Asset LanguagesFrench
Breakthrough stage - Reading tests
Part 2 of the Breakthrough Stage Reading test for French, Spanish and German has been changed. Please see the new sample tests below:
Submitting answers to reading and listening tests has been changed for Primary candidates
With effect from November 2011, candidates will transfer their answers from their question paper to a separate answer sheet (OMR) before returning them to OCR for marking. The answer sheets will be sent to centres pre-printed with candidate details.
Full instructions on Using Candidate OMR Answer Sheets can be found on pages 81 and 82 of the Asset Languages Admin Guide 2011/12 (PDF, 1 MB).
Popular documents
- Specification 1 - BreakthroughPDF, 29 KB
- Specification 2 - PreliminaryPDF, 29 KB
- Specification 3 - IntermediatePDF, 29 KB
- Specification 4 - AdvancedPDF, 28 KB
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Asset Languages measures the skills of learners against the Languages Ladder. Accreditation covers the first four stages of the Ladder: Breakthrough, Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced. Asset qualifications are also mapped to the National Qualifications Framework. View the qualification structure for more information. Asset Languages can motivate and reward language learners in primary, secondary and adult education.
Benefits
- There are two options: external assessment and teacher assessment.
- The listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of each language learner are assessed separately.
- Learners can be tested in the skills they are most confident in first.
- Tests can be taken at different times of the year, when learners are ready.
