Japanese GCSE

Assessment

INTERNAL CERTIFICATE In-class assessments (Level 1 Certificate) at the end of Year 12 GCSE HIGHER EXAMINATION (End of Year 13 examination) PAPER 1 LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING 1hr 45 minutes 25% This paper draws on vocabulary and structures across all the themes and topics. Students are assessed on their understanding of standard spoken Japanese by one or more speakers in a range of public and social settings. Students will respond to multiple response and short answer open response questions based on recording featuring male and female speakers. All questions are in English. PAPER 2 SPEAKING Internally conducted and externally assessed 10-12 minutes + 12 minutes PREPARATION TIME 25% Students are assessed on their ability to communicate and interact effectively through speaking in Japanese for different purposes and in different settings. There are 3 tasks: - Task 1 a Role Play - Task 2 Questions based on a picture stimulus - Task 3 Conversation based on 2 themes PAPER 3 READING 1 hour 5 minutes 25% Students are assessed on their understanding of written Japanese across a range of types of text, including advertisement, emails, letters, articles and literary texts. Students are required to respond to multiple choice, short answer questions. Section A in English Section B a translation passage from Japanese into English PAPER 4 WRITING 1 hour 25 minutes 25% Students are assessed on their ability to communicate effectively through writing in Japanese for different purposes and audiences. Students are required to produce responses of varying lengths and types to express ideas and opinions in Japanese. Higher: 2 open-response questions and one translation