French

Course summary

A level French looks at francophone culture, society, literature, film and current affairs. You will develop the skills required by a linguist at advanced level and will learn to bring ideas, opinions and knowledge of current affairs to the classroom. We develop listening, reading, writing and speaking skills to a high standard of fluency and accuracy through interactive, discursive and analytical lessons. You will have the exciting opportunity to study one French-language film and one French-language novel during the two-year course and conduct an independent research project on a topic of your choosing (linked in some way to francophone culture or society) during the second year of the course. Recently, students have researched topics as varied as Coco Chanel; Marine Lepen; the impact of French rule on its former colonies in Indochina; and the depiction of the suburbs in the film Les Misérables (2017).