Languages
2024 speaking windows confirmed
The prescribed speaking window dates for centres to conduct their Modern Foreign Language oral assessments have now been confirmed for the May/June 2024 series.
May/June 2024 speaking windows
| Qualification | Speaking window |
|---|---|
| GCSE (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu) |
15 April – 17 May 2024 |
| A level (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish) |
15 April – 17 May 2024 |
| International A/AS levels (French, German and Spanish) This qualification is only available in international centres. |
15 April – 17 May 2024 |
| International GCSE (Chinese, French, German, Spanish) |
25 March – 3 June 2024 |
| International GCSE (English as a Second Language, Swahili) The speaking test is optional for these qualifications. |
25 March – 17 May 2024 |
Please note that the following Pearson-Edexcel qualifications do not feature any speaking test:
- A level: Arabic, Gujarati, Greek, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Turkish and Urdu
- International GCSE: Arabic (first language), Bangla, Greek (first language), Sinhala and Tamil
- International A level*: Arabic and Greek
*only available in international centres
Submitting speaking assessments
All speaking recordings should be submitted via our online Learner Work Transfer (LWT) platform within 2 working days of completing the oral examinations for that language qualification in your centre.
Please note, LWT will be open from 1st April 2024. If conducting speaking assessments for International qualifications before this date please keep the materials secure and submit once LWT has been opened.
If completing your speaking assessments on a Friday, for example, you would therefore need to submit them via LWT by the end of the following Tuesday. This enables us to ensure that assessments are allocated to our examiners throughout the window and avoids the marking of speaking assessments impacting on the marking of other language qualification components.
Guidance on submitting assessments via LWT is available on our website.
LWT guidance PowerPoint and recorded training for language qualifications
November and January speaking windows for International Qualifications
We confirmed these dates in March 2023.
Subject updates
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December 2024 Languages Update
Dear Colleagues,
As we approach the end of this term, I hope you find time to relax and recharge. In this update, I am pleased to share links to exemplars for the 2024 GCSE French, German, and Spanish exams, covering writing and speaking. This week we have added further examples of the Read Aloud and Role Play tasks which we hope you will find useful in supporting your understanding of our mark schemes.
Additionally, you'll find information on further training, resources, and exemplars for other Pearson Edexcel Languages qualifications. I am also excited to include links to principal examiner vacancies in two languages, a festive December resource for those celebrating, and new episodes of the "Speaking Your Language" podcast. I hope you find the range on offer in this update both interesting and useful for your teaching.
As always, if you need support with any of our languages qualifications, please feel free to reach out to me using the contact details at the bottom of this page or utilize our support portal.
Best wishes,
Rebecca Waker
Subject Advisor for Languages
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November 2024 Languages Update
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the November 2024 Languages Update.
If you have a break at this time of year I hope it was a relaxing one and you are prepared for the half term ahead. There is a range of support for our GCSE qualifications (2016 and 2024 specifications) in this update as well as some links to our Insights and Research resources. Finally you can take a look at our new Qualifications Support Portal .
As usual, if you need support with any of our languages qualifications you can get in touch with me using the contact details at the bottom of this page.
Best wishes,
Rebecca
Subject Advisor for Languages