Spoken English, Year 10: the GCSE presentation

Pass; Merit; Distinction

提示Recall the three-tier labels used for grades in practical and vocational qualifications.

为什么The endorsement is a formal presentation with questions. It has no marks: the teacher decides which grade's criteria your performance meets, and that grade is printed on your certificate.

None

提示Consider how the endorsement relates to your numerical result: does it alter the calculation?

为什么The endorsement has a weighting of 0%. It is still compulsory: every student has to be given the chance to do it, and anyone who does not attempt it is recorded as Not Classified.

10

提示Roughly the length of a short school assembly, in double figures.

为什么The specification gives ten minutes as a guide to the longest a presentation should last. It is a guide and not a stopwatch limit, but a talk that runs far over is hard to keep organised.

Your teacher

提示Think of who at school checks the subject is suitable before you start preparing.

为什么The specification says students identify the subject of their presentation in advance and agree it with their teacher. The presentation must be formal, but it can be a talk, a speech, a debate or a dialogue.

Yes, but you do not have to

提示Think about whether the rules forbid, require or simply permit support materials.

为什么Notes and slides are allowed as a help. The presentation must be planned and organised either way: the specification warns that a lack of preparation is likely to keep a student out of the higher grades.

All of them

提示Think about what a competency-based checklist of criteria means: can any be left out?

为什么The grades are not a best fit. You must meet every criterion for a grade before you can be considered for the next one, so a brilliant talk with no proper answer to the questions cannot reach the grade it otherwise deserves.

AO8

提示Match the three objectives to the order of a talk: delivery, interaction, language choice.

为什么AO7 is presenting in a formal setting, AO8 is listening and responding, and AO9 is using spoken Standard English. So how you handle the questions is assessed in its own right.

Detail

提示Think of what a reply gains when it goes beyond a bare answer.

为什么The criteria rise in steps: a straightforward response for a Pass, a formal response in some detail for a Merit, and for a Distinction a perceptive one that adds further ideas where that suits.

Yes

提示Consider whether clarification-seeking counts as effective interaction or as a weakness.

为什么The assessment expects students to respond to questions and to ask questions themselves to get a point clarified. 'Do you mean the cost, or the time it would take?' is a strong reply, not a weak one.

B

提示Reread the question and decide which reply addresses its actual subject.

为什么Reply A is true and beside the point. Reply B answers the question in its first words, gives a reason, and admits a limit, which is the detail the higher grades look for.

No

提示Consider which parts of the endorsement are tested after the talk itself.

为什么Responding to questions and feedback is required, during or after the presentation. Even the Pass criteria include listening to questions and giving an appropriate response.