French
«El francés es el lenguaje que eleva lo meramente vulgar a lo sublime.» – Edgar Allan Poe
Subject information
ENTRY DETAILS
Exam board: IAL Edexcel
Specification: A-Level 9FR0
HOW I WILL BE ASSESSED?
Examination: The course is examined in June of Y13
COURSE DETAILS
Thème 1: Les changements dans la société française
- Les changements dans société française
- L’éducation
- Le monde du travail
Thème 2: La culture politique et artistique dans le pays francophones
- La musique
- Les médias
- Les festivals et les traditions
Thème 3: L’immigration et la société multiculturelle française
- L’impact positif de l’immigration en France
- Les défis de l’immigration et de l’intégration en France
- L’extrême droite
Thème 4 : L’Occupation et la Résistance
- La France occupée
- Le régime de Vichy
- La Résistance
BOOK: No et moi, Delphine de Vigan
- Historical and social context of the novel
- Main themes of the work
- Narration of the work and characters
MOVIE: Intouchables, Éric Toledano
- Historical and social context of the movie
- Main themes of the work
- Narration of the movie and characters
Elaboration Independent Research Project
- Students must a research on a topic that interests them related to Hispanic history and culture
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW, DURATION AND WEIGHTING
Paper 1 – Listening, reading and translation
Paper 2 – Written response to work and translation
Paper 3 – Speaking
Exam Papers | % of IAL | Assessment overview |
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Paper 1: May/ June (Y13) (2h) | 40% – 80 marks | SECTION A: Listening (30 marks): Understand listening documents and answer the multiple-choice questions and short-response questions. SECTION B: Reading (30 marks): Understand reading documents and answer the multiple-choice questions and short-response questions. SECTION C: Translation into English (20 marks) of a text of Francophone culture and society or French history. |
Paper 2: | 30% – 120 marks | SECTION A: Translation into Spanish (20 marks) of a text of Francophone culture and society or French history. SECTION B: Written response to works (literary texts) (50 marks) . SECTION C: Written response to works (film) (50 marks).
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Paper 3: | 30% – 72 marks | TASK 1 (5 mins preparation): Discussion on a theme about Francophone culture or French history. They will discuss with the examination for 6-7 minutes. TASK 2 (10-11 mins):
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WIDER READING
- Gregg, A.; Hares, R.; Harrignton, K.; O’mahony, W.; Thathapudi, K. (2016) Edexcel A LEVEL Includes AS FRENCH, Hodder Education, London, UK
- Polack, E.; Laboutique, F.; Hautière, R.; Frasier, O.; 2016, Femmes en résistance, Casterman, France
- Slimani, L. (2016) Chanson douce, Gallimard, France
- Bourdeaut, O. (2015) En attendant Bojangles,, Éditions Finitude, France