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2017 IGCSE, GCSE, AS and A-Level French Exam dates for all major boards

The June French exams are soon upon us and you are probably wondering about the specific 2017 French exam dates to better plan your revision and exam preparation time. In this article you will find the IGCSE, GCSE, AS and A-Level exam dates for all the major boards. In the first part of this article, we will talk about the GCSE and IGCSE in French exam dates to then focus on the AS and A-Level in French.

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Our students have a love for their French subject!

Last week was our beginning of term and throughout the week that’s gone by, we were able to discover with great pleasure how eager and excited our students were to join their classes. We were extremely happy to note for ourselves the level of enthusiasm they had for our French lessons and the level of enjoyment they seemed to glean from them.

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The CIE IGCSE in French exams are approaching fast and will soon be here. In fact, the oral exams start as early as in September. You will find below the important dates to put in your calendar.

2016 CIE IGCSE French Exam dates

The CIE IGCSE exams in French October/November 2016 sitting for the United Kingdom are on the following dates:

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We have been waiting impatiently for the results of our IGCSE and A Level students. Now they are out, we are delighted to share them with you.

Our 2016 IGCSE Students' Results

This year, our IGCSE results were extraordinarily good since 100% of our students got A* in their IGCSE in French exam both with CIE and Edexcel. Here are some comments showing how excited they were after receiving those results.

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2015 is now upon us and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very good year. The new term has started and I have been happy to welcome all my students again after a long well-deserved break.

January is the month in which mock exams are done in preparation of the real exam. But at this time of year you might be wondering about the IGCSE in French exam dates, so please find those crucial dates below.

 Here are the 2015 IGCSE  French exam dates with Edexcel:

Syllabus 4FR0

The Edexcel IGCSE in French has three papers which are the listening paper, the reading and writing paper and the speaking paper.

The normal starting time for morning sessions is 9.00 a.m. and for afternoon sessions 1.30 p.m.

The speaking exam is done any time between mid-March and 12 May 2015

4FR0 01 : French paper 1 Listening ; 40 minutes; Wednesday 12 May 2015 morning

4FR0 02 : French paper 2 Reading & Writing ; 1h30 minutes; Tuesday 12 May 2013 Morning.

I hope that you will find these dates useful especially when planning your revision. Please contact us early in advance if you would like to arrange one to one tuition to get ready for your IGCSE in French

Good luck with your preparation!

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I provide some information and useful links in this article. Hopefully the information provided in this post will also help other home-educated parents who are in the same situation.

A-Level French or the DELF B2 French

From my understanding the DELF B2 is a French certification recognised in French parts of the world for anyone who is not French and who would like to either study in a French university (in France, Canada or elsewhere), to work in France or in a francophone country or island, or for anyone who would want to apply for the French nationality.

This was very clear in the French written websites that I visited but the following English websites have Information which can help.

• https://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Examinations-in-French.html

• https://www.cia-france.com/universite.htm

As can also be seen here https://www.ila-france.com/french-language-courses-delf-dalf.html, this certification has different levels assessing different abilities. It reminds me of the Cambridge First Certificate in English and the Cambridge advanced Certificate in English that I had to take when I came to England. With them, you demonstrate your ability to live, work and study in a British country. The DELF French is the same but for a francophone place in the world.

This is far from studying linguistics at university and it is doubtful that it will be accepted to study in UK universities especially to study Linguistics.

What is linguistics?

Linguistics is ‘the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of grammar, syntax, and phonetics. Henriette Hendricks, head of the linguistics department at the University of Cambridge simply sees linguistics as being ‘the study of language, how language works’

According to the University of California, ‘the part of linguistics that is concerned with the structure of language is divided into a number of subfields:

• Phonetics – the study of speech sounds in their physical aspects
• Phonology – the study of speech sounds in their cognitive aspects
• Morphology – the study of the formation of words
• Syntax – the study of the formation of sentences
• Semantics – the study of meaning
• Pragmatics – the study of language use’

When you study Linguistics, you study different facets of the language and this might include using literature (novels, poems, books, articles..etc), films, cinema, art, architecture…etc. The Cambridge advanced certificate in English, that I took and which was the highest of the certificates after the Proficiency Level, certainly did not prepare me for such an in-depth study and analysis of the language but merely taught me how to communicate efficiently in English.

If I were in your situation, I would go for the A-level in French which I think is more appropriate and which is accepted in the UK to study linguistics. This would probably be accepted to study in other universities too since UK qualifications are well valued abroad. This article will give more information on the content of the A-Level French.

I hope this post will help other parents to choose the right option for their children based on how they want to move next and where they want their French language to take them.

If you feel that you would need support by an experienced teacher and native speaker, we provide coaching for both the AS/A-Level French and the DELF B1/ B2.

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With Edexcel

Syllabus 4FR0

The normal starting time for morning sessions is 9.00 a.m. and for afternoon sessions 1.30 p.m.

4FR0 01 : French paper 1 Listening ; 30 minutes; Wednesday 08 May 2013 Afternoon

4FR0 02 : French paper 2 Reading & Writing ; 1h30 minutes; Tuesday 14 May 2013 Afternoon.

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With CIE

Syllabus 0520

0520/11: Paper 1 Listening; Duration: 45 minutes: Sections 1, 2 and 3; Date: Monday 13 May 2013 Afternoon session

0520/21: Paper 2 Reading and Directed Writing; Duration: 1½ hours: Sections 1, 2 and 3; Date: Thursday 19 May 2013 Afternoon session

0520/3: Paper 3 Speaking; Duration: 15 minutes; Dates: between 1 March 2013 – 30 April 2013

0520/41: Paper 4 Continuous Writing; Duration: 1¼ hours; Date: Monday 13 May 2013 Afternoon session

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