French

Assessment

A LEVEL Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation (written examination 64 marks – 40%) Section A – Listening (24 marks) Section B – Reading (24 marks) Section C – Translation into English (12 marks) Paper 2: Written response to work, grammar and translation (Written examination 48 marks – 30%) Section A – translation and grammar (16 marks) Section B – Written response to chosen literary text(32 marks) Section C – Written response to chosen film or a second literary text (32 marks) Paper 3: Speaking (Speaking examination 48 marks – 30%) Task 1 – Responding to a written text with a discussion on the theme of French society (28 marks) Task 2 – Discussion on political and artistic culture in the French speaking world (20 marks)