Entry Requirements
Students should have achieved at least a Grade B at GCSE French to progress to A-level.
For further details, please see any member of the MFL
Department. Why study French?
Language skills are an essential part of our international world. Learning a language not only enables you to use your chosen language, it improves your communication, critical thinking, research skills and creativity. A language at A-level opens your mind to other cultures and expands your future options improving your employability.
French A-level aims to develop students’ language skills in terms of output and dealing with increasingly complex linguistic situations.
To be successful in a language course, as with every A-level, you need to adopt independence in your approach to your studies. It is essential that you research language, culture and society by studying a range of target language sources and that you seek to use and manipulate language in a creative manner.
How are the lessons taught?
This is a linear two year qualification – all exams are at the end of the course. Students will have eight hours of language tuition over a fortnight.
Subject at A-level The course consists of 4 topics 1. Social Issues and Trends
Topics include: the changing nature of family life, cyber-society, the place of voluntary work, positive features of a diverse society, life for the marginalised, how criminals are treated.
2. Political and Artistic Culture
Topics include: French heritage, Francophone music, cinema, young people and the right to vote, political commitment, demonstrations and strikes, politics and immigration.
3. Grammar The grammatical system and structure of the French language. 4. Works: Literary Texts and Films Either one text and one film or two texts from the prescribed list.
A-level Assessment Papers 1 and 2 are assessed by written exams taken in June. Paper 3 is an oral exam taken in the spring term.
Paper 1: 2½ hour listening, reading and writing exam. Worth 40% of the total mark.
Paper 2: 2 hour written exam. Worth 40% of the total mark.
Paper 3: 20 minute (including prep time) speaking exam. Worth 30% of the total mark.
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