French Yearly Overviews

GCSE French

Course Title: French 
Exam Board: AQA
Qualification: GCSE

ABOUT THE COURSE

Although Languages are currently not compulsory at GCSE, studying a language will be great for your personal and professional growth as it can teach you a number of skills that you can use later on in your life. Today’s world is becoming more and more globalised and having gained language soft skills will make your application stand out to employers, universities or colleges, in particular your communication skill. It also promotes a certain intercultural understanding which can and will make you more aware of the different cultures in and outside of our community. Finally, it can help you if you want to travel, whether it is for a gap-year or for some travelling with friends and families.

We will continue to build our foundations of the language learnt at Key Stage 3 whilst exploring more exciting topics such as friends and family, the environment, jobs and careers, sports, holidays etc. Higher tier students will develop more complex language preparing them to undertake A level should they wish to pursue their language journey.

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

The GCSE course covers three themes – Theme 1: Identity and Culture, Theme 2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest and Theme 3: Current and future study and employment – and will be assessed through four papers (for both Higher and Foundation tiers):

Speaking – this will be assessed in school, with your class teacher, prior to the rest of the GCSE exams. The exam includes a role play, photo card and conversation element. – 25% of your overall grade.

Listening - The listening exam assesses how well you understand and respond to spoken French in different situations - 25% of your overall grade.

Reading - The reading paper is a written exam designed to test your ability to understand and respond to different types of language – 25%of your overall grade.

Writing - The GCSE French written exam assesses how well you can communicate in writing for different purposes. The paper contains 4 questions for each tier and you will need to show great communication skills and grammar understanding – 25% of your overall grade.

Please click on the below links to view our KS4 Curriculum Overviews for 2022/23: