French

Assessment

■ Component 1 (50% - 2 hours 30 mins written exam): listening/reading/writing – All based on the topics covered during whole course. – Listening – you’ll have control of recording, stop and start when you want. – Questions (listening and reading) will be a mix of written responses, true/false, summarising in French. – Writing – Translation of passage (100 words) from French into English and a passage from English into French. (No dictionaries!) ■ Component 2 (20% - 2 hours): writing – 2 essays (approx. 300 words each) in French based on literary works studied – Choice of question for each book/film. – Critical and analytical response – no dictionaries or access to books and films ■ Component 3 (30% - 21-23 minutes): speaking – Part 1: response to a stimulus card (based on one of topics studied) – discussion. Questions asked by examiner and candidate. 5-6 minutes Part 2: 2-minute presentation on research project, followed by 9–10-minute follow-up questions.Individual research project (preparation for Paper 3) ■ Towards the end of Year 12, you will start your own research project on something that interests you and relates to a country or countries where French is spoken. It could be something cultural or something that has hit the headlines recently (politics/strikes/multiculturalism in France/etc) ■ Chance develops your research skills, work independently outside of lessons. ■ You’ll analyse and summarise your findings this during your final speaking exam in Year 13.