French GCSE
Member of Staff Responsible: Mrs D. Turban
Examinations: GCSE Board – AQA
Assessment is broken down into the 4 skill areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Speaking (25%): End of course examination.
Listening and understanding (25%): End of course examination.
Reading and understanding (25%): End of course examination.
Writing (25%): End of course examination
SPECIFICATION
Students can be assessed at either Foundation or Higher level.
Students will study a range of topics based on different themes such as:
· My personal world
· Lifestyle and wellbeing
· My neighbourhood
· Media and technology
· Studying and my future
· Travel and tourism
OVERVIEW
The course aims to:
· develop pupil ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers in speech and writing, conveying what they want to say with increasing accuracy
· express and develop pupil thoughts and ideas spontaneously and fluently
· allow pupils to listen to and understand clearly articulated, standard speech at near normal speed
· deepen their knowledge about how language works and enrich their vocabulary to increase their independent use and understanding of extended language in a range of contexts
· develop an awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of the countries and communities where French is spoken
HOMEWORK
Homework will be set once per week and will consist of a range of activities:
· ICT based learning.
· Vocabulary learning.
· Workbook exercises – reading comprehension, written work.
· Preparing Speaking material for examination.
· Preparing written material for examination.
· Reading out loud recordings.
