2026/2027 AQA GCSE GERMAN 8668/SH Paper 2 Speaking Higher Candidate’s + Teacher’s + Mark Scheme

June 2026
Candidate’s material – Photo card
To be conducted by the teacher–examiner between 2 April and 17 May 2026.
Time allowed: 10–12 minutes (+12 minutes’ supervised preparation time)
Instructions
• You must not use a dictionary at any time.
Supervised preparation time (12 minutes)
• Prepare the Role-play and this Photo card.
• You may make notes on an Additional Answer Sheet, but you must not write on the cards.
• You may refer to your notes during the Role-play and Photo card tasks.
The test (between 10 and 12 minutes)
• Your first task is the Role-play (approximately 2 minutes).
• Your second task is the Photo card (maximum 3 minutes).
• After these two tasks, you must hand both cards and any notes you made to the teacher-examiner.
• The final task is the General Conversation (approximately 5–7 minutes) based on your chosen
Theme and the Theme which has not been covered on the Photo card.
• Remember: You must ask the teacher-examiner a question during the General Conversation.
GCSE
GERMAN
Higher Tier Paper 2 Speaking
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