GCSE Short Courses (for first teaching in 2009) Turkish - J037 spoken and J137 written

Units

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

Unit title and description

Assessment
incl. duration

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Unit A841: Listening

Candidates will:

  • Listen for, identify and note main points and extract some details from spoken Turkish of increasing length, speed and complexity
  • Demonstrate their understanding of Turkish 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 A842: Speaking

Using Turkish, candidates 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 A843: Reading

Candidates will:

  • Read, identify and note main points and extract some details from written texts in Turkish of increasing length, speed and complexity
  • Demonstrate their understanding of Turkish 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 A844: Writing

Using Turkish, candidates 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 Turkish, 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

AO1

Understand spoken language.

AO2

Communicate in speech.

AO3

Understand written language.

AO4

Communicate in writing.