These tips got me from a Grade 6 from my mocks in the AQA Spanish exam board to a 9 in the real thing.
Super easy and super simple guide - implement some of these tips consistently and you will see results through higher grades.
Good luck!
This is all the tips I used to get a Grade 9 that are super simple and boosted me up by two grades from my January mock to my real exam! I hope this is useful as it’s very easy to implement. Completely free!
These sentence structures are guaranteed to promote more analytical, perceptive and evaluative responses as they prompt you to explore the topic from a dynamic perspective.
These have been complied from a wide array of high-level top mark works in order to provide a formula of which you can also use to elevate your pieces of work just via framing it using these structures.
It has been inteded for IB Anthropology but it almsot completely transferrable to A-level and IB English Literature essays, if not even more useful.
Enjoy!
5 pages of incredibly useful phrases that be transferred to your essays to make them sound more sophisticated instantly!
High-level Learning prompts and sentence starters that force you to go into higher depth-analysis. It also makes your writing seem more sophisticated which could help to raise your grade.
This is a booklet is for Theme 1 Identity and culture for general conversation for GCSE Spanish AQA but just as useful for any exam board.
translations for every response
6 different tenses (as well as subjunctive)
Idiomatic phrases.
There is also going to be ones for Theme 2 and 3 on my shop.
7 pages
I prepared these example responses for my own exam and I got a Grade 9 .
Sample response for possible questions within the GCSE Speaking Exam for Spanish. Best suited for AQA, but highly transferrable to other exam boards e.g. Edexcel.
Grade 9 responses that include a wide array of:
Idiomatic phrases
A-level difficulty tense structures such as the subjunctive expressions
Exclaimatory phrases
Complex grammatical structures
High level vocabulary
Great for writing exam
These themes covered:
Theme 1: Identity and culture.
Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest.
Theme 3: Current and future study and employment.
13 pages
These RWI’s are best for th AOIs Body, Conflict, Health, healing and illness and Belonging
They are completely relevenat for the 2021 cohort however 2022 cohort may need to update some facts from 2019 to 2020 just so it stays within the 2 years bracket
Very detailed, lots of specific facts
9 Real-World Issues - 24 pages
This guide covers all of the required case studies needed for IB ESS Course
Many niche case studies - this is preferable in order to acheive a Grade 7
Lots of detail - establish key information need for case studies
However it’s also important to keep up with environmental news in general which is always helpful in addition to core case studies and providing a more compelling ESS essay.
50 Pages!
Quizlet link aswell
These satellite ethnographies are great for IB Anthropology paper 1.
All fieldwork dates, locations, ethnographer and people have been included with specific details. It has a n overarching summary as well as being organised by Key Concepts, BAQs and AOIs as well as the addition of some theory analysis.
This booklet is a summaries of ethnographies on:
Japanese Mothers, Japan
Wari, Barzilian Amazon
Favelas in Brazil
Blacktownships, SA
The Quechua, Ecuador
Malays of Langkawi, Malaysia
LGBT, Singaporeans
Mosuo of China
Azawagh women of Niger
Transactional sex in Malawi
Lynchings in poor suburbs in Cochabamba, Mexico
Grade 7 Breakdown which is perfect for revision and Paper IB Anthropology paper 1’s.