The course aims to develop students’ fluency in the four skill areas of listening, reading, speaking and writing. The four topic areas at AS level are:

 Youth culture and concerns

 Lifestyle: health and fitness

 The world around us: travel, tourism and environmental issues

 Education and Employment.

For A2 there are 3 further topic areas:

 Customs, traditions, beliefs and religions

 National and international events: past, present and future

 Literature and the arts

Within these broad topic areas there is considerable flexibility to discuss a range of issues, depending on students’ own interests, or current events in French speaking countries. Students will spend half an hour a week with the language assistant to develop their oral fluency and confidence, and there is the opportunity to do a week’s work experience in France.