AS AQA stimulus skills
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AS AQA stimulus skills The AS oral: 15 minutes -stimulus: 5 minutes (2 cards given to you-pick one) -chosen topic: 3 minutes (nominated in advance- cue card produced in advance for the examiner) -remaining 2 topics: 3 ½ minutes each Media • Television • Advertising • Communication technology Popular culture • Cinema • Music • Fashion trends Healthy living • Sport/exercise • Health/well being • holidays Personal relationships • Family • Friendships • Marriage/partnerships The stimulus: 5 minutes • 2 ½ minutes: printed questions – 5 marks first question: fairly short answer Do not give a lengthy description of the document Reminder of questions: give developed answers look for every opportunity to develop the points in your preparation time. • 2 ½ minutes: more general discussion- 5 marks Stay within the confines of the subtopic Also use preparation time to anticipate what the examiner might ask you. Stimulus: marks for the first 2 ½ minutes! • • • • • • • • Part 1 Discussion of stimulus card (AO2) Mark In response to the stimulus questions 5 Develops a wide range of relevant points 4 Develops a number of relevant points 3 Some relevant points made but with little development 2 Responses brief and lacking in development 0 - 1 No or very little meaningful response Stimulus: marks for the remaining 2 ½ minutes! • • • • • • Mark In the more general discussion 5 Responds to all opportunities to express and develop ideas and opinions 4 Some evidence of developing ideas and opinions 3 Ideas and opinions are simplistic and underdeveloped • 2 Meaningful ideas and opinions are rarely • expressed • 0 - 1 No or very little meaningful response Developing a point 1st 5 minutes : grammatical showcase! Ensure you include several high level grammatical structures for example: A “si” clause A pluperfect A conditional perfect A future perfect An expression with the subjunctive A passive form • De quoi s'agit-il? • Il s’agit de… • Il est question de… • It’s about… Giving examples: • Par exemple, j’ai vu une émission récemment où… • J’ai un ami qui… • Ce film… illustre bien ce problème parce qu’il montre… • Imaginons la situation suivante… • Si vous étiez à la la place de…+conditional • For example, I recently saw a program in which… • I have a friend who… • This film is a good illustration of this problem because it shows… • Let’s imagine the following situation… • If you were in …’s shoes + conditional Giving reasons • • • • • • Étant donné que Vu que En raison de Face à/ devant Grâce à Pour de multiples raisons • • • • • • Given that Considering that In view of In the face of Thanks to For all sorts of reasons Donner des opinions • • • • • Il me semble que A mon sens/ selon moi Pour ma part J’estime que Ce qui me preoccupe, c’est… • Je suis d’accord • Je ne suis pas d’accord • • • • • It seems to me that As I see it For my part I feel that What bothers me is… • I agree • I don’t agree Pratique! Malgré toute la publicité sur les dangers et les risques, l'abus d’alcool reste un grand problème chez les jeunes Britanniques. Questions De quoi s'agit-il? Pourquoi est-ce que les jeunes sont tentés par l'alcool, à votre avis? Si la publicité n'est pas efficace, comment estce qu'on peut les décourager de boire trop? Est-ce que c'est l'alcool qui pose le plus grand risque pour la santé, selon vous? Comment est votre mode de vie?
