GCSE Spanish

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Speaking Booklet

Name: ________________________
Teacher: ______________________

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The Speaking exam will take place in school with your class teacher, but will be
assessed by an external examiner. It makes up 25% of the GCSE.

The Foundation tier lasts 7 – 9 minutes, plus 12 minutes preparation time.

The Higher tier lasts 10 – 12 minutes, plus 12 minutes preparation time.

Task 1 – a role play based on one topic that is allocated by the exam board
(based on Themes 1 – 4)
Task 2 – questions based on a picture stimulus based on one topic that is
allocated by the exam board.
Task 3 – conversation based on two themes. The first theme is based on the
topic chosen by the candidate in advance. The second theme is allocated by
the exam board.

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Theme 1: Identity and culture – Module 3
1. Describe a un buen amigo tuyo/una buena amiga tuya

2. ¿Qué aplicaciones usas para estar en contacto con tus amigos y con tu
familia?

3 ¿Estás enganchado/a a tu móvil?

4. ¿Qué piensas de las redes sociales?

5. ¿Qué te gusta leer? ¿Por qué?

6. ¿Te llevas bien con tu familia? ¿Por qué (no)?

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7. Describe a una persona de tu familia.

8. ¿Quiénes son más importantes, tus amigos o tus padres? ¿Por qué?

9. ¿Cómo es un buen amigo/una buena amiga?

10. ¿Qué planes tienes con tus amigos este fin de semana?

Module 4
1. ¿Qué sueles hacer en tus ratos libres?

2. ¿Eres teleadicto/a? ¿Por qué (no)?

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3 ¿Prefieres ver películas en casa o en el cine? ¿Por qué (no)?

4. ¿Te gusta la música? ¿Por qué (no)?

5. ¿Tus padres te dan dinero? ¿Qué haces con la paga?

6. ¿Qué planes tienes para este fin de semana?

7. ¿Eres muy deportista? ¿Por qué (no)?

8. Hablame de la última vez que participaste en un deporte?

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9. ¿En qué consiste en buen modelo a seguir?

10. ¿Quién es tu modelo a seguir?

Module 6
1. ¿Qué te gusta comer? ¿Por qué (no)?

2. ¿Has probado la comida española? ¿Te gusta? ¿Por qué (no)?

3. ¿Prefieres cenar en casa o en un restaurante? ¿Por qué?

4. Háblame de lo que hiciste en un día especial reciente con tus amigos o tu

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familia.

5. ¿Cómo vas a celebrar tu próximo cumpleaños?

6. ¿Has asistido a un festival de música? ¿Puedes describirlo?

7. Háblame de lo que hiciste por Navidad el año pasado?

8. ¿Cuál es la fiesta más importante, en tu opinión?

9. ¿Crees que las fiestas tradicionales son importantes? ¿Por qué (no)?

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10. Háblame de una fiesta a la que te gustaría asistir.

Theme 2: Local Area, Holiday and Travel Module 1

1. ¿Qué haces en el verano?

2. ¿Dónde prefieres pasar las vacaciones? ¿Por qué?

3. ¿Adónde fuiste de vacaciones el año pasado?

4. ¿Dónde te alojaste?

5. ¿Cómo era el pueblo/la ciudad?

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6. ¿Qué fue lo mejor de tus vacaciones?

7. ¿Qué planes tienes para el próximo verano?

8. ¿Por qué son importantes las vacaciones?

9. ¿Por qué veranea tanta gente en el extranjero?

10. ¿Adónde irías si tuvieras mucho dinero?

Module 5
1. ¿Cuál es tu ciudad favorita? ¿Por qué te gusta?

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2. ¿Cómo es la ciudad o el pueblo donde vives?

3. ¿Qué es mejor, vivir en la ciudad o en el campo? ¿Por qué?

4. ¿Qué hay para turistas en tu zona? ¿Qué se puede hacer?

5. ¿Qué hiciste recientemente en tu zona?

6. ¿Cómo cambiarías tu zona?

7. ¿Qué harás en tu ciudad este fin de semana, si hace buen tiempo? Y ¿si
hace mal tiempo?

