French

What does the course involve?

Speaking French confidently and understanding French-speaking culture. It’s empowering to learn a foreign language and this A Level course will give you a sense of openness to experience other cultures. You’ll study a film (Au Revoir les Enfants) and a novel (Un Sac de Billes) in French, and you’ll be given time each week to practise speaking French with our native-speaker French assistant. You’ll look at French societal changes, aspects of artistic life and the political landscape, including The Family / The Cyber-Society / A Diverse Society / Life For The Marginalised / Voluntary Work / Francophone Music and Cinema / Teenagers and Politics / Politics and Immigration.

Course Outline

As part of our course, each student is given time each week to practise speaking French with our native-speaker French assistant. There may also be a day visit to a University French department.

Aspects of French society, artistic life and politics that we study include:
The family / the cyber-society / a diverse society / life for the marginalised / voluntary work / francophone music and cinema / teenagers and politics / politics and immigration. A French film (Au Revoir les Enfants) and a novel (Un Sac de Billes) are also studied in detail.

Assessment
Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing skills will all be examined. The writing sections include translation skills and essay writing.

Coursework
There is no coursework element to this course. Everything is examined in the three end-of-course exams. However, the speaking test includes examination of a culturally appropriate topic, chosen and prepared by the students during their second year.

Exam Board
AQA