Saturday 30 May 2020

GCSE AQA French Listening exam walk through

A short video to outline the format of an AQA GCSE French listening exam.


A Microsoft quiz to test understanding of the content can be duplicated here.

Le Petit Prince - an introduction

A short video introducing Le petit Prince as a prelude to Studio Higher Module 4 Contrôle reading question 1.



A Microsoft quiz relating to this video can be duplicated here.

GCSE AQA French Reading walk through

A YouTube video where I give a brief outline of the AQA French reading exam. (10 minutes)


An associated Microsoft quiz can be duplicated from this link.






Friday 8 May 2020

GCSE AQA Languages speaking exam walk-through

I have prepared a presentation which walks pupils through the process of taking a GCSE language speaking exam.

It took a long time to prepare and record, so I would be delighted if it could be of use to others who may want to adapt it to give their own 'voice' and to match their own circumstances.
This is offered freely, so it must not be adapted for commercial purposes.

Thank you.

Here's a link to the PowerPoint presentation.
Here's a link to the script.
Here is a link to a Microsoft Quiz duplicate.
Here's the video uploaded to YouTube.




I recorded this with a Samson C03U microphone (about 10 years old).
I edited it in Camtasia.
Once you have used Camtasia, it is difficult to adapt to other recording options!  I have been spoilt.
If I were naturally more fluent it would be OK, but I'm not, and I have to edit!




Thursday 7 May 2020

Zoom Breakout Rooms Walk-through

I have loved discovering 'Breakout Rooms' in Zoom.
The instructions are superb on the Zoom site.
To host a breakout room see this video.
To be a participant, see this page.

To help me prepare students and colleagues for the experience, I have put together a PowerPoint of screenshots from the Zoom instructions so that I can pull up a slide to demonstrate part of the process as and when needed.  I have written a script to go with the video.
I have also turned the PowerPoint into a video.
I'm not sure it is really necessary, since the instructions are so clear on the Zoom site, but making it certainly helped to fix the process into my head and made me discover more about the possibilities.

Here it is: