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Course Details
Course Details
Award: A-Level
Awarding Body: AQA
Specification Code:
A-Level: 7652
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Institution: Bayside, Westside
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
Course Introduction
Course Introduction
The A Levels will be fully linear so assessment of a student’s knowledge and understanding of the whole course takes place at the end of two years of study.
It is recommended that learners beginning to study French at A Level should have the knowledge, skills and understanding equivalent to those acquired through a GCSE at a higher tier in the language. Throughout the course of study learners are encouraged to develop critical awareness of the nature of language and of its many roles at the heart of the cultures in which it is spoken.
Subject Content A-Level
Subject Content A-Level
Students must study the following themes and sub-themes in relation to at least one French-speaking country. Students must study the themes and sub-themes using a range of sources, including material from online media.
Social Issues and trends
Social Issues and trends
The changing nature of family
The 'cyber-society' (La « cyber-société »)
The place of voluntary work (Le rôle du bénévolat)
Aspects of French-speaking society: current issues
Aspects of French-speaking society: current issues
Positive features of a diverse society
Life for the marginalised
How criminals are treated
Artistic culture in the French speaking world
Artistic culture in the French speaking world
A culture proud of its heritage
Contemporary francophone music
Cinema: the 7th art form
Aspects of political life in the French-speaking world
Aspects of political life in the French-speaking world
Teenagers, the right to vote and political commitment
Demonstrations, strikes – who holds the power?
Politics and immigration
The subject matter for the Film and Literature essays is a literary text or a film.
The independent research project in the speaking test is based on a subject of personal interest, relating to the countries and communities where the language is spoken.
Assessment A-Level
Assessment A-Level
PAPER 1 : Listening, Reading and Writing
PAPER 1 : Listening, Reading and Writing
Written paper
Total marks: 100 marks
Listening:35 marks
Reading: 45 marks
Translation into English; a passage of minimum 100 words (10 marks)
Translation into French; a passage of minimum 100 words (10 marks)
Duration of exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
50% of total A Level
PAPER 2: French Writing
PAPER 2: French Writing
Written Paper
Total marks: 80
Questions
Either one question in French on a set text from a choice of two questions and one question in French on a set film from a choice of two questions or two questions in French on set texts from a choice of two questions on each text.
All questions will require a critical appreciation of the concepts and issues covered in the work and a critical and analytical response to features such as the form and the technique of presentation, as appropriate to the work studied (e.g. the effect of narrative voice in a prose text or camera work in a film).
Duration of exam: 2 hours
20% of total A Level
PAPER 3: French speaking
PAPER 3: French speaking
Speaking test
Total marks: 60
Discussion of a sub-theme with the discussion based on a stimulus card (5–6 minutes). The student studies the card for 5 minutes at the start of the test (25 marks).
Presentation (2 minutes) and discussion (9–10 minutes) of individual research project (35 marks).
Duration of exam : 21–23 minutes (including 5 minutes preparation time) minutes
30% of total A Level
Subject Taster Presentation
Subject Taster Presentation
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