French – Edexcel – 2FR01
Course Outline
The key topics covered for the Listening and Reading examinations are: out and about; customer
service and transactions; personal information and future plans, education and work. In addition
students will prepare one or more topics for their Speaking and Writing Controlled Conditions
Assessments.
The objectives of the course are to understand French in a variety of contexts, to build knowledge
of French vocabulary and grammatical structures, to develop transferable language-learning skills,
to be able to communicate effectively in French and to have an awareness and understanding of
countries and communities where French is spoken.
Skills that will be developed will be to listen to and understand spoken French in a range of contexts
and a variety of styles and to communicate in speech for a variety of purposes. Students also learn
to read and respond to different types of written language as well as to learn to communicate in
writing for a variety of purposes. Students understand and apply a range of vocabulary and
grammatical structures and to develop language learning and communication skills which can be
applied broadly.
Course Details
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
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2
3
4
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Listening and Understanding in French (20% of total GCSE)
Speaking in French (30% of total GCSE)
Reading and Understanding in French (20% of total GCSE)
Writing in French (30% of total GCSE)
Assessment Criteria
Unit 1 Listening and understan [