French

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing, translation into English, translation into French. Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes; 100 marks; 50% of A-level. Paper 2: Writing: Two books from the list of set texts in the specification or one book from the list of set texts and one film from the list in the specification. Written exam: 2 hours; 80 marks; 20% of A-level. Paper 3: Speaking: Individual research project; Knowledge of one of the sub-themes Speaking test: 21-23 minutes (including 5 minutes’ preparation time at the start of the test); 60 marks; 30% of the A-level.