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NVQ Languages
Resources
The NVQ course is based on the National Language Standards, 2005.
Assessments should be planned based on these standards and teachers delivering the course may choose to prepare their own materials based on their locality, businesses with whom they have links or the specific interests of their students or use commercially produced ones.
Schemes of work for NVQ
Here are some schemes of work for NVQ languages. Many of them have been devised by schools used existing textbooks and resources.
- Springfield School, Drayton, Portsmouth
Scheme of work for French (pdf, 1.84MB)
Scheme of work for German (pdf, 1.84MB) - Downton School, Wiltshire
Scheme of work Year 9 (doc, 135KB)
Scheme of work Year 11 (doc, 97KB)
Teacher booklet Year 9 (doc, 223KB)
Info sheet for students (doc, 37KB)
Student record sheet - Year 9, level 1 - listening and speaking (xls, 43KB)
Student record sheet - Year 9, level 1 - reading and writing (xls, 42KB)
Student record sheet - Year 9, level 2 - listening and speaking (xls, 43KB)
Student record sheet - Year 9, level 2 - reading and writing (xls, 43KB)
- Imberhorne School, West Sussex
Scheme of work for year 9 French & German (NVQ Level 1) (doc, 50KB)
Scheme of work for years 10 & 11 NVQ French & German (NVQ Level 2) (doc, 28KB)
Using “Contexte” to deliver an NVQ course in French (levels 1 & 2) (pdf, 522KB)
List of vocational books in French, German, Spanish and Italian which can be used to assess and deliver NVQ.
Often when delivering vocationally-related language/applied courses, teachers will find that mainstream textbooks are just not enough. However, there are some books which can be used to supplement the resources you will have to make yourself.
Download a list of resources for vocational language courses and MFL teaching generally (doc 352KB)
Resources for French, German and Spanish, produced by the Vocational International Project
Using the BBC “Talk French” website
The BBC “Talk French” website contains video clips and exercises which are at level 1 of the National Language Standards.
Here is a grid showing coverage of the National Language Standards (Level 1) for tasks on the BBC “Talk French” website. This could provide very useful evidence for a level 1 portfolio. (doc, 60KB)
Other BBC languages web pages could be mapped to the standards in a similar way.
Awarding body guidance and specimen materials
All awarding bodies base their specifications on the National Language Standards 2005.
Therefore, the specimen materials available will be suitable for use with any awarding body.
- City and Guilds specimen materials and documentation for NVQ
- Edexcel Specimen Materials and documentation for NVQ
- OCR Specimen Materials and documentation for NVQ
This booklet can be used to track student progress through the qualification
Level 1 (doc, 162KB)
Level 2 (doc, 171KB)
PowerPoint presentation about NVQ
This presentation (ppt, 125KB) can be used to give a basic overview of the NVQ languages course and explains how the course is assessed and how much evidence is needed in a portfolio.
Resources on gaining centre approval to deliver NVQ
For a full explanation on how to gain centre approval to deliver NVQ languages.
Resources for those working on the A1 assessor award (Level 3 Award in Assessing candidates using a range of methods)
These pages give a detailed explanation and full supporting documentation showing what is required in order to gain the A1 assessor award.
A range of useful resources for NVQ Languages can be found on CILT's Vocational Languages Resource Bank, which includes a page with ideas and useful websites for teachers delivering NVQ courses.
