Contents - A-level

My book with Steve Glover Teaching A-Level Modern Languages is here. A4 format, with photocopiable resources.
My book 50 Lesson Plans for French Teachers: Step by Step is here. A4 format, photocopiable, with accompanying slides free on this site.

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Grammar
Dialogues
England and Wales exam preparation
Texts with exercises
Vocab building
Audio listening
Video listening
Discussions
Film and literature

CURRENT AFFAIRS

NEW FROM 9.1.24
This section will be regularly updated with resources being removed and replaced.
Drug-related youth violence in Mâcon. 20.1.25
Scams on Facebook using A_images. 12.1.25
Inequalities on the rise in France. 22.10.24

HOME LEARNING PACK (35 pages)

Contains 6 listening and 6 reading/writing resources from this page

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

See the Y10-11 page for more grammar exercises which may be useful for A-level revision.

AS grammar booklet
This booklet contains 14 cloze and multi-choice exercises. All answers supplied. Low advanced level (AS).
Working out gender
Six verb table grids to complete - 'Top 15 verbs'
Six more verb table grids to complete
Present tense irregulars crossword (1)
Present tense irregulars crossword (2)
Distinguishing perfect and imperfect tenses
Time expressions
Using infinitives
Tense revision - Eng-French translation
More verb tenses
Negatives
Negatives (2)
General grammar revision
P.D.O. agreements
Prepositions
Celui, celle, ceux, celles
Perfect and imperfect tenses together
Depuis, pendant, pour, il y a
SI clauses
SI clauses - 20 slides (multi-choice)
SI clauses crossword
SI clauses - pluperfect/conditional perfect
More tense practice
Passive voice
Passive voice (more examples)
Passive - two translation dice games
Two active-passive conversion dice games
Direct and Indirect Speech
Relative pronouns
Using dont
Using dont - translation + notes to display
Auquel, duquel etc
Prepositions
Verbs followed by à, de or nothing (2 dice games)
Conditional
Conditional perfect
Rough guide to modal verbs
A-level grammar revision sentences to translate
Answers to the above sentences.
A-level grammar revision sentences to translate (harder ones)
Passive

SUBJUNCTIVE
Subjunctive lesson plan by Sarah Shaw

Resources for the above lesson plan (some cutting out needed for student cards)
Part 1: Summary of triggers for the subjunctive (PowerPoint slide)
Conjunctions (PowerPoint slide)
Part 1 and 3-1. Triggers and Conjugated Verbs
Part 4: Infinitive verbs
Part 5: Reading activity

Present subjunctive - regular
50 sentences to translate into English
Present subjunctive - irregular
Je veux que.. il ne faut pas que..
Oral/written drills
Oral/written drills (2)
Subjunctive or not?
Subjunctive crossword
4 boardgames (translation)
Dominoes
Sentences to translate
Exercises

GRAMMAR NOTES FOR HANDING OUT OR DISPLAY

Subjunctive - formation and uses
Modal verbs - summary of meanings
Passive voice
Past historic tense

DIALOGUES

Immigration NEW 22.10.24
Films versus TV series NEW 26.12.24
Marriage NEW 22.10.24
Helping the marginalised NEW 25.10.24
Working from home NEW 8.11.24
Prisons NEW 9.11.24
Strikes NEW 20.11.24
Volunteering NEW 21.11.24
Banning social media for under-16s NEW 28.11.24

TRANSLATIONS

These are aimed at A-level (Year 2) students (age 17-18).

English - French

Water poverty
Benefits and challenges of free movement of labour in the EU
Benefits of immigration
Deaths from air pollution
Nelson Mandela

French - English

Extract from Candide, ou l'optimisme
Multiculturalism and integration
The cartoon book market in France
Slow Food
Volunteering (see parallel gapped version below)
Rationing during the occupation
Internet (see parallel gapped version below)
Poverty in France
Music industry in France
Prisons in France (see gapped version below)

Parallel gapped translations
Volunteering
Internet
Prisons
Stories of divorce
Fighting sexting and cyber-bullying in Quebec
The Marsoulas massacre (2nd World War)
Tourism in France
Slavery in Martinique

ENGLAND, WALES and NORTHERN IRELAND A-LEVEL EXAM PREPARATION

An introduction to teaching A-level
AS/A-level

AS-level (Year 1 of A-level course)

82 page revision booklet (AQA listening and reading)
57 page revision booklet (Edexcel listening and reading)
64 page revision booklet (Eduqas/WJEC listening and reading)
AQA vocab and oral questions booklet
Edexcel vocab and oral questions booklet
Eduqas/WJEC vocab and oral questions booklet
Vocabulary booklet for the AQA specification (Year 1)
Vocabulary booklet for the Pearson Edexcel specification (Year 1)
Vocabulary booklet for the Eduqas/WJEC specification (Year 1)
Six translations into French with stimulus texts
Essay writing guide (AQA)
Essay writing guide (Pearson Edexcel)
Essay language
Two model summary tasks
Vocab list on statistics and comparisons

A-level (Year 2 of A-level course)
IRP ideas (Individual Research Project)
56 page revision booklet (AQA listening and reading)
49 page revision booklet (Edexcel listening and reading)
Vocabulary booklet (AQA)
Vocabulary booklet (Edexcel)
Vocabulary booklet (Eduqas/WJEC)
Sub-theme conversation booklet (AQA)
Sub-theme conversation booklet (Edexcel)
Sub-theme conversation booklet (Eduqas/WJEC)
Booklet of 10 stimulus cards (AQA
AO4 Knowledge portfolio (AQA) Updated 2023
AO4 Knowledge portfolio (Edexcel) Updated 2023
AO4 Knowledge portfolio (Eduqas/WJEC)
Eduqas/WJEC Q4 gap-fill - booklet of 5
A-Z list of jobs
Booklet of 10 translations into English with answers (AQA)
Booklet of 10 translations into English with answers (Edexcel)
Booklet of 10 translations into English with answers (Eduqas/WJEC)
A-level (Year 2) Eng-French 100 translation sentences
A-level (Year 2) Eng-French 100 more translation sentences
A-level (Year 2) Eng-French 50 (hard) translation sentences
A-level (Year 2) translation sentences
Improving summary technique
Sentence paraphrasing
Verbs to nouns crossword (1)
Verbs to nouns crossword (2)
Adjectives to nouns crossword
Word morphology grid (1)
Word morphology grid (2)
Word morphology grid (3)
Word morphology grid (4)
Word morphology crossword (1)
Word morphology crossword (2)
Word morphology crossword (3)
Answer key for the above three crosswords
Verb revision task
Proverbs and sayings task
Developing richer language for AO3
Better verbs for essays
A-level vocab list
List of general essay phrases and other vocab
Shorter list of film/lit essay phrases
Proverbs and sayings task
Record and Self-Evaluation Sheet for UK teachers (edit online)

IRISH LEAVING CERTIFICATE (Higher)

The decline of marriage
Homelessness
Becoming an entrepreneur

TEXTS WITH EXERCISES

Teacher's guide to using texts with exercises

FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS

Families in France 2021 (INSEE) (A)
Single parent families in France (AS) Updated 16.6.24
Dating fatigue in France (AS/A) NEW 3.10.24
Family life after divorce (AS/A) Updated
Charline's story as a child brought up by two mums (A)
Prostitution of minors, inc case studies (A)
Population and family in 2020 (AS)
Being a single mum, but in a couple (AS)
Effect of digital tech on families (A) Updated 2023
Abuse against women in France (A) Updated 2023
Household chores (AS) Updated 2023
Household chores and divorce rates (AS)
Living alone (AS)
Secrets of a successful marriage (AS)
The decline of marriage in France (AS/A)
Marriage and health (AS)
Gay marriage (A)

INTERNET AND CYBER-SOCIETY

A project to counter cyberbullying, sexting etc in Quebec (AS/A) Updated 18.6.24
A bill to ban social media to under 15s (A)NEW 27.5.24
Arrest of a 19 year-old for cyber-attacks on schools
When fake news becomes a business (AS)
"Sextorsion" (AS/A)
Online scams (false GoFundMe-style collections) (AS/A)
QR code scams in France (AS) Updated 12.10.23
Macron's 2021 plan to reduce online bullying in schools (AS)
A proposal to use AI to catch offenders on public transport in Paris (AS/A)
French fake news sites (A)
Banning mobile phones in school(AS/A)
Harris survey of social media use in France(AS/A) Updated 2023
Internet shopping (AS)
Internet use in France (AS) Rewritten/updated 2023
Online bullying (AS)
Reading task on web sites (AS)
Video games (AS)
Pros and cons of AI (AS/A)
Internet dating (AS) Updated 2023
Gap fill for above
Mobile phones in school (AS/A) Updated 2023

