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AQA French

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Exam boards like to change things subtly year on year without changing the whole spec, so the more recent past papers will usually be more accurate to what your real A-Level paper would look like.

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Specification

Below is a brief summary of the AQA French specification. If you would like to, you can read the whole thing.

Component Assessment
Paper 1 [4.4]
Listening, reading and writing
(page 20-21)
  • written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes
  • 100 marks
  • 50% of A-Level
    		•  See the specification for more information on this paper
    Paper 2 [4.5]
    Writing
    (page 21)
  • written exam: 2 hours
  • 80 marks
  • 20% of A-Level
    		•  See the specification for more information on this paper
    Paper 3 [4.6]
    Speaking
    (page 22-23)
  • spoken exam: 21-23 minutes (including 5 minutes supervised preparation time)
  • 60 marks
  • 30% of A-Level
    		•  See the specification for more information on this paper
    Component Maximum raw mark Scaling factor Maximum scaled mark
    Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing 100 x2 200
    Paper 2: Writing 80 x1 80
    Paper 3: Speaking 60 x2 120
    Total scaled mark 400
    Assessment objective Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 Overall weighting
    AO1 12.5% 0% 7.5% 20%
    AO2 27.5% 0% 2.5% 30%
    AO3 10% 10% 10% 30%
    AO4 0% 10% 10% 20%
    Overall weighting of components 50% 20% 30% 100%

    You can get more information on all these spec points by reading the specification!

    Resources

    Series Paper 1 (Listening, Reading and Writing) Insert Mark Scheme Listening Files Paper 2 (Writing) Mark Scheme Paper 3 (Speaking) Mark Scheme Examiners' Reports
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    2021 Click Click Click Click Click Click
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    Sample Set 1 (2018) Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click

    Click here for all the past speaking cards organised by topic

    Warning

    Be warned that AS papers may have a different structure to A-Level papers (and therefore the info above doesn't apply to AS papers).

    Series Paper 1 (Listening, Reading and Writing) Mark Scheme Listening Files Paper 2 (Writing) Insert Mark Scheme Paper 3 (Speaking) Mark Scheme Examiners' Reports
    2024 Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click
    2023 Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click
    2022 Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click
    2020 Click Click Click Click Click Click
    Sample Set 1 (2017) Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click
    Cover Title ISBN Author(s) Link Extras
    AQA A-level French (includes AS) 9781471857959 Hachette
    Casimir d’Angelo
    Jean-Claude Gilles
    Rod Hares
    Lauren Léchelle    		 Click! Answers

    Schemes of work
    AQA French A Level Year 1 and AS Student Book 9780198366881 Oxford
    Robert Pike
    Colin Povey
    Paul Shannon    		 Click!
    AQA French: A Level Year 2 Student Book 9780198366850 Oxford
    Robert Pike
    Colin Povey
    Paul Shannon    		 Click!
    Mot à Mot Sixth Edition: French Vocabulary for AQA A-level 9781510434806 Hachette
    Paul Humberstone
    Kirsty Thathapudi    		 Click! Answers
    AQA A-level French Revision and Practice Workbook: Themes 1 and 2 9781510417731 Hachette
    Karine Harrington
    Séverine Chevrier-Clarke    		 Click! Answers

    Audio files
    AQA A-level French Revision and Practice Workbook: Themes 3 and 4 9781510416789 Hachette
    Karine Harrington
    Séverine Chevrier-Clarke    		 Click! Answers

    Audio files