A Level French

There are a number of specific subject entry requirements, please visit our website to review the courses and entry requirements or alternatively please contact the Sixth Form for specific details.

*Please choose 3 subject courses from different blocks, you will automatically be added to Maths or English resit classes on enrolment if you do not achieve required 4 in Maths or English Lit/Lang but you must still meet requirements for entry per subject.

AQA A Level 7652
QAN 601/8727/X

WHAT WILL I STUDY?
Over the 2 year course, you will study
Trends in French society and current issues
Artistic culture and political life
The film “l'auberge espagnole”
Grammar
The second year will fine tune students' knowledge of the previous themes but students will also need to:
Study “Candide” - Voltaire
Present an Individual Research Project for their speaking exam on a topic that inspires them and that is linked to French Speaking countries.

One of the challenges of this new specification is the absence of using a dictionary in the exams, putting greater emphasis on students previous knowledge of a variety of specific vocabulary and a greater expectations of students to be able to translate without any help. Students' strong and detailed knowledge of the Film “l‘auberge Espagnole “ and Voltaire's book “Candide” will further develop students' expertise and knowledge of French authentic materials relevant to French culture and history.

WHAT WILL I NEED TO STUDY THIS COURSE?
Fakenham Sixth Form offers A-level French over 2 years and this is a co-teachable linear exam. In order to consider this course, students should have achieved at least a grade 5 in their French GCSE.

WHERE NEXT?
The course will lead onto a university degree involving translation, interpreting, journalism, travelling, tourism and teaching, to only name a few. French is also advertised by the Russell Group as a “facilitating subject” and this means that it is full of transferrable skills that can be used in many different jobs.