Being able to speak, read and understand a foreign language is a tremendous asset. During this course you will enjoy a combination of practical listening and speaking work in our language lab, weekly conversation classes with a native speaker and classroom lessons about the countries, people and culture you are studying. This A Level is recognised for all university modern languages courses and an ideal platform for a career in interpreting and translating, international business, marketing, law and the travel industry.

Over the two years, you’ll continually develop your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in French. In your A2 year, you’ll produce two pieces of written work under exam conditions, as well as an assessed translation from English into French.

All modules are assessed by short exams.

You must have at least a Grade B in French at GCSE and be confident in your writing abilities.

You’ll have opportunities to take part in subject conferences, translation workshops at the University of Portsmouth and overseas visits. You may also undertake work experience abroad. We show foreign-language films once a week during the lunch break and go to see plays and other performances.