Year 11 French
Welcome to our Year 11 French revision hub. Here you can find details of the exam board & specification, when your mock exams will take place, what will be tested in the exam and how you should revise and prepare.
To download a pdf summary of the French revision information – click here
Exam Board: AQA GCSE French (8652)
Specification: Click here to access the exam board specification – click here
Mock Exam Details
Paper Writing
Date: Wednesday 19 November (PM)
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes (Higher) / 1 hour 10 minutes (Foundation)
Total Marks: 50 marks
Paper – Reading
Date: Monday 24 November (PM)
Length: 50 minutes (Higher) / 45 minutes (Foundation)
Total Marks: 50 marks
Paper – Listening
Date: Tuesday 25 November (AM)
Length: 50 minutes (Higher) / 45 minutes (Foundation)
Total Marks: 50 marks (Higher) / 40 marks (Foundation)
What Will My Assessment Test My Knowledge On?
Writing
- School
- Family and celebrations
- TV
- Town and local area
- Healthy living
- Holidays
Reading
- Jobs
- School
- Health apps
- Travel
- Sport and health
- Films
- Celebrations
- Town and local area
Listening
- Travel accommodation
- Phone apps
- School life
- Celebrities
- Family and friends
What Should I Do To Revise And Prepare For This Assessment?
To prepare for this assessment:
- Complete assignments on LanguageNut
- Complete Past Papers (on Arbor)
- Use your purple revision AQA workbooks
- Make notes on tenses and grammar points using your blue knowledge books.
- Create mind maps of key vocabulary from Knowledge Organisers
Useful Revision Resources & Links
- Blue Knowledge books with all Knowledge Organisers and grammar points
- www.languagenut.com
- BBC Bitesize 2026 GCSE – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zp838p3
- BBC Bitesize Old GCSE (still good practise, but exam questions are in a slightly different style) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zr8bmfr