1. Congratulations on choosing to study French for your A Levels at Whitburn C of E Academy.
To prepare you for the course, complete at least 6 of the tasks from the grid before we start in September.
You should also ensure that you purchase a ring binder folder, dividers and plastic wallets ready for the start of the course.
Bonne chance! A bientôt!
Tâche 1
Buy an A5 notebook and create your own vocabulary booklet. Fill it with words and phrases that you learn over the summer holidays.
Tâche 2
Revise all GCSE grammar from your KS4 resources and access
for grammar revision (go to AS Resources – verb busters)
Try for fantastic online quizzes to test your knowledge too! Complete at least 6 quizzes over the course of the holidays.
Tâche 3
Test your grammar! Can you conjugate
regular er, ir and re verbs in all tenses?
What about the irregulars? List them then
check your answers in the conjugation
Tâche 4
Read the newspaper or
Choose an interesting article and
summarise it in French.
Tâche 5
Research the following topics from the AQA A Level Specification:
Le gwoka
L’homoparentalité
Les SDF
Le PACS
Tâche 6
Research Le Monde de la Francophonie
online to find out where French
is spoken. Choose one country to
research – find out the location,
population and
other interesting facts.
Tâche 7
Catch up on all the beauty, fashion
and celebrity or
Choose 15 new words from
an article that interests you and
find out what they mean
in English.
Tâche 8
Choose a radio station from
and tune in at least
twice a week. Try to make notes, writing key words and information that you
hear and understand.
Tâche 9
Read about contemporary issues
in French-speaking
Choose an interesting article and look up any unfamiliar vocabulary using
Tâche 10
Research popular
French-speaking singers/songwriters
and listen to their songs. Choose a song and translate the lyrics into English.
Need some inspiration?
Try… Julien Doré, Jacques Brel, Christine and the Queens, Zaz and Maxime le Forestier
Tâche 11
Invest in some French films on DVD
and watch them in French with
subtitles. Here’s some suggestions:
Il y a longtemps que je t’aime
Le dîner de cons
Ne le dis à personne
Les Choristes
Tâche 12
Check out YouTubers
DamonandJo for tons of advice
and tips including
how to sound more French
when you’re speaking it,
deciphering French rap lyrics and
absolute must-know French phrases
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