ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE

This NEW PROGRAMME FOR 2023 will provide students with a motivational informative and valuable revision day on GCSE French. The day is specially designed by current senior examiners, who will give expert advice, guidance, examples, focusing on the key points to maximise students’ exam achievements. This conference is targeted at AQA and Edexcel GCSE students

KEY FOCUS AREAS

• Boost your students’ performance in key areas of GCSE French with a summary of the learning from the past two years.
• Hear from current examiners who will inspire your students with advice from their own perspective.
• Learn the common pitfalls and how to avoid these.
• Interactive, fast-paced day with student participation throughout
• Take home a full set of revision notes written by senior examiners
• Be inspired by an impressive, motivational and valuable session

PROGRAMME

Paper 1 – How to score high marks in Listening

• Understand exactly how the questions work- dissecting what the examiners are looking for and dispelling any common misunderstandings.
• Don’t get caught out by distractors
• Crucial vocabulary and how to make sure you know it
• Using the paper to your advantage – setting yourself up to succeed!

Paper 4: Developing your Writing Skills for Exam Success

• The shorter writing tasks: what the examiners expect to see and how to ensure that this is what you put in.
• The extended writing tasks: a look at the examiners’ reports – what gets a Grade 8 – 9
• Making your writing more interesting with sophisticated language
• Student activity: Which is the best? Student marking exercise
• The English-French translation – focusing on tenses and structure.

Break

• Submit your questions for the experts

The Writing Exam: How to Gain full Marks for the 90 and 150 word questions

• The extended writing tasks: a look at the examiners’ reports – what gets a Grade 8 – 9
• What is the examiner looking to see?
• ACTIVITY: How to move your grades up by a whole level

Question box: A prize is awarded for the best question.

Paper 2: Achieving in the Speaking Exam

• The role play – why less is more
• The photo card – how to be ready for any photo
• The general conversation – how to prepare well and score highly
• Other top tips from the examiners, with student exercises to show these at work

Boosting Your Reading Skills to Access The Top Grades

• Different question types – what the examiners are really looking for
• Improving your exam technique – making vocabulary connections
• Dealing with authentic texts – strategies that work
• Improving your French-English translation skills – top tips
• Student activity: Read and respond

Exam Techniques and Tactics & Final Top Tips

• What do successful revisers do differently?
• Effective techniques for retrieval, recall under pressure
• How to Murder difficult exam questions and avoid Brain Freeze
• Final Top Tips to Succeed in Your Exams!

Departure and Close