French

Assessment

PAPER 1 Listening, reading and writing Written exam: 2h30m 50% ■ Listening and responding to spoken passages ■ Questions in French to be answered with written responses in French ■ Reading and responding to a variety of texts ■ Translation into English and into French. PAPER 2 Writing Written exam: A Level 2h 20% Two 300 word essays on set text and/or film and grammar. All questions will require a critical appreciation of the concepts and issues covered in the work and a critical and analytical response to features such as the form and the technique of presentation, as appropriate to the work studied (eg the effect of narrative voice in a prose text or camera work in a film). PAPER 3 Speaking Oral exam: 21-23 mins 30% ■ Discussion based on a stimulus card (5–6 minutes). The student studies the card for 5 minutes at the start of the test. ■ Presentation (2 minutes) and discussion (9–10 minutes) of individual research project based on one of the four main themes.