Preparatory work

1) Francophone culture and current affairs: Each week (6 in total),  complete a "lu, vu, entendu" (hyperlink) on a chosen news article/video using one of the following websites (ensure you have a mix of articles and videos to practise your reading and listening and bring to first lesson): 

• https://www.france24.com/fr/

• https://www.lefigaro.fr/

• https://www.lemonde.fr/

• https://www.liberation.fr/

• https://www.leparisien.fr/

• https://www.20minutes.fr/ 

2) Francophone cinema: Watch a film or series in French, (in French with English subtitles if you wish). There are plenty to choose from on Netflix, Amazon or Disney, specific recommendations can be found on this document. Write a short résumé (summary) of the storyline, and your opinion on the film or series (90-120 words)

3) Unit 1 vocabulary- Ensure you are confident with the vocabulary from Unit 1 so you come to the lessons prepared in September

     4) French Grammar- Ensure you are confident with all elements of GCSE grammar- see AQA website for topic list. You will have a grammar test in September.

• Grammar Work book 2 (see below under essential books- p4 (present tense), p12 (perfect tense), p32 (expressing the future) and anything else you feel you would benefit from reviewing 

Resources to obtain

Essential Books

AQA French for A Level  (Textbook) Hodder Education. ISBN: 978-1-4718-5795-9

French A-Level Grammar workbook 1 and 2 Hodder Education  Workbook 1 ISBN: 9781510417229  Workbook 2 ISBN: 1510417230 

French AQA A-level French Revision and Practice Workbook: Themes 1 and 2: