INTERNATIONALGCSE (9-1)

PEARSON EDEXCEL

English Language A/B Spoken Language Support Session, 7 March 2019

Presenter: Clare Haviland

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Session agenda• What 1 thing did you want to find out today?

• How to set it up

• How to support reluctant candidates or those with

additional needs

• Where to get the paperwork

• Video-recording issues

• How to select your sample

• Entering marks and sending off your sample

• Resitting candidates: carrying forward SLE results

• Private/home-educated candidates

• Questions and answers

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Deadline for summer 2019

Your grades must be entered and your sample with your Monitor by 15 May 2019.

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Guidance available• Specification 4EA1 or 4EB1: for what you have to do; how to video;

how to make up the sample; how to label video recordings.

• Ready for summer 2019 submission

• Video exemplars & commentaries for standardising

• Monitor’s report from summer 2018

• Assessment record sheet 4EA1 and 4EB1

• 2-minute video guide to the SLE

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What 1 thing did you want to find out today?

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How to set it up

How & when will you conduct?

Approach to getting video-recordings?

Standardise teachers.

Teach students how to present & how to do Q&A.

Students choose topics & get ready.

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How to support reluctant candidates or those with additional needsWho’s in the audience?

Format of the presentation? Interview style?

Not in the sample?

As many tries as they like.

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Where to get the paperwork

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Video-recording issues

Wearing name tags

Saying name at beginning of presentation

Speaker in shot

Background noise

Ensuring recordings are saved in multiple places

Ensuring recordings play in the formats allowed

Recordings are submitted on a memory stick (not electronic transfer)

Encrypting USBs & sending passwords under separate cover

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How to select your sample

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Entering marks and sending off your sample• You must have ‘coursework & portfolio’ ticked in your Edexcel Online

profile in order to enter marks

• Step by step guide in the summer 2019 submission guidance.

• Enter grades

• Mark sample

• Print off all grades entered & include it with coursework sheets & recordings & send to your monitor.

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Resitting candidates: carrying forward SLE resultsCan students carry forward their Spoken Language Endorsement (SLE) result from their previous attempt at 4EA1/4EB1?

Yes, if the student achieved ‘Pass’, ‘Merit’ or ‘Distinction’.

If the student has sat GCSE English Language or an International GCSE with one awarding organisation but is resitting with Edexcel, can they still carry forward the SLE result?

No, they can’t.

How do I make an entry for a candidate who wants to carry forward their SLE?

Enter the student using the correct entry code transfer option from the UK or International Information Manual.

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Private/home-educated candidatesPrivate candidates can be entered for the SLE, although it is more usual for private candidates not to select coursework or SLE options.

The centre accepting the entry with SLE must be willing to undertake the SLE with the private candidate. The centre will be contacted after the entry has been made to confirm that they can carry out the SLE with the candidate.

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Any other questions?

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Your dedicated Subject Advisor

Your Subject Advisor is Clare Haviland

Email: TeachingEnglish@pearson.com

Phone: +44 (0)20 7010 2183

Twitter: @PearsonTeachEng

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