Practice UK GCSE French Higher Tier Speaking Online
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Exam System
GCSE
Language
French
Total Speaking Time
12 minutes
Exam Components
4 tasks
What You Will Practice
Task 1 – Read aloud + short interaction
Duration: 2–2.5 minutes
•Read aloud a short text (Higher tier length)
•Answer two short unprepared questions (present tense; likes/dislikes/opinions)
Weight: 24%
Task 2 – Role play
Duration: 1–1.5 minutes
•Respond to five prompts (2 marks each: fully/partially/not communicated)
•Maintain clear communication under time pressure
Weight: 20%
Task 3 – Picture task + conversation
Duration: 7–8 minutes
•Describe one of two colour pictures using the three compulsory bullet points (people, location, activity)
•Answer two compulsory questions about the picture
•Continue with a longer unprepared conversation within the same thematic context
•Use three timeframes consistently (present + past + future) where appropriate
Weight: 56%
Speaking (overall)
Duration: 10–12 minutes
•Complete all three tasks within the total time window
•Sustain extended sequences of speech in the conversation
Weight: 25%
High-Frequency Topics
Common mistakes that lower scores
- !Not sustaining extended sequences of speech (answers too short in conversation)
- !Inconsistent use of three timeframes in the conversation (especially past vs. perfect tense choice)
- !Repetition due to limited paraphrasing strategies
- !Major errors in verbs that obscure meaning
- !Pronunciation lapses in SSCs that reduce comprehensibility in read aloud
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