French

Theme 1: Social issues and trends. (La cyber société, la famille en voie de changement, le rôle du bénévolat, les aspects positifs d’une société diverse, quelle vie pour les marginalisés, comment on traite les criminels)

Theme 2: Political and artistic culture. (Une culture fière de son patrimoine, la musique francophone contemporaine, cinéma : le septième art, les ados, le droit de vote et l’engagement politique, manifestations et grèves – à qui le pouvoir, la politique et l’immigration)

Theme 3 – Grammar

Theme 4 – Literary texts and films (No et moi, Au revoir les enfants)

Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing. 2 hours and 30  minutes - 100 marks

• Listening for gist and details, one question will require a summary

• Reading and responding to stimulus texts (also one summary)

• Translation of at least 100 words from French to English

• Translation of at least 100 words from English to French

Paper 2: Writing. 2 hours - 80 marks

• A choice of essay questions to answers - one essay on each literary text or film.

• Approx. 300 words per essay but there is no limit

• No dictionaries or copies of the texts are allowed

Paper 3: Speaking. 21 - 23 minutes including 5 minutes supervised preparation time.

• Part 1 (5-6 minutes) – discussion of a theme based on a stimulus card (choice of two)

• Part 2 – Individual research project completed by the student. Two minute presentation followed by a 9-10 minute discussion. This research project can be on any topic chosen by the student, linked with any aspect of Francophone countries or culture.

Trip to Geneva (numbers permitting).