GCSE Short Courses (for first teaching in 2009) Persian - J035 spoken and J135 written

Units

We've summarised the course details and the assessment objectives for GCSE Persian.

Unit title and description

Assessment
incl. duration

Weighting
Unit A821: Listening

Learners will:

  • Listen for, identify and note main points and extract some details from spoken Persian of increasing length, speed and complexity
  • Demonstrate their understanding of Persian with a variety of non-verbal responses and some short answers in English.

Written examination

50 minutes

25% full course

50% spoken short course
Unit A822: Speaking

Using Persian, Learners will:

  • Communicate appropriate information within given role-play situations
  • Take part in and develop conversations, expressing and justifying opinions where appropriate.

Oral examination

10 minutes

25% full course

50% spoken short course
Unit A823: Reading

Learners will:

  • Read, identify and note main points and extract some details from written texts in Persian of increasing length, speed and complexity
  • Demonstrate their understanding of Persian with a variety of non-verbal responses and some short answers in English.

Written examination

1 hour

25% full course

50% written short course
Unit A824: Writing:

Using Persian, Learners will:

  • Demonstrate their ability to communicate in writing on different topics
  • Express and justify points of view where appropriate
  • Use as wide a range of vocabulary and grammatical structures as possible.

Written examination

1 hour

25% full course

50% written short course

Full course

We also offer a full course in GCSE Persian, offering:

  • Greater control of assessment activities
  • Interesting course content which is relevant to daily life
  • Stimulating content across all subjects
  • A focus on developing students' personal, learning and thinking skills

Assessment objectives

The assessment objectives are designed to reflect the non-statutory guidelines for Persian.

Learners are expected to demonstrate the following in the context of the content described:

AO1

Understand spoken language.

AO2

Communicate in speech.

AO3

Understand written language.

AO4

Communicate in writing.