French

Assessment

A level assessments with a total marks out of 400. Paper one Written exam (2.5 hours), 100 marks; 50% of A-level marks through mark scaling: ● Listening and writing (responding to spoken passages from a range of contexts and sources) covering different registers (30 marks). ● Reading and writing (responding to a variety of texts written for different purposes), drawn from a range of sources (70 marks). ● Translation into English & French are included in the reading & writing section. Paper two Written exam (2 hours), 80 marks; 20% of A-level marks One question on the book with a choice of two questions and one question on the film with a choice of two questions : Section A – books Section B – films Students must answer one question from Section A and one from Section B Paper three Speaking (21-23 minutes, including 5 minutes’ preparation time at the start of the test), 60 marks; 30% of A-level marks through mark scaling: ● Discussion of a sub-theme based on a stimulus card (5-6 minutes), from a choice of two cards, studied for 5 minutes before the test begins (25 marks). ● Presentation (2 minutes) (10 marks) followed by discussion of individual research project (9-10 minutes) (25 marks).