French

Assessment

All 4 linguistic skills are assessed as follows: Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing Core topic areas and grammar are assessed in a 2 hours and 30 minutes written exam. This paper makes up 50% of the final A-level mark. Paper 2: Writing Assessment is based on written response to questions based on one text and one film or two texts from the set list. This paper makes up a total of 20% of the final A-level. Paper 3: Speaking A 5–6 minute discussion based on one of the core course topics based on a stimulus card makes up the first part. This is followed by a 2 minute presentation of an individual research project and a 9–10 minute discussion on the topic of the student’s research project. This paper makes up a total of 30% of the final A-level.