In this blog I am going to look at the assessment regimes of the four exam boards as they appear in the drafts. Usual caveat: this may change a bit! This summary applies to French, German and Spanish.
It is worth saying at the outset that there is far less variation in the pattern of assessment between boards as there is with subject content and prescribed lists of books and films. Nevertheless, if a teacher is weighing up two different boards, they may be slightly influenced by how the exams are arranged (content and timings). You'll see that, as the drafts stand, students will sit in the exam room a bit longer with OCR and Eduqas overall.
I shall look at both AS and A-level this time.
There is a little variation in nomenclature across the boards, but for ease of comparison I'll just use the terms Paper1, Paper 2 and Speaking. Note that you need to add 15 minutes prep time for the AS oral and 5 minutes for A-level.
Note also that even though weighting seem to vary somewhat from board to board, the overall Assessment Objectives (AOs) for each board are weighted identically, as dictated by Ofqual. Each board allocates marks slightly differently.
Again, apologies for the formatting. I shall really master using Blogger one day.
AQA
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 45 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL, essay 1h 15 30%
Speaking Discussion of two themes 12-14m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation both ways 2h 30 40%
Paper 2 Two essays in TL 2h 30%
Speaking Discussion + pres/discussion of research 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h A-level = 4h 30 Total 7h30
Eduqas
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation both ways 2h 30 50%
Paper 2 Essay in TL 1h 15 20%
Speaking Arguing a point of + discussion 12-15m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation both ways 2h 30 50%
Paper 2 Two essays in TL 2h 20%
Speaking Research project + discussion from card 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h 45 A-level = 4h 30 Total 8h 15
OCR
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 30 37%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + essay in TL 1h 30 33%
Speaking Discussion of two themes 12-14m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 2h 30 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + two essays in TL 2h 45 30%
Speaking Research project + discussion from card 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h A-level = 5h 15 Total 8h 15
Pearson
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 50 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + essay in TL 1h 15 30%
Speaking Discussion of two themes 12-15m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 50 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + two essays in TL 2h 40 30%
Speaking Research project + discussion 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h 05 A-level = 4h 30 Total 7h 35
It is worth saying at the outset that there is far less variation in the pattern of assessment between boards as there is with subject content and prescribed lists of books and films. Nevertheless, if a teacher is weighing up two different boards, they may be slightly influenced by how the exams are arranged (content and timings). You'll see that, as the drafts stand, students will sit in the exam room a bit longer with OCR and Eduqas overall.
I shall look at both AS and A-level this time.
There is a little variation in nomenclature across the boards, but for ease of comparison I'll just use the terms Paper1, Paper 2 and Speaking. Note that you need to add 15 minutes prep time for the AS oral and 5 minutes for A-level.
Note also that even though weighting seem to vary somewhat from board to board, the overall Assessment Objectives (AOs) for each board are weighted identically, as dictated by Ofqual. Each board allocates marks slightly differently.
Again, apologies for the formatting. I shall really master using Blogger one day.
AQA
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 45 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL, essay 1h 15 30%
Speaking Discussion of two themes 12-14m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation both ways 2h 30 40%
Paper 2 Two essays in TL 2h 30%
Speaking Discussion + pres/discussion of research 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h A-level = 4h 30 Total 7h30
Eduqas
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation both ways 2h 30 50%
Paper 2 Essay in TL 1h 15 20%
Speaking Arguing a point of + discussion 12-15m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation both ways 2h 30 50%
Paper 2 Two essays in TL 2h 20%
Speaking Research project + discussion from card 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h 45 A-level = 4h 30 Total 8h 15
OCR
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 30 37%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + essay in TL 1h 30 33%
Speaking Discussion of two themes 12-14m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 2h 30 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + two essays in TL 2h 45 30%
Speaking Research project + discussion from card 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h A-level = 5h 15 Total 8h 15
Pearson
AS-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 50 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + essay in TL 1h 15 30%
Speaking Discussion of two themes 12-15m 30%
A-level
Paper 1 Listening, reading, translation into English 1h 50 40%
Paper 2 Translation into TL + two essays in TL 2h 40 30%
Speaking Research project + discussion 16-18m 30%
Total exam time: AS = 3h 05 A-level = 4h 30 Total 7h 35
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