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Overview

Advanced Extension Awards are qualifications intended to challenge the most able Advanced GCE (A level) students. They are designed to provide opportunities for candidates to demonstrate a greater depth of understanding than that required at Advanced GCE and to demonstrate the ability to think critically and creatively. They are intended to be accessible to all candidates who are likely to achieve a grade A in the Advanced GCE.

The topics covered in the AEA in French will be chosen from those which would be likely to feature in any Advanced GCE course. Candidates will not be expected to have undertaken extra study to prepare for the examination.

The examination paper for the AEA in French will have one central theme, which will vary from year to year. For example, the theme of the specimen paper is 'Racism'. All the texts and listening material contained in the paper will relate to the relevant theme. Options for the extended writing task will be based around it.

There will be a variety of texts in the AEA examination in French. Texts may be of different styles, literary and factual, with a variety of register. The types of texts used may vary from year to year. They will be prefaced with a brief scene-setting introduction in French.

Assessment is through a single three-hour written examination. The examination will include tasks such as: reading comprehension with questions and answers in French; transfer of meaning into English; linguistic tests; listening comprehension and extended writing.

The first examination is in June 2002. Awards are made on a two-point scale: Distinction and Merit.