French

Assessment

The specified subject content for each subject is as follows: • Social issues and trends Y12 – la famille en voie de changement, la cyber‐société, le rôle du bénévolat Y13 – les aspects positifs d’une société diverse, quelle vie pour les marginalisés, comment on traite les criminels • Political and artistic culture Y12 – une culture fière de son patrimoine culturel, la musique francophone contemporaine, cinéma –le septième art Y13 – les ados, le droit de vote et l’engagement politique ; manifestations, grèves – à qui le pouvoir ? ; la politique et l’immigration •Grammar At the end of Year 13 students will take 3 papers to test the content above. Paper 1: Listening, reading & writing. Students must listen, read and respond to passages from a range of contexts and sources. They must also translate a passage into and out of the target language. (2 hours 30 minutes, 100 marks, 50% of the A level) Paper 2: Writing. Students must write two critical essays about a film and novel (we study La Haine by Kassovitz and L’Etranger by Camus) in French. (2 hours, 80 marks, 20% of the A level) Paper 3: Speaking. Students firstly discuss a stimulus card on one of the sub‐topics studied during the course (5‐6 minutes) and then present and hold a discussion about their topic from their independent research project. (21‐23 minutes including 5 minutes preparation time, 60 marks in total, 30% of the A level).