French
Minimum Entry Criteria
Guarantees a place on the course: 7 in French
Board
Welsh Board
Outline of the Course
- Unit 1: Speaking – This unit comprises of 2 parts. The first part is a discussion on a topic chosen by the student. The second part is based on a stimulus card on one of the themes covered at A level and ensuing discussion.
- Unit 2: Listening, reading and translation – Students will be asked to transfer meaning from a number of audio texts and reading texts through multi choice questions, gap filling and question and answer type responses.
- Unit 3: Critical and analytical response in writing – Students will be asked to write two essays based on a text and / or a film which has been studied in class.
- Units covered include: travel and exploration, diversity and difference, contemporary youth culture and France 1940-1950 The occupation and post war years
- Texts and films – Le silence de la Mer (novel) and Les Choristes (film)
Assessment
|
Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
|
|
1 |
Examination: Oral assessment – discussion on chosen topic followed by discussion based on a stimulus card |
21-23 minutes |
30% |
|
2 |
Examination: Listening, reading and translation from target language to English and English to target language |
2 hours 30 minutes |
50% |
|
3 |
Examination: Writing assessment – based on texts or film |
2 hours |
20% |