2026/2027 AQA GCSE SPANISH 8698/SF Paper 2 Speaking Candidate’s + Teacher’s + Mark Scheme

Candidate’s material – Photo card
To be conducted by the teacher–examiner between 2 April and 17 May 2026.
Time allowed: 7–9 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 7 and 9 minutes)
• Your first task is the Role-play (approximately 2 minutes).
• Your second task is the Photo card (maximum 2 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 3–5 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.