THE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL
National 4 & 5 Modern Languages
SUMMARY OF CONTEXTS AND THEMES
CONTEXT
TOPIC
SOCIETY
Friends & Family, Lifestyles, Media, Global Languages and Citizenship
LEARNING
Learning in Context, Education
EMPLOYABILITY
Jobs, Work and CVs
CULTURE
Planning a Trip, Other Countries, Special Event, Literature, Film & Television
DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS
 Pupils should revise all vocabulary and grammar points covered in class
 Pupils are encouraged to access the MFL as much as possible – this can be done through online radio and
television, Scholar (http://scholar.hw.ac.uk) MFL DVDs, English DVDs with MFL subtitles and MFl publications
 Pupils are encouraged to access past papers at home (www.sqa.org.uk)
USEFUL WEBSITES AND TV CHANNELS
FRENCH
General
Revision
Grammar
TV
Radio
Dictionary
Apps
GERMAN
SPANISH
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/languages
www.sunderlandschools.org./mflsunderland
www.zut.org.uk
www.maryglasgowplus.com
www.linguascope.com
username: royalhs
password: barnton
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/languages
www.sunderlandschools.org./mflsunderland
www.deutschewelle.de
www.maryglasgowplus.com
www.frenchabout.com
www.lepointdufle.net
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/frenchTV
TV5 – Virgin 825, Sky 799
Euronews – Virgin 620, Sky 508
Tunein.com/radio/French-Music-g143
www.dictleo.org
www.germanabout .com
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/frenchTV
TV5 – Virgin 825, Sky 799
Euronews – Virgin 620, Sky 508
Tunein.com/radio/Germany-r100346
www.dictleo.org
Euronews – Virgin 620. Sky 508
Duolingo
Duolingo
Duolingo
Deutche Welle Nachrichten (news)
username: royalhs
password: barnton
www.languagesonline.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/languages
www.donquijote.com
www.maryglasgowplus.com
www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/pres_per
f.php
www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammarww
w.studyspanish.com
www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
www.audiria.com/
www.notesinspanish.com/spanish-audio
username: royalhs
password: barnton
www.spanishabout.com
Tunein.com/radio/Spanish-r100416
www.dictleo.org
ASSESSMENTS
Pupils will undertake 4 assessments for National 4 and National 5 - one speaking, one listening, one reading and one
writing. Pupils will also complete and Added Value Unit.
FINAL EXAM FOR N5
PAPER
Reading
FORMAT
Listening
3 texts of equal length and demand
Dictionary permitted
Candidates must produce a letter of application
using the 6 bullet points that follow (the first 4 are
generic, the last 2 specific to the advert).
One monologue and one conversation.
Talking
Presentation and follow-on conversation in the MFL
Writing
(from one of the four contexts)
LENGTH
MARKS
OVERALL %
1 hour
30
30%
30 minutes
20
20%
20 minutes
20
20%
Presentation 1.5 – 2 mins
10
10%
Conversation 4-5 mins
20
20%
N.B. Pupils are expected to have an MFL/English dictionary for use in homework, prelims and exams.
Languages and Careers: http://www.scilt.org.uk/BeyondSchool/tabid/3159/Default.aspx