Le jeu de rôle
Madame Williams
GCSE French Sessions 2023
Les Objectifs
*12 minutes of preparation time
Instructions from WJEC
There will be a sentence at the beginning in Welsh. This is the 'situation' and explains the theme of the role play. Don't worry too much about the details. The most important thing is the theme and the part that tells you who will speak first (usually your teacher, but not always).
There are five bullet points in each role play. Be sure to respond with a full sentence to each.
When you see Answer the question you will have to respond to a question you are not prepared for. In your preparation time, try to think of the kind of thing that might be asked of you.
You will also have to ask a question. This could be a fairly simple question – e.g. Fumes-tu?
In the Foundation Tier, one of the prompts will be in a different tense (usually the past). Listen for clues like yesterday, last year, last weekend. For the Higher Tier, there will be two prompts in a different tense. Listen for clues to prompt you to use the future or conditional – e.g. tomorrow, next week, in the future.
Unlike other parts of the speaking exam, you won't get extra marks for adding further details, opinions and so on. In the role play, you only need to give the information the bullet points ask for and nothing else.
Mark Scheme – Foundation Tier
Mark Scheme – Higher Tier
Example of question – marks awarded
Asking a question
2. Using inversion
3. Using a question word
Tu as un animal.
Tu as un animal?
Tu aimes ton collège.
Tu aimes ton collège?
Tu joues au foot.
Tu joues au foot?
Remember – it is also possible to add 'Est-ce que' to the beginning of a statement to create a question.
2. Using inversion
Tu as un animal.
As-tu un animal?
Tu aimes ton collège.
Aimes-tu ton collège?
Tu joues au foot.
Joues-tu au foot?
3. Using a question word
Comment?
How?
Qui?
Who?
Que?
What?
Où?
Where?
Quand?
When?
Depuis quand?
Since when?
Combien?
How much/many?
À quelle heure?
At what time?
Quel/Quelle/Quels/Quelles?
Which?
Avec qui?
With whom?
Pourquoi?
Why?
1. _______ vas-tu en Italie?
2. ___ est-ce que tu habites?
3. ___ fais-tu pendant les vacances?
4. _____ est-ce que tu arrives au collège?
5. ____ ___ joues - tu au rugby?
Comment
What are the question words?
Où
Que
Quand
Avec qui
Qu'est-ce que
Quelle
Combien
À quelle-heure
Pourquoi
Je vais en Italie en avion.
J'habite à Swansea.
Je fais les magasins.
J'arrive au collège à huit heures et demie.
Je joue au rugby avec mon équipe.
J'aime boire de l'eau..
J'aimerais faire du karaté.
La poire coûte cinquante cents.
Les cours commencent à neuf heures.
Je déteste les serpents parce qu'ils sont effrayants.
Answers
Paper – Sample Assessment Materials
The layout of the task in the exam paper
Teacher Copy
Unseen question
Unseen question
Verb + infinitive
Opinion + name
Present tense
Expression of time
Perfect tense
Use of inversion to ask the question
Possible answers – Foundation Tier
Possible answers – Higher Tier
Reason in present tense
Perfect tense
Present tense
Question word + inversion
Future tense + infinitive
Remember!
It is possible for you to ask your
teacher to repeat the question.
Pouvez-vous répéter s'il vous plaît?
Past papers and revision
Foundation Tier 2022
Foundation Tier 2022
Higher Tier 2022
Higher Tier 2022
'Top Tips'
Useful links
GCSE French Sessions 2023