Modern Foreign Languages

Please note:
This subject is offered in collaboration with Ermysted’s Grammar School.   

Is this course for me?

French, German or Spanish A Levels suit those who are interested in the language and who would like to explore the respective cultures while improving their conversational and debating skills. You need to be self-motivated and organised.

Opportunities

Students have gone on to study a variety of languages at university, as well as combining languages with courses in Law, Business or Politics. Speaking a foreign language can open up opportunities in a huge range of careers, as well as offering the chance of living or studying abroad, whether for a short time or permanently.

Qualification Structure

Subject Content

You will be studying three themes:

1. Social Issues and Trends
2. Political and Artistic Culture
3. Works: one set film and one set text

You will also work on an Individual Research Project where you will have the opportunity to research a particular societal/cultural/linguistic aspect of a country/ countries where French/Spanish/German is spoken.

Assessment:

This qualification is linear, which means that students will sit their exams at the end of Year 13

Paper 1: 
Listening, Reading and Translating from and into French/Spanish/German

Written exam: 2 hours 30 mins
100 marks, 50% of A Level

Paper 2: 
Essay Writing: one on a set film and one a set text
Written exam: 2 hours
80 marks in total, 20% of A Level

Paper 3: 
Speaking: discussion of one aspect of a theme studied during the two-year course and presentation and discussion regarding the Individual Research Project.

Oral exam: 21-23 mins (including 5 mins preparation time)
60 marks, 30% of A Level