French
French
Once you take a language at advanced level, you gain a life skill that will be with you always for both professional and personal purposes. Competent language skills are highly valued throughout all sectors of the employment market. French can be combined with many other subjects as a degree course, giving you flexibility and variety.
Several aspects of French-speaking society:
The changing nature of family
The ‘cyber-society’
The place of voluntary work
Political and artistic culture
A culture proud of its heritage
Contemporary francophone music
Cinema: the 7th art form
Teenagers, the right to vote and political commitment
Demonstrations, strikes – who holds the Power?
Politics and immigration
Advanced level French is extremely flexible and can be studied for either one year or two.
At the end of Lower Sixth, students can choose between the following:
to not take an external exam and simply continue straight to A Level
sit the AS examination and then continue to A Level
sit the AS examination and leave the course having gained an AS qualification.
You can personalise your learning by choosing cinema and/or literature options.
You will be encouraged to practise further by accessing French TV programmes, online newspapers and magazines and YouTube videos throughout the course.
The A Level will be assessed by means of three examination papers:
Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing - 50% of A Level
Paper 2: Writing - 20% of A Level
Paper 3: Speaking - 30% of A Level
There is the possibility to do AS French only. It will be assessed in a similar way to the A Level but with fewer requirements.
The Exam Board is AQA.
If you have any queries about this curriculum, please contact: M Josselin Guédes-Wright, Head of French, on jgw@farlingtonschool.com