AQA French Listening, Higher Unofficial Mark Scheme
1. Jobs and careers
a) Computers and cinema/tv
b) Catering/medical
2. Partners
a) Being funny
b) Liking children
c) Being sporty
3. Holiday experiences
a) P/N
b) N
c) P
d) N
4. Being green
a) Planting trees
b) Using recycled paper
c) Dealing with litter
5. Celebrations
a) New Year
b) Easter
6. Uniform
a) Uniforms... help teachers to recognise who is in school without permission, and students become more disciplined and they arrive in class ready to work (?)
b) Marc disagrees because... school uniforms are never fashionable, and they don't let students show off their different personalities.
c) Elodie thinks that you can't mock others' clothes, and that you don't waste time in the morning when choosing what to wear to school.
7. Video games
a) Introduces young people to technology / Improves team work
b) Develops literacy and numeracy skills/ provides entertainment
8. Volunteering
a) If you are too young
b) The same day each week
c) Mathieu feeds the animals (when he isn't having dodgy house parties)
d) may get upset
9. Being green (again!)
a) To save money / their neighbours find them ugly
b) The materials used to make them are wholly recyclable / what will happen if the solar panels don't work?
c) They have lots of sunny days / You have to wait ten years before they become economically viable (pay for themselves)
10. Health
a) Smoking
b) Stress and lack of relaxation
c) being vegetarian
d) Lack of exercise
I hope you all did well. The listening paper seems to have been fairly reasonable, and I see no reason why the grade boundaries should decrease from last year - in fact they may well increase by a few marks. I'll estimate 27 A*, 24 A, 21 B, 18 C (out of 40).