GCSE French

Course summary

This course consists of four externally examined papers based on the following skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Questions across all four language skills are set in common contexts, addressing a range of relevant contemporary and cultural themes. They are organised into five themes, each broken down into topics and sub-topics of study. The six themes are: • My personal world • Lifestyle and wellbeing • My neighbourhood • Media and technology • Studying and my future • Travel and tourism All themes and topics must be studied in the context of both the students’ home country and that of countries and communities where French is spoken. For listening and reading assessments, the majority of contexts are based on the culture and countries where the assessed language is spoken. Students may also refer to the culture of the assessed language country/countries or communities in the speaking and writing papers. It is, therefore, important that students are exposed to materials relating to French speaking countries throughout the course. Students will have weekly speaking lessons in small groups with a dedicated French Foreign Language Assistant to help and support students with specific strategies in producing target language. Speaking exams are conducted with a class teacher. Who should I speak to about this subject? Mrs Nicholls - Head of MFL (sen@cleeveschool.net)