French

Topics

If you're taking the Higher tier exam make sure you check out the Foundation units too.

Listening: Foundation: Finding the way, holidays abroad, different jobs, families, school day, transport issues
Listening: Higher: A typical day, telephone messages, holidays, getting around, the environment, employment
Reading: Foundation: At the airport, halloween, job adverts, future plans, penfriends, how 'green' are you?, small ads, television
Reading: Higher: Christmas, magazines, websites, teenagers' problems, work experience abroad, lifestyle and social issues
Speaking: Foundation: Conversation: typical day, school, work, holiday and travel, Interview: leisure activities, a healthy lifestyle, Presentation: summarising into key points, using a variety of tenses
Speaking: Higher: Conversation: my region, free time, my house, adult life, Presentation: traditional celebrations, preparing for a discussion
Writing: Foundation: Filling in a form, health, holidays abroad, opinions, school life, friendship
Writing: Higher: Healthy lifestyle, holidays, summer jobs, school life, media
Grammar: Adjectives and adverbs, nouns and articles, pronouns, verbs, where, when and how much
Exam Skills: Preparing for the listening, reading and speaking exams, preparing for the written controlled assessment, using a dictionary, understanding exam instructions/rubrics, the French alphabet, checking your writing
Mock exam: Mock exams for listening and reading, as well as controlled assessments for writing and speaking