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Overview of the GCSE in Applied French
Edexcel offers a GCSE in Applied French.
- This qualification offers learners an opportunity to develop French language skills in specialist contexts (business, leisure and tourism or media and communications).
- A single award GCSE as well as two '2-skills' short courses are available. The latter focus either on Oral Communication (speaking and listening) or Written Communication (reading and writing).
The full course GCSE consists of three units, places emphasis on the application of productive skills, recognises ongoing classroom-based teacher assessment and features onscreen listening and reading assessment. Candidates can access the complete range of grades (G-A*).
Unit 1 |
Applied oral communication in specialist context Suggested presentation topics for each specialist context (doc 30 KB) |
Mix of internal and teacher assessment |
Unit 2 |
Applied written communication in specialist context Suggested tasks for each specialist context at different levels (doc 40 KB) |
Internal assessment |
Unit 3 |
Understanding applied oral and written communication (generic tests in listening and reading) Generic topics upon which the onscreen tests are based (doc 28 KB) |
Onscreen assessment |
Full specification for the GCSE in Applied French (doc 3.22 MB)
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust has appointed 4 lead practitioners for Applied French in different parts of the country.
Find out who they are on the SSAT website.
Find out about the SSAT Lead Practitioner Programme.
Link to the Edexcel webpages relating to the Applied GCSE French.
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