French

Assessment

The A Level qualification comprises three assessments as follows: Paper 1: Listening, Reading & Writing This test lasts 2 hours 30 minutes and will cover the themes studied during the A Level course, as well as testing grammar. In the listening and reading sections, students will respond to spoken and written passages from a range of contexts and sources, covering different registers and adapted as necessary. Material will include complex factual and abstract content and questions will target main points, gist and detail. In Listening, studio recordings will be used and students will have individual control of the recording. This assessment will also include translations into English and French; these will be passages of minimum 100 words. This assessment is worth 50% of the total A Level mark. Paper 2: Writing This test lasts 2 hours. Students will write 2 essays on the literary texts or film which have been studied during the A Level French course. This assessment is worth 20% of the total A Level mark. Paper 3: Speaking This test lasts 21-23 minutes including 5 minutes of preparation time. Students will discuss one sub-theme from one of the themes studied and then present their individual research project to the examiner. This presentation will be followed by a discussion of the project. This assessment is worth 30% of the total A Level mark.