The main aim of this resource is to exemplify standards of Cambridge IGCSE French, Paper 3 Speaking, and show how different levels of candidates' performance (high, middle and low) relate to the subject's curriculum and assessment objectives. 

This resource includes 

• speaking test criteria grids
• recordings of three speaking tests
• transcripts and moderator comments on where and why marks are awarded
• moderator comments to indicate how the teacher/examiner and candidate perform during the test
• common mistakes and misconceptions about how candidates performed in this particular examination series.

Candidate responses have been chosen from June 2021 Paper 3 to exemplify a range of answers to a selection of Speaking Assessment topics.  More information about this examination series can be found in the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers available on the School Support Hub.

After reading the speaking assessment criteria below, you may want to practise marking a speaking test. Listen to the candidate responses below, make a note of the strengths and weaknesses of the candidate and give a mark, before you read the moderator comments and marks.

Please note: Information, about the candidate and centre, has been removed from the start of the recording to protect the identity of the candidate, however it is very important to include this information when submitting audios for moderation.