French

In our French A Level the Main Skills Developed are:-

An integrated study with a focus on language, culture and society.

A range of transferable skills are fostered including communication, critical thinking, research skills and creativity, which are valuable to the individual and society as well as developing their language knowledge and understanding of the subject.

Students following this specification will develop their language knowledge, understanding and skills through:

• using language spontaneously;
• listening and responding to spoken passages;
• reading and responding to a variety of texts;
• understanding the main points, gist and detail from spoken and written material;
• inferring meaning from complex spoken and written material, including factual and abstract content;
• summarising information from spoken and written sources, reporting key points and subject matter in speech and writing;
• translating an unseen passage from French into English, and from English into French.
  

Course Content

Social Issues and Trends: Family Life , Cyber society , Volunteering , Multicultural Society , Life for the Marginalised & Crime

Political and Artistic Culture: Cultural Heritage , Francophone Music , Cinema , Teenagers and politics , Demonstrations , Politics and Immigration

Grammar

Works: Literature and Film

Individual Research Project

Assessment:

The A Level comprises three compulsory assessment units:

Paper 1: Listening, Reading, Translation into English, and into French (50% of final mark)

Paper 2: Written exam (2 questions based on a set film and set text.) (20% of final mark)

Paper 3: Oral exam (Individual Research Project, and discussion of a sub-theme.) (30% of final mark)

Overall Entry Requirements:

6 GCSE's at grade 4 or above including an English and Maths.

Course Specific Entry Requirements:

Students need to achieve at least a GCSE grade 6 in French plus at least a GCSE grade 5 in English Literature due to the demands of the written paper.