VOLUNTEERING

Voluntary work (AS)
Volunteer's story (AS/A) Updated 2023
Four volunteer stories (gap-fills) (AS/A)
Volunteering in 2022 (+ lesson plan) (A)

CULTURAL AND REGIONAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM

Bilingual schools in Brittany(AS)Updated 8.8.24
Merlan -an unusual housing estate(A)
Culture of the Basque country(AS)
For and against bullfighting (AS)
History of slavery in Guadeloupe (AS)
9 UNESCO World Heritage sites in France (A) Gustave Eiffel - life and heritage (A)
5 passages for dictation or translation on places of interest
Puy du Fou - Tripadvisor (AS/A)
Angoulême cartoon book festival - Tripadvisor (AS/A)
Mémorial Acte slavery museum, Guadeloupe - Tripadvisor (AS/A)
The Cité du Vin in Bordeaux (AS)
Tourism - pros and cons (AS)
Holidays quiz (AS)
Tourism in France (AS)
Which holiday destination? - matching task (AS)
Musée d'Orsay comprehension (AS)
Favourite food in France (AS)

MUSIC

The vinyl renaissance in France (A)
Three French singers (AS/A)
Three French singers (easier) (AS)
Two singers (Zaz and Pomme) (AS
Stromae (AS)
French music industry (AS)
Music and personality/intelligence (AS)
Music industry and streaming in France (A) Updated 2023

CINEMA

The French cinema industry in 2022 (A)
French cinema: unprofitable movies supported by subsidies (A)
Review of La Haine with questions (A)
La Haine - 25 years on (A)
Gap fill summary of Au Revoir les Enfants by Louis Malle (AS)
Omar Sy (AS)
French cinema subsidies (AS/A)
Film review - Gravity (AS)
Film summaries and reviews - matching task (AS)
Why do sad films make us feel better? (AS)
New Wave French cinema (AS)

TELEVISION

Screen usage by very young children (2023) (AS)
TV and children's behaviour (AS)
TV series or films - which do you prefer? (AS)
Binge watching (AS)
Forum reviews of TV series Les Revenants (AS)
TV/screens and childhood obesity (AS)

WORKING LIFE

Work-related stress (AS)
Insecure jobs: three stories (AS)
Working from home - 2024 (A) NEW 30.9.24
Unemployment - three stories (A) NEW 4.10.24
Setting up new businesses (A)
Working time in France (AS/A)
Discrimination during job interviews (AS/A)

EDUCATION

Ability grouping in French classes from September 2024
Education reforms announced in France
Bac reform - description(A)
The 'abaya' banned in schools from September 2023(A)
A 2023 plan to counter bullying in French schools (AS/A)
School uniform being tried out (A)
2024 introduction of ability groups ('sets') (A)
Bac reform 2019-20 - one student's view(AS/A)
The new grand oral (A)
Why are girls given better grades than boys? (AS)
School uniform in France (AS)
French education system (AS)
Bullying in school (AS)
Error correction exercise for bullying text (AS)
Exam revision and health (AS) Updated 2023
Stressed-out teachers (AS) Updated 2023
For or against private schools (AS)
Social background and educational achievement (A) Updated 2023

ADOLESCENCE AND PERSONAL IDENTITY

French teens' identity and YouTube (AS)
Young teenagers working in Quebec (AS)
Are branded clothes too expensive? (AS) Updated 2023
Gap fill 1 for above
Gap fill 2 for above
Gap fill 3 for above
Ordering task for above
Employing very thin fashion models (AS/A)

DIVERSITY

An autistic boy's story (A)
Identifying as trans (A)
The experience of a disabled person
Women footballers banned from wearing the veil (A)
Lack of diversity on French TV (2019 report)
A trans story (A)
Travellers (gens du voyage)(A)
Rise in homophobic attacks in France (A)
Homophobia - case histories (AS/A)
Homophobia - figures from 2019 (A)

IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION

Zero discrimination day - March 1st
Rise in anti-semitic acts in France.
Report on racism in Quebec workplaces
A Belgian immigrant mum tells her story (A)
A migrant from Afghanistan tells his story (A)
Immigration figures for France in 2022 (A)
Harkis (Algerians recruited by the French army to fight in the Algerian war) (A)
Attitudes to immigration in Quebec (A)
Antisemitism and islamophobia (A)
Antisemitism in France in 2021 (A)
Republican ideals under pressure (A)
Immigration and integration (A) Updated 2023
Personal accounts of African migrants (A)
Burqa law (A) Updated 2023
Burkini (A)
Grenoble allows women to wear the burkini in its swimming pools(A)
Fatima's story of discrimination (A)
Racist attack in the Gard (AS/A) Updated 2023
SOS-Racisme secretly investigates racism (A)
The rise of antisemitic acts in late 2023 (A)

POLITICAL ISSUES

Why are young people voting less? (A)
The rise of populism in Canada (A) NEW 10.11.24
Three principles of laïcité (A)
Withdrawing benefits from families of juvenile delinquents (A)
Young people striking for the planet (A)
Trade unionism in France (A)
Young people striking for the planet (2) (A)
A gilet jaune gives her account (A)
Demonstrations (1) (A)
Demonstrations (2) (A)
Young people's engagement with politics (A)
Key dates in the history of the EU (A)
Free movement across the EU (A)
Migration - photo discussion and translation (A)
Notes on French political system(A) Updated 20.10.24
Explaining left and right in politics (A)
The far right in France - introduction(A)
The rise of the far right in France(A)

HOW CRIMINALS ARE TREATED

Prison overcrowding at record levels in France in 2024
The state of prisons in 2022 (A) Updated 20.10.24
Electronic tag use and prisoner numbers both on the rise in 2022 (A)
The care of inmates with psychological issues (A)
A prisoner's blog entry (A)
A woman's remarkable story (A)
Ankle tags to stop harassment against women (A)
Specific problems of women prisoners (A)
Prisons in France (A)
Prison crisis in France (A)
Death penalty - for or against (A)
Prison overcrowding in France in 2022 (A) Updated 2023
Inequalities for women in French prisons (A)

POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Homeless crisis (A) Updated 2023
Housing crisis 2023 (A) NEW 16.11.23
The housing crisis in France (A)
Homelesseness in Quebec (A)
Living on the street (A)
Food poverty in France (A)
Using sports halls to house homeless in winter (A)
A homeless woman's story (A)

OCCUPATION AND RESISTANCE

Four women recall the occupation (A)
Memories of the occupation (A)
Resistance: key dates and events (A)
The Oradour massacre (see video listening task too) (A)
Three pro nazi collaborators (A)
The Marsoulas massacre (A)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facts and figures help sheet (AS)
Interview with a French astronaut (A)

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change - effects of a +4 degrees temperature rise by 2060
Deforestation and reforestation
Starter activity on energy

OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES

Life in the suburbs - feeling abandoned
Stereotypes and prejudices
Interview with a fashion designer
Abuse of the elderly
Legalising euthanasia
Euthanasia

WOMEN

Violence against women
Afghani woman athlete threatened by Taliban. 4.9.24
Women in France
Female genital mutilation
Women's rights - mini dossier
Casual sexism
Prostitution - a sex worker's account

HEALTHY LIVING, SPORT AND HOLIDAYS

Legalisation of c****bis
Holidays
Drug taking in sport
Olympic Games
Football terms crossword - not a text
The French and alcohol (2)
Health questionnaire task
The potato!
Risks of eating red meat
Stress - forum answers and comprehension
Matching task for above
Listening task to go with above
Do overweight people live longer?
Organic products - pros and cons

DEVELOPING WORLD

World poverty
World water shortage
Effects of climate change on poorer nations
Illiteracy
Child labour

ADVERTISING

Advertising

MISCELLANEOUS STUFF

AS level texts
Weird news items reading task
Origins of Christmas
Faits divers with focus on passive
Faits divers headlines task + writing/oral work
Four strange news stories
Interview with a pediatric surgeon
Football vocab list - advanced!
Some faits divers with exercises on the passive
Père-noël.fr
Haunted house story
Mexican fishermen story