OCR GCSE English Language Spoken Language endorsement overview quiz quiz

Folded directly into the overall 9 to 1 GCSE grade as a weighted percentage component

As a single percentage score that is averaged in with your final written paper marks

It is not reported anywhere on the certificate or shared with the student at all

Separately as Pass, Merit, Distinction or Not Classified, alongside the GCSE grade

No, it is reported separately and cannot lower the GCSE grade

Yes, it is worth 20% of the total marks for the GCSE qualification

Yes, it directly replaces one of the written exam papers in the GCSE

Only if you fail it, in which case it pulls your overall grade down

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Having a particular prestigious regional accent that the examiners are known to prefer

Accuracy and presentation in your written work rather than anything you actually say aloud

Giving the longest possible talk, no matter how informal or rambling it ends up sounding

Effective use of spoken Standard English and an appropriate formal register

Speaking from cue cards so you can keep eye contact and deliver naturally

Reading a full written script word for word with your head kept down the whole time

Speaking as fast as you possibly can so you can fit everything into the time limit

Avoiding any clear structure so that the talk ends up feeling more spontaneous

As one single long unbroken speech with no pauses or separate sections of any kind

With a hook, two or three developed points, and a strong, deliberate ending

With no clear order at all, jumping between ideas randomly as they come into your head

As a plain flat list of facts read out one after another with no links between them

Speaking too formally and using overly precise Standard English

Developing each of your points too thoroughly and in too much detail

Misunderstanding the question and answering something else

Using accurate Standard English throughout the whole session

Dismiss the challenge quickly and immediately move on to your next prepared point instead

Refuse to answer it at all and simply repeat exactly what you said before, word for word

Change the subject straight away so you can steer the discussion back to safer ground

Listen fully, acknowledge it fairly, then respond with reasoning, staying composed

Slang and filler words such as 'gonna', 'like' and 'erm'

Accurate, consistent grammar and correct subject-verb agreement throughout the whole talk

Formal, precise vocabulary chosen to suit your topic and your audience

Full, complete sentences that are properly finished rather than left trailing

About having one particular prestige accent that examiners are trained to listen out for

About formality and accuracy, so any accent can speak it

About speaking as quietly and softly as you can throughout

About speaking quickly so you sound confident and fluent

Writing the whole talk out in full and then memorising it word for word

Choosing a very broad topic so you never run short of things to say

Rehearsing the talk several times aloud

Avoiding eye contact so you are not put off by the audience