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Languages: Academic Breadth
Subject
Subject group
Exam Board
Course
Description
GCSE Languages (French, German or Spanish)
Languages, Academic Breadth
Edexcel
Languages GCSE courses and exams began in September 2025, so look and
feel slightly different to previous years.
The course content covers a range of engaging and relatable thematic contexts,
which are relevant to students9 current and future needs:
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Examination
Information
My personal world
Lifestyle and wellbeing
My neighbourhood
Media and technology
Studying and my future
Travel and tourism
Students will be entered for either Foundation Tier or Higher Tier, for all
examinations below. All these examinations will take place in the Summer term of
Year 11.
Paper 1 - Speaking
Prep time - 15 minutes
Task 1: Read aloud and 2 short unprepared questions
Task 2: Role play in a transactional setting
Task 3: Picture description, 2 short unprepared questions
and follow-on conversation
Paper 2 - Listening and Understanding
5 mins reading time included
Section A: Listening - multiple-choice, multiple-response and short-answer
open response questions. All questions set in English.
Section B: Dictation
Paper 3 - Reading and Understanding
Section A: Reading - multiple-choice, multiple-response and short-answer open
response questions. All questions set in English.
Section B: Translation into English
Paper 4: Writing
Picture task (Foundation tier only)
Two writing responses (both tiers, with a choice of two options for each
question)
Translation into French (both tiers)
Grades available
9-1
Controlled
Assessment
Information
There is no Controlled Assessment Task.