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8. ¿Dónde te gusta comprar? ¿Por qué?

9. ¿Adónde fuiste de compras la última vez y qué compraste? ¿Qué hiciste?

10. Describe una visita que hiciste a una ciudad (en Gran Bretaña o en otro
país?

Theme 3: School Module 2

1. ¿Cómo es tu insti? ¿Qué instalaciones tiene / no tiene?

2. ¿Qué asignaturas te gustan y no te gustan? ¿Por qué?

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3. ¿Qué opinas del uniforme escolar?

4. ¿Qué piensas de las otras normas de tu insti?

5. ¿Qué actividades extraescolares haces?

6. ¿Qué planes tienes para este trimestre?

7. ¿Qué es lo bueno/malo de tu insti?

8. Compara tu escuela primaria con tu instituto.

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9. ¿Hay diferencias entre los institutos españoles y tu instituto?

10. ¿Puedes describir un intercambio o un viaje escolar que hiciste en el

pasado?

Theme 4: Future Aspirations, Study and Work Module 7

1. ¿Tienes un trabajo a tiempo parcial? ¿Qué haces?

2. ¿Qué planes tienes para el futuro?

3. ¿Qué opinas de ir a la universidad? ¿Por qué?

4. ¿Cómo ayudas con las tareas domésticas?

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5. ¿Dónde hiciste tus prácticas laborales?

6. ¿En qué te gustaría trabajar? ¿Por qué?

7. ¿Crees que es importante aprender otras lenguas? ¿Por qué (no)?

8. ¿Cómo pasarías un año sabático? ¿Por qué?

9. ¿Qué otras ambiciones tienes?

10. ¿Qué cosas te importan más en la vida? ¿Por qué?

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Theme 5: International and Global Dimension – Module 8
1. ¿Cuáles son los problemas globales más serios hoy en día?

2. ¿Cómo se pueden solucionar los problemas?

3. ¿Para qué sirven los eventos deportivos internacionales?

4. ¿Qué opinas de los grandes eventos musicales?

5. ¿Cómo se debería cuidar el medio ambiente?

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6. ¿Te gusta tu casa? ¿Por qué (no)?

7. Si fueras millonario ¿cómo sería tu casa ideal? ¿Qué tendría?

8. ¿Qué haces en casa para proteger el medio ambiente?

9. ¿Es importante ser solidario? ¿Por qué (no)?

10. ¿Si tuvieras mucho dinero, cómo ayudarías a los demás?

Assessment criteria for the Fountation tier

Role play – Foundation tier (10 marks)

For this task, students’ work is marked by Pearson using the following assessment criteria.
The mark grid is applied once to each individual response to the prompts. There is a
maximum of 2 marks for each of the five prompts on the role play cards.

Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable communication; highly ambiguous OR pronunciation prevents

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 communication.
Partially clear/ambiguous OR partially appropriate within the context of the role
1
play; pronunciation may affect clarity of communication.
Clearly communicated; appropriate within the context of the role play;
2
unambiguous; pronunciation supports clear communication.

Picture-based task – Foundation tier (24 marks)

There are two mark grids to be applied to this task which are:
● communication and content
● linguistic knowledge and accuracy.

Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
● Limited response to set questions, likely to consist of single-word answers
● Minimal success in adapting language to describe, narrate, inform using
individual words/phrases; sometimes unable to respond
1–4
● A straightforward opinion may be expressed but without justification
● Pronunciation and intonation are inconsistently intelligible with inaccuracies
that lead to frequent impairment in communication
 Responds briefly to set questions, there is much hesitation and continuous
prompting needed
● Some limited success in adapting language, to describe, narrate and inform in
5–8 response to the set questions; may occasionally be unable to respond
● Straightforward, brief opinions are given but without justification
● Pronunciation and intonation are mostly intelligible but inaccuracies lead to
some impairment in communication
● Responds to set questions with some development, some hesitation and some
prompting necessary
● Some effective adaptation of language to describe, narrate and inform in
9 – 12 response to the set questions
● Expresses opinions with occasional, brief justification
● Pronunciation and intonation are intelligible, occasionally inaccuracies affect
 clarity of communication
● Responds to set questions with frequently developed responses, occasional
hesitation, occasional prompting necessary
● Frequently effective adaptation of language to describe, narrate and inform in
13 -16 response to the set questions
● Expresses opinions and gives justification with some development
● Pronunciation and intonation are intelligible, inaccuracies are minimal and
have no impact on clarity of communication

