French

Course summary

At A level, you will benefit from one hour per week which builds specifically on your grammar knowledge from GCSE. In all lessons, your teacher will speak French as often as possible and you will use a variety of media to research the topics. The internet will be exploited to give you access to authentic materials and you will also be given the opportunity to go on a work experience placement in France which will enable you to use your language in real life situations. You will study a two year course full A Level. Throughout the course, you will develop and refine your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as revising and building on the grammar already learnt at GCSE to improve the complexity and fluency of your language. In addition you will learn about the culture of France and the life of people in France and the French speaking world. There are two areas of study which are taught at A Level; ‘Social issues and trends‘ and ‘Political and/or intellectual and/or artistic culture‘. You will study a theme per year across both years of the A Level. You will also study literature and cinema from the French speaking world.