French

Assessment

The A level exam consists of three papers. The first has listening and reading comprehension tests and two translations, one from French to English and the other from English to French. The second paper is on literature and film, with students writing essays on one book and one film. The third paper is a speaking test, with a conversation on a topic from the course, and a discussion based on an Independent Research Project. The A level is a two year course, with the three exams at the end of the upper sixth. The courses are taught with modern, relevant materials that give students the ability to understand the real French spoken in modern France, to learn the skill of writing in French at a high level on a range of topics of real interest, and to study literature and film in French.