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GCSE French
WJEC – Listening/Reading / Foundation
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GUIDE TO FOUNDATION PAPER - LISTENING
Section
Exercise 1
Question structure / Marks
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Multiple choice questions on topic of
food
Tips on answering questions /
timings
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Practice tracker
First
practice
Second
practice
Third
practice
Each student is entitled to 5
minutes reading time prior to
the start of the listening
exam. Therefore, notes can
be made during that time.
Focus on number of marks
available.
Read all instructions carefully
as clues might be given as to
what topic it is about or how
many sections there are.
All important information will
be in bold and underlined in
the instructions.
Double-check your answers
during the second listening to
ensure you have the correct
answer.
The beep will inform you of
the end of a section or an
exercise. If you don’t know
where you are, this will
provide you some help.
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Exercise 2
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Multiple choice questions on topic of
hobbies
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Each student is entitled to 5
minutes reading time prior to
the start of the listening
exam. Therefore, notes can
be made during that time.
Focus on number of marks
available to give you an idea
of how many answers you need
to write.
Read all instructions carefully
as clues might be given as to
what topic it is about, how
many sections they are.
All important information will
be in bold and underlined in
the instructions.
Double-check your answers
during the second listening to
ensure you have the correct
answer.
The beep will inform you of
the end of a section or an
exercise. If you don’t know
where you are, this will
provide you some help.
Exercise 3
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Multiple choice questions on topic about
yourself.
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See Above
Exercise 4
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Section 1: Multiple choice questions
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Each student is entitled to 5
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about part-time jobs where this time,
you have to find the 4 correct answers
amongst 8.
Section 2: Answering questions in
English.
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minutes reading time prior to
the start of the listening
exam. Therefore, notes can
be made during that time.
Focus on number of marks
available to give you an idea
of how many answers you need
to write.
Read all instructions carefully
as clues might be given as to
what topic it is about, how
many sections they are.
All important information will
be in bold and underlined in
the instructions.
Double-check your answers
during the second listening to
ensure you have the correct
answer.
The beep will inform you of
the end of a section or an
exercise. If you don’t know
where you are, this will
provide you some help.
For section 2, read the
questions carefully and even
underline the key words if
necessary.
There is no need for full
4
sentences. Just put down the
key words.
Exercise 5 (this is the
first exercise you will
find in the Higher tier
paper)
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Answering questions in English.
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See Above
Exercise 6
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Answering questions in English.
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See Above
GUIDE TO FOUNDATION PAPER - READING
Section
Exercise 1
Question structure / Marks
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Match up exercise
Tips on answering questions /
timings
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Practice tracker
First
practice
Second
practice
Third
practice
Focus on number of marks
available to give you an idea
of how many answers you need
to write.
Read all instructions carefully
as clues might be given as to
what topic it is about, how
many sections they are.
All important information will
be in bold and underlined in
the instructions.
You are allowed to
highlight/underline any key
words! Do not hesitate to do
it!
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Make sure not to have chosen
2 letters twice.
Exercise 2
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Match up exercise
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See Above
Exercise 3
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Match up exercise
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See Above
Exercise 4
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Fill in the gaps exercise with possible
answers below
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Focus on number of marks
available to give you an idea
of how many answers you need
to write.
Read all instructions carefully
as clues might be given as to
what topic it is about, how
many sections they are.
All important information will
be in bold and underlined in
the instructions.
You are allowed to
highlight/underline any key
words! Do not hesitate to do
it!
Make sure not to have chosen
2 letters twice.
For this exercise, have a look
at what type of word is
required (i.e.: noun, adjective,
verb). You can even put down
an initial next to each of the
words.
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Exercise 5 (this is the
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Answering questions in English.
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See Above
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first exercise you will
find in the Higher tier
paper)
Exercise 6
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Answering questions in English.
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See Above
GUIDE TO REVISION
Topics
What you need to know / be able to do
Specific revision material
Revision tracker
First
revision
Home life
Home town and region
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Opinions
Daily routine (everyday objects)
Meals
Rooms in the house
Chores
Food and drinks
Personal details
Family
Pets
Personality and description
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Places in town
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Second
revision
Third
revision
For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* Opinions (p.2-14)
* Daily routine (everyday objects)
(p.2-6)
* Meals (p.2-10)
* Rooms in the house (p.2-6)
* Chores (p.2-6)
* Food and drinks (p.6-10)
* Personal details (p.10-11)
* Family (p.11-12)
* Pets (p.12)
* Personality and description
(p.12-14)
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For these topics, you can find
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them in your WJEC GCSE
Opinions
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list: from pages
16-18
Education
Environmental issues
Social issues
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School subjects
Everyday classroom language
School equipment
Rooms in the school
Qualifications
Further education
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Seasons
Weather
Petrol
Greenhouse effect
Pollution
Transport
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Health and fitness
Accident
Body parts
Illnesses
Relationships
Contemporary society
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For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* School subjects (p.20-25)
* Everyday classroom language
(p.20-25)
* School equipment (p.20-25)
* Rooms in the school (p.20-25)
* Qualifications (p.20-25)
* Further education (p.25)
For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list: from pages
27-28
For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* Health and fitness (p.30-31)
* Accident (p.30-31)
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* Body parts (p.30-31)
* Illnesses (p.30-31)
* Relationships (p.32)
* Contemporary society (p.33-34)
Life in other countries
Youth culture
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Nationalities
Places/countries
Holidays and special occasions
Tourism at home and abroad
Other cultures
Clothes
Free time and social activities
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For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* Nationalities (p.36)
* Accident (p.30-31)
* Places/countries (p.37)
* Holidays and special occasions
(p.38-43)
* Tourism at home and abroad
(p.43-46)
* Other cultures (p.47)
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For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* Clothes (p.49)
* Free time and social activities
(p.49-53)
New technologies
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New technologies
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For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* New technologies (p.55)
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The world of work
Media
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Jobs
Careers/Employment
Language and communication in the
workplace
Media
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For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* Jobs (p.57-58)
* Careers/Employment (p.58)
* Language and communication in
the workplace (p.59-60)
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For these topics, you can find
them in your WJEC GCSE
French Topic Based
Vocabulary list:
* Media (p.62-63)
Topics that never fail
to appear in the
listening and/or
reading papers
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Numbers
Dates
Times
The French dictionaries that
we sell in the department for
£5 (£8.99 in the shops) will
have a section on both:
* Times (p.359)
* Numbers and dates (p.360)
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section at the back of it.
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REVISION RESOURCES AND PAST PAPERS
Materials
Where can this be found or bought?
This is helpful for
* Interactive past
papers.
http://www.wildfrench.co.uk/
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To access to past papers and the
correction is done interactively
* Vocabulary workout
http://gcsemg.pbwiki.com/f/GCSEvocabWORKOUTfoundationFRENCH.htm
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This website gives you a workout
on vocabulary for the Foundation
Tier for the 4 skills in French
* WJEC website (exam
papers, specs etc)
http://www.wjec.com
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Exam questions and the spec tells
you what you need to know
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The GCSE Bitesize website is
very helpful as it gives you a
chance to revise for Listening and
Reading papers.
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Revision notes on key topics that
you have not seen since KS3.
Verb tables
* GCSE bitesize
* Oxford learner’s
French dictionary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french
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£5 from Mrs Flynn (£8.99 in the shops)
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* Linguascope
http://www.linguascope.com
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This is a great website that will
enable you to revise topics you
have not seen since Year 7s (i.e.:
dates, numbers and times)
username : tavccmfl
Password : France24
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