French

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Speaking Exam 25%

Listening Exam 25%

Reading Exam 25%

Writing Coursework 25%

Exam Board: AQA

This GCSE course will build on the French you have learned in Key Stage 3, giving you communication skills and understanding to travel in French-speaking countries, to work in an International environment, or to continue studying French at a higher level.

The course is taught in topic areas and will build your vocabulary and grammar knowledge, along with skills in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. All these skills are assessed in separate exams, with the option of taking Foundation or Higher Tier in each skill. Foundation GCSE grades are G-C, Higher D-A*.

Teaching resources include video, audio and written materials, and includes ICT use, and speech recording. We will write letters to our partner school in Paris, and plan to arrange an exchange visit.

Home Learning :

Every week you will have to learn new vocabulary and grammar, write short letters or stories in French, and complete reading tasks.

Each term you will complete a piece of writing based on the topic of the unit. Your best three pieces of work will be submitted to the exam board as writing coursework. Your speaking exam will be based on a presentation prepared in advance and on role-plays based on situations such as shopping.

Possible Careers :

Language skills are useful in many careers nowadays, including travel and tourism, finance, business and banking, hospitality, catering and leisure. In addition, some universities now require a GCSE pass in a language. Many students find that learning French helps them to learn Spanish, Italian or other languages later in life. This is a course open to all students.