8
German
Length
A one-hour exam with listening, reading and writing sections.
What should I bring?
Pen
Content
1 x listening and reading paper
This will be in the same style as your previous assessments and will include elements from all topics covered this year
1 x writing paper
This will be similar to previous written assessments and will include translation into German.
Helpful hints
Use Linguascope and Quizlet to help you revise vocabulary.
Remember to revise time phrases, connectives and adjectives.
Type words into Google Translate to hear the pronunciation.
Look at notes and corrected work from your book.
Make sure that you can give and justify opinions.
Make sure you revise the past tense.
Use the Level Criteria sheet in your books – make sure that you know what grammar you need to include for your target level, and that you know how to do so.
Vocabulary lists
https://quizlet.com/class/2055264/
Revision websites
www.linguascope.com (log in information from your languages teacher)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zcj2tfr
http://www.langweb.co.uk/webindex/Gergram.htm
http://www.germanrevision.org.uk/KS3/index.htm
http://gut.languageskills.co.uk/index.html (free to use outside school hours)
French
Length
A one-hour exam with listening, reading and writing sections.
What should I bring?
Pen
Content
Food and drink, family and interests, free-time (past tense), holidays
Helpful hints
Use Linguascope and Quizlet to help you revise vocabulary.
Remember to revise time phrases, connectives and adjectives.
Type words into Google Translate to hear the pronunciation.
Look at notes and corrected work from your book.
Make sure that you can give and justify opinions.
Make sure you revise the past tense.
Use the Level Criteria sheet in your books – make sure that you know what grammar you need to include for your target level, and that you know how to do so.
Useful websites
https://quizlet.com/subject/Expo-2-French/
https://www.zut.org.uk/beginner/year7.html
https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/french/?q=Expo+2+Rouge (search “Expo 2 Rouge)
Spanish
Length
A one-hour exam with listening, reading and writing sections.
What should I bring?
Pen
Content
Everything you have covered in modules 1 - 6 Mira Express 1 (including grammar and vocabulary from year 7) and Units 3 and 4 from Mira Express 2.
Introductions, Myself and family, school and where you live, house and bedroom, daily routine, free time activities, the future tense, holidays and food, the past tense.
Helpful hints
Lists of everything you need to know will be in your little white work booklets.
Use memrise online to practise vocabulary
Your exercise books should have everything you need to know
Revision websites
www.languagesonline.org.uk (choose relevant topics / grammar sections)
www.linguascope.com (log in information from your languages teacher)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca (choose relevant chapters)