CHANGE PHOTO SUBJECT FACILITIES, STUDENTS LANGUAGES: LANGUAGES: FRENCH FRENCH
AS and A2
THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE AREA 30-60 minute small group sessions with a native speaker in Speaking Room, in addition to standard lessons. Good languages faculty IT resources. Excellent links with the Resource Centre at UOP and amazing dictionary resources at BH. We order your essential course items for you. Careful transition: grammar, target language and topics. We track your progress like no other: 6 data points throughout each year on the course. Personalised revision sessions based on performance.
2010-11: AS French 50% A-C A2 French 100% A*-C 2011-12: A2 French 100% A-C 2012-13: AS French 75% A-C THE BEST RESULTS 2013-14: AS French 100% A-C A2 French 100% A-B 2014-15: A2 French 100% A*-C
THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES French language course trip, part of French Exchange to Montpellier in October. French Language mentor Help out with KS3 classes. French lecture at Bristol University and mini series on Global Employability as part of Sixth Form lectures.
Sixth Form Period 6 lecture series
Le multiculturalisme en France Stéphanie Fleet New College Swindon Lecture for KS5 students in the area. Highly relevant to A2 syllabus. We reserve tickets in advance for interested students.
PERSONAL BEST DESTINATIONS Cardiff University Cambridge University Nottingham University Birmingham University Glasgow University St Andrews University Aberdeen University Manchester University Warwick University Reading University Guilford School of Acting Royal Holloway Kings College University of Winchester University College London Sheffield Hallam University Bath Spa University Hereford College of Arts Avon and Somerset Constabulary Gap Year
2015 Hayesfield Leavers Mariam Abou El Fadl Plymouth International Business with Spanish Sarah Allen York Linguistics and Mathematics Hannah Cleland Sheffield Modern Languages Louisa Hall Manchester English Language and Spanish Ella Hayes Warwick French and History Georgina Oxford Exeter English and French
Entry requirements: At least a B at GCSE or equivalent.
AS French. 3 Exam papers. Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Written Translation. Worth 40% of AS. French to English Translation. Paper 2: Written Response. Worth 30% of AS. English to French Translation. Grammar exercise. Written responses to either a Literary text or a Film. Paper 3: Speaking Exam. Worth 30% of AS. Task 1, discussion about the Theme Les changements dans la société française. Task 2, presentation and discussion on a chosen subtheme.
Literary texts. Boule de Suif (Un Duel, Deux Amis, La Mère Sauvage), Guy de Maupassant, 1880 La Place, Annie Ernaux, 1983 Le Blé en Herbe, Colette, 1923 Le Château de ma Mère, Marcel Pagnol, 1957 No et Moi, Delphine de Vigan, 2007 Un Sac de Billes, Joseph Joffo, 1973
Films. Au Revoir les Enfants, dir. Louis Malle (1987) Intouchables, dirs. Oliver Nakache, Eric Toledano (2011) La Vie en Rose, dir. Olivier Dahan (2007) Les Choristes, dir. Christophe Barratier (2004) Les 400 Coups, dir. Françöis Truffaut (1959)
A2 French. 3 Exam papers. Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Written Translation. Worth 40% of A2. French to English Translation. Paper 2: Written Response. Worth 30% of A2. English to French Translation. Written responses to two Literary texts or one Literary text and a Film. Paper 3: Speaking Exam. Worth 30% of A2. Task 1, discussion about a stimulus card, based on the topics studied. Task 2, presentation and discussion on independent research.
Literary texts. Boule de Suif (Un Duel, Deux Amis, La Mère Sauvage), Guy de Maupassant, 1880 La Place, Annie Ernaux, 1983 Le Blé en Herbe, Colette, 1923 Le Château de ma Mère, Marcel Pagnol, 1957 Le Gone du Chaâba, Azouz Begag, 2005 Les Mains Sales, Jean-Paul Sartre, 1948 Les Petits Enfants du Siècle, Christiane Rochefort, 1961 Le Tartuffe, Molière, 1669 L Étranger, Albert Camus, 1942 No et Moi, Delphine de Vigan, 2007 Thérèse Desqueyroux, François Mauriac, 1927 Un Sac de Billes, Joseph Joffo, 1973
Films. Au Revoir les Enfants, dir. Louis Malle (1987) Deux Jours, une Nuit, dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne (2014) Entre les murs, dir. Laurent Cantet (2008) Intouchables, dirs. Oliver Nakache, Eric Toledano (2011) La Haine, dir. Mathieu Kassovitz (1995) La Vie en Rose, dir. Olivier Dahan (2007) Le Dernier Métro, dir. Françöis Truffaut (1980) Les Choristes, dir. Christophe Barratier (2004) Les 400 Coups, dir. Françöis Truffaut (1959) Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2004)