Paper+2



Duration: 1 hour
 * Paper 2: Productive skills **

Weighting: 25%

Paper 2 is externally set and externally assessed using the productive skills criteria (see “External assessment criteria”). It is divided into two sections. > All tasks are related to the twenty prescribed topics from the three themes, as described in “Syllabus content”. > The tasks offered are varied and require students to answer using a specific text type (see table that follows). > All tasks are written in the target language and all responses must be written in the target language. Use of dictionaries and reference material is not permitted in the examination.
 * Section A: Short writing task—Students answer one question from a choice of two.
 * Section B: Extended writing task—Students answer one question from a choice of three.

Section A: Short writing task (7 marks) A minimum of 50 words is required. Section B: Extended writing task (18 marks) A minimum of 100 words is required. The exhaustive list below shows which text types can be used by examiners in sections A and B in paper 2.


 * Section A || Section B ||
 * Advertisement/flyer || Article ||
 * Blog || Blog ||
 * Email || Brochure ||
 * Entry/post on social networking site || Diary ||
 * Invitation || Email ||
 * List || Entry/post on social networking site ||
 * Menu || Essay (where appropriate) ||
 * Message/note || Interview ||
 * Notice || Letters: formal/ informal ||
 * Postcard || Report ||
 * Poster || Review ||
 * || Speech/presentation ||