A-level Languages
A-level Instructions – June 2012
Instructions for the Conduct of the Examinations for June 2012 are now available.
Visiting Examiners
From 2012 we can't allocate a Visiting Examiner to schools with nine students or fewer. Students can be counted across Units 2 and 4 for an individual language, eg seven Unit 2 students and three Unit 4 students will meet the requirement. Schools/colleges with nine students or fewer across Units 2 and 4 should:
- refer to the Host Centres Booklet from the Qualifications/A- level/Languages/Updates section of the A-level French, German and Spanish web pages. This contains regional lists of schools/colleges prepared to accommodate students from other schools/colleges. AQA will allocate a Visiting Examiner if the combined number of students to be tested at a host school/college is 10 or more. To be listed as a host school/college for the 2012 exams, please e-mail: exammodhg@aqa.org.uk
- use existing links and contacts with local schools/colleges to arrange for a combined entry of 10 or more students to be tested at a school/college not listed in the Host Centres Booklet
- establish new contacts with other schools/colleges and make appropriate arrangements.
We can allocate a Visiting Examiner to any school/college where 10 or more students are being tested, even if these students are entered by several different schools/colleges.
A-level Instructions – January 2012
Instructions for the Conduct of the Examinations for January 2012 are now available.
Advice for Teachers
The MFL team is pleased to announce the publication of Advice for Teachers booklets for Units 1 & 3 and Units 2 & 4.
Welcome to AQA!
As part of our commitment to support teachers throughout the lifetime of all specifications, we are pleased to announce that the following new Welcome Packs are now available:
- A level French, German and Spanish
- Entry Level Certificate in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese
These packs are specifically designed for teachers and schools which are new to AQA's specifications and combine in one CD all the documents you need to get started!
Centres which have entered candidates for the Entry Level Certificate will automatically receive a Welcome Pack to the revised specifications in September 2011. Other interested centres are invited to request a pack. The hugely popular Welcome Packs for GCSE languages are also still available on request.
All packs are available free of charge by contacting Teacher Support on 0161 957 3646 or at teachercpd@aqa.org.uk
Modern Foreign Languages Newsletter
The MFL team is pleased to announce the publication of Issue 2 of the Modern Foreign Languages Newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it.
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