New Spanish GCSE - Paper 2 (Speaking exam) booklet: general conversation with model answers

This 30-page booklet contains an overview of the new Spanish GCSE speaking exam, a copy of the mark schemes and examples of role plays and photo cards at both higher and foundation level.
The bulk of the booklet, however, focuses on the general discussion, and it contains a large number of questions for each of the three new themes (Identity and culture, Local, national and global areas of interest and Current and future study and employment). There are altogether 122 questions, covering each aspect of the themes, and prompting the students to refer to present, past and future events, and to include opinions.
Each of the questions includes a model answer, typically offering the student the key language (verbs, time phrases, connectives) that they need to answer the question and providing them with options to choose from in order to write a full answer (e.g. “El año pasado fui de vacaciones a España / a Francia / a Florida con mis padres / mis amigos”). The model answers are meant to help the weaker students ensure that they can cover all topics, whereas stronger candidates can use them as a starting point to elaborate and develop their own.