French lessons
A two-year French course for sixth-form students building grammar accuracy, cultural knowledge, and exam fluency.
Beyond the exam
Choose one French-language film, book, region, artist, or social issue for deeper A level-style research.
Key topics
- Present, perfect, imperfect, future, conditional, and subjunctive
- Object pronouns, relative pronouns, negatives, and questions
- Agreement, adjective position, si clauses, and idiomatic opinion phrases
Lesson course
Work through each lesson, run the interactive practice, and tick it off as you go.
1. Identity, relationships, and daily life
IB Language B identities theme plus A level social issues and trends.
Introduce yourself with range
Build accurate answers about family, friendships, routines, values, and future plans.
Write a 120-word profile, then turn it into a 90-second speaking answer.
Opinions that score
Use reasons, examples, contrasts, and evaluation instead of short personal opinions.
Upgrade 10 basic opinions into exam-ready sentences with connectives.
Relationships and society
Discuss changing family patterns, friendship, equality, and pressures on young people.
Answer one reading question set and write a short summary in English.
2. Experiences, education, and work
IB experiences theme plus A level education, employment, and future pathway topics.
School and sixth-form life
Compare subjects, teachers, workload, exams, and school systems with clear evidence.
Prepare a two-sided speaking card on whether exams measure real ability.
Travel and exchange
Narrate trips, cultural encounters, problems, and lessons learned across time frames.
Translate a travel diary paragraph into the target language.
Work and ambition
Discuss jobs, apprenticeships, university, unemployment, and career values.
Write a formal email asking about work experience.
3. Human ingenuity, media, and culture
IB human ingenuity theme plus A level artistic culture and media topics.
Technology and social media
Evaluate benefits, risks, privacy, misinformation, and online identity.
Record a one-minute argument for and against phones in school.
Film, music, and festivals
Describe cultural products and explain why they matter in society.
Create a paragraph using evidence from one film, song, festival, or artwork.
Creative essay phrases
Use comparison, cause, consequence, and judgement phrases in written answers.
Build a reusable bank of 20 essay phrases and use 8 in one paragraph.
4. Social organisation and global issues
IB social organisation and sharing the planet themes plus A level political culture.
Community and citizenship
Discuss volunteering, local life, migration, integration, rights, and responsibilities.
Summarise a short article, then give a personal response.
Environment and responsibility
Explain climate, consumption, transport, energy, and individual action with nuance.
Translate 12 sentences focused on obligation, possibility, and consequence.
Debate under pressure
Respond to challenge questions with examples, concessions, and stronger conclusions.
Prepare three oral answers and one follow-up question for each.
5. Texts, translation, and exam technique
A level translation and literary/film response plus IB reading, writing, and text-type control.
Reading for marks
Find detail, infer meaning, handle synonyms, and avoid lifting language blindly.
Complete a short reading set and justify every answer with textual evidence.
Translation both ways
Control tense, agreement, word order, idiom, and register in short exam translations.
Translate, self-mark, then rewrite one paragraph with corrections.
Writing by text type
Write articles, blogs, speeches, emails, reviews, and essays with the right register.
Plan two responses from the same source: one formal and one informal.
6. Speaking, research, and final review
IB individual oral preparation plus A level speaking card and independent research skills.
Picture and prompt speaking
Describe, interpret, link to a wider theme, and answer unpredictable follow-ups.
Use a 15-minute prep window, then record a 3-minute response.
Independent research project
Choose a focused cultural question and support answers with facts, examples, and opinion.
Create a one-page research brief with five source notes and ten key terms.
Mock exam week
Bring reading, listening-style notes, translation, writing, and speaking together.
Complete one timed mixed-skills paper and one oral recording.
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