Advanced Higher French
This course is suitable for candidates who wish to develop their understanding and use of complex and sophisticated language through a range of higher-order skills.
It gives candidates opportunities to personalise their learning appropriate to their personal and vocational needs and aspirations. The Advanced Higher French course provides academic and personal challenges for candidates. It provides a pathway for those who want to progress to more specialised training, further education, or entry into a diverse range of occupations and careers.
Deliverer
Aberdeen Grammar School
Course Outline
The Advanced Higher French course consists of 3 units:
Understanding Language
Within the contexts of Society, Learning, Employability and Culture students have the opportunity to develop and extend their reading and listening skills
Using Language
In the same four contexts, students develop and extend their talking and writing skills
Specialist study
Students develop and extend their planning, research, and analytical skills to undertake an independent study based on literature or media.
Course Assessment
There will be one Unit assessment in each of the four skills (pass/fail). The course assessment will comprise:
- A Reading and Translation paper worth 50 marks
- A Listening and Discursive writing paper worth 70 marks
- A Talking performance marked by a Visiting Examiner worth 50 marks (completed in February or March)
- A portfolio (the final product of the work done on a literary or media topic). This is worth 30 marks and is sent off to the SQA for assessment before the Easter break.
Links to Further information
Potential Pathways beyond this course:
University of Aberdeen School of Language,
Literature, Music and Visual Culture