Picture-based task: linguistic knowledge and accuracy - Foundation tier

Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
● Limited accuracy when responding to set questions; minimal success when
referring to past, present and future events
1–2 ● Individual words and phrases are coherent when responding to set
questions; high frequency of errors prevent meaning throughout most of the
conversation

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 ● Occasionally accurate grammatical structures when responding to set
questions; occasional success when referring to present events, limited
success when referring to future or past events, much ambiguity
3-4
● Some coherent phrases and sentences within responses to set questions;
regular errors prevent coherent overall speech and frequently prevent
meaning
● Some accurate grammatical structures, including some successful references
to past, present and future events in response to the set questions, some
5–6 ambiguity
● Responses are partially coherent, errors occur that sometimes hinder clarity
of communication and occasionally prevent meaning being conveyed
● Generally accurate grammatical structures, generally successful references to
past, present and future events in response to the set questions, occasional
7–8 ambiguity
● Responses are generally coherent although errors occur that occasionally
hinder clarity of communication
Descriptor
Conversation – Foundation tier (36 marks)
There are three mark grids to be applied to this task which are:
● communication and content
● interaction and spontaneity
● linguistic knowledge and accuracy.

Conversation: communication and content - Foundation tier

Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
● Communicates limited information relevant to the topics and questions
● Uses language to express limited, straightforward ideas and thoughts;
occasional straightforward opinion expressed without justification
● Uses limited, familiar vocabulary and expression with much repetition;
1–3
communication is disjointed and frequently breaks down because of
restricted range of vocabulary
● Pronunciation and intonation are inconsistently intelligible with inaccuracies
that lead to frequent impairment in communication
● Uses straightforward, repetitive, grammatical structures
● Occasionally accurate grammatical structures, occasional success when
4–6 referring to present events, limited success when referring to future or past
events, much ambiguity
● Some coherent phrases and sentences; regular errors prevent coherent
overall speech and frequently prevent meaning
● Manipulates a limited variety of mainly straightforward grammatical
structures, minimal use of complex structures
7–9 ● Some accurate grammatical structures, some successful references to past,
present and future events, some ambiguity
● Sequences of coherent speech although errors occur that often hinder clarity
of communication and occasionally prevent meaning being conveyed
● Manipulates grammatical structures with occasional variation, complex
structures used but repetitive
● Generally accurate grammatical structures, generally successful references to
10–12
past, present and future events
● Generally coherent speech although errors occur that sometimes hinder
clarity of communication

Assessment criteria for the Higher tier

Role play – Higher tier (10 marks)

For this task, students’ work is marked by Pearson using the following assessment criteria.
The mark grid is applied once to each individual response to the prompts. There is a
maximum of 2 marks for each of the five prompts on the role play cards.

Mark Descriptor

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 No rewardable communication; highly ambiguous OR pronunciation prevents
0
communication.
Partially clear/ambiguous OR partially appropriate within the context of the role
1
play; pronunciation may affect clarity of communication.
Clearly communicated; appropriate within the context of the role play;
2
unambiguous; pronunciation supports clear communication.

Picture-based task: linguistic knowledge and accuracy - Higher tier

Mark Descriptor
No rewardable material
5–6 ● Predominantly accurate grammatical structures, mostly successful
references to past, present and future events in response to the set
0 questions
● Responses are predominantly coherent, errors occur but they rarely hinder
clarity of communication

● Some accurate grammatical structures, including some successful

references to past, present and future events in response to the set
1–2 questions, some ambiguity
● Responses are partially coherent, errors occur that sometimes hinder clarity
of communication and occasionally prevent meaning being conveyed
● Generally accurate grammatical structures, generally successful references
to past, present and future events in response to the set questions,
3–4 occasional ambiguity
● Responses are generally coherent although errors occur that occasionally
hinder clarity of communication
● Consistently accurate grammatical structures, successful references to
past, present and future events in response to the set questions
7–8
● Responses are coherent, any errors do not hinder the clarity of the
communication

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Conversation - Higher tier (36 marks)

There are three mark grids to be applied to this task, they are:
● communication and content
● interaction and spontaneity
● linguistic knowledge and accuracy.

