PAPER 140 marks in 35 mins F or 50 marks in 45 mins H
QuestionsFoundation Tier and Higher Tier
Section A – questions in English, to be answered in English or non-verbally.
Section B – questions in Bengali, to be answered in Bengali or non-verbally.
So here you will be given questions in audio, which you must respond to in the other language, this is
25%PAPER 260 marks, 7-9 mins + prep time F or 10-12 mins + prep time H
QuestionsRole-play – 15 marks (2 minutes at Foundation Tier; 2 minutes at Higher Tier)
Photo card – 15 marks (2 minutes at Foundation Tier; 3 minutes at Higher Tier)
General conversation – 30 marks (3–5 minutes at Foundation Tier; 5–7 minutes at Higher Tier)
You're given a stimulus which you must act out / answer the question to (role play). This is
25%PAPER 360 marks in 45 mins F or 1h H
QuestionsSection A – questions in English, to be answered in English or non-verbally.
Section B – questions in Bengali, to be answered in Bengali or non-verbally.
Section C – translation from Bengali into English (a minimum of 35 words for Foundation Tier and 50 words for Higher Tier).
You're given text in both languages, which in Section A and B you answer the questions in the other language, and in Section C you translate as much as you can. This is
25%PAPER 450 marks at 1h F or 60 marks at 1h 15m H
QuestionsFoundation TierQuestion 1 – message (student produces four sentences in response to a photo) – 8 marks.
Question 2 – short passage (student writes a piece of continuous text in response to four brief bullet points, approximately 40 words in total) – 16 marks.
Question 3 – translation from English into Bengali (minimum 35 words) – 10 marks.
Question 4 – structured writing task (student responds to four compulsory detailed bullet points, producing approximately 90 words in total) – there is a choice from two questions – 16 marks.
Higher TierQuestion 1 – structured writing task (student responds to four compulsory detailed bullet points, producing approximately 90 words in total) – there is a choice from two questions – 16 marks.
Question 2 – open-ended writing task (student responds to two compulsory detailed bullet points, producing approximately 150 words in total) – there is a choice from two questions – 32 marks.
Question 3 – translation from English into Bengali (minimum 50 words) – 12 marks.
This is pretty self explanatory, mix between answering questions and translation. This is
25%All this information courtesy of your specification, hope it helps clear things up.
Specification at a glance:
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/gcse/bengali-8638/specification-at-a-glance