Thème 1: Les changements dans la société française
Thème 2: La culture politique et artistique dans les pays francophones
Thème 3: L’immigration et la société multiculturelle française
Thème 4: L’Occupation et la Résistance
Written examination: 1 hour and 50 minutes
40% of the qualification
This paper draws on vocabulary and structures across all four Themes.
Section A: Listening
Section B: Reading
Section C: Translation into English
Written examination: 2 hours and 40 minutes
30% of the qualification
Section A: Translation of an unseen passage from English into Spanish.
Section B: A written extended response on one of the literary texts listed.
Students select one question from a choice of two.
Section C: A written extended response on only one question on one of the films
Total assessment time: between 21 and 23 minutes, which includes a single period of 5 minutes formal preparation time
30% of the qualification
Task 1 (discussion on a Theme)
Students discuss one Theme from the specification based on a stimulus containing two different statements.
Task 2 (presentation and discussion on independent research)
Students present a summary of the key findings of the written sources they have used for their research and then have a wider discussion on their research.
Entry requirements: As stated in the admission policy
Special Requirements: Including Grade 6 or above GCSE French
Exam Board: Edexcel