Conversation: communication and content - Higher tier

Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
● Communicates information relevant to the topics and questions, with
occasionally extended sequences of speech
● Uses language to produce straightforward ideas, thoughts and opinions
with occasional justification
1–3
● Uses a limited variety of mainly straightforward vocabulary, communication
for some purposes is constrained because of restricted range of vocabulary
● Pronunciation and intonation are intelligible, occasionally inaccuracies affect
clarity of communication
● Communicates information relevant to the topics and questions, with some
extended sequences of speech
● Occasionally uses language creatively to express some individual thoughts,
ideas and opinions, some of which are justified
4–6 ● Occasional variety in use of vocabulary, including some examples of
uncommon language with some variation of expression, fulfils most
purposes
● Pronunciation and intonation are intelligible, inaccuracies are minimal and
have no impact on clarity of communication
● Communicates detailed information relevant to the topics and questions,
usually with extended sequences of speech
● Frequently uses language creatively to express and justify a variety of
7–9 individual thoughts, ideas and opinions
● Uses a variety of vocabulary, including frequent use of uncommon
language, to regularly vary expression for different purposes
● Pronunciation and intonation are intelligible and predominantly accurate
● Communicates detailed information relevant to the topics and questions,
consistently extended sequences of speech
● Consistently uses language creatively to express and justify a wide variety
10–12 of individual thoughts, ideas and opinions
● Consistently uses a wide variety of vocabulary, including uncommon
language, to consistently vary expression for different purposes
● Pronunciation and intonation are consistently accurate and intelligible

Conversation: interaction and spontaneity - Higher tier

Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
● Occasionally able to respond spontaneously with some examples of natural
interaction although often stilted
● Occasionally able to initiate and develop responses independently but
1–3
regular prompting needed
● Occasionally able to sustain communication, using rephrasing/repair
strategies if necessary to continue the flow; frequent hesitation
● Responds spontaneously to some questions, interacting naturally for parts
of the conversation
4–6 ● Sometimes able to initiate and develop the conversation independently,
some prompting needed
● Sometimes able to sustain communication, using rephrasing/repair
strategies if necessary to continue the flow; some hesitation

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 ● Responds to most questions spontaneously, resulting in mostly natural
interaction
● Mostly able to initiate and develop the conversation independently
7–9
● Able to sustain communication throughout most of the conversation, using
rephrasing/repair strategies if necessary to continue the flow, occasional
hesitation
● Responds spontaneously and with ease to questions, resulting in natural
interaction
10 - 12 ● Consistently able to initiate and develop the conversation independently
● Able to sustain communication throughout, using rephrasing/repair
strategies if necessary to continue the flow

Conversation: linguistic knowledge and accuracy - Higher tier

Mark Descriptor
0 No rewardable material
● Manipulates a limited variety of mainly straightforward grammatical
structures, minimal use of complex structures
● Some accurate grammatical structures, some successful references to past,
1–3
present and future events, some ambiguity
● Sequences of coherent speech although errors occur that often hinder clarity
of communication and occasionally prevent meaning being conveyed
● Manipulates grammatical structures with occasional variation, complex
structures used but repetitive
4–6 ● Generally accurate grammatical structures, generally successful references to
past, present and future events
● Generally coherent speech although errors occur that sometimes hinder
clarity of communication
● Manipulates a variety of grammatical structures, some variety of complex
structures
● Predominantly accurate grammatical structures, mostly successful references
7–9
to past, present and future events
● Predominantly coherent speech; errors occur but they rarely hinder clarity of
communication
● Manipulates a wide variety of grammatical structures, frequent use of
complex structures
● Consistently accurate grammatical structures, consistently successful
10 - 12
references to past, present and future events
● Fully coherent speech; any errors do not hinder the clarity of the
communication

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