Topical Articles with Exercises
for AS and A Level French
Topics matched to 2016 specifications – ready to use now!
Up-to-date articles are based around relevant issues in target-language countries, and each one is accompanied by a range of activities. Written by native speakers, these authentic texts will stretch your students while testing the skills needed for AS or A Level in a modern-day context.
I like the fact that each unit covers a variety of A Level skills
- Topical and often challenging issues make texts relevant and thought-provoking, offering ample opportunity for debate.
- All articles based on topics from new AS or A Level specifications
- Each text accompanied by vocabulary, comprehension, language, translation, writing and discussion exercises – all matched to AS or A Level.
- Full answers provided for easy teacher-, peer- or self-marking.
Also available: Topical Articles for Spanish and Topical Articles for German.
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What do teachers say about this resource? (8544)
This is an excellent resource, whatever exam board you are teaching at KS5.
I love the structure of the worksheet- this allows the teacher to either use the worksheet on its own, as a homework for example or to use tasks within the worksheets on their own, to enhance the learning of a particular skill.
One the vocabulary/comprehension/translation introductory tasks are completed, the variety of tasks (speaking/writing/debate/etc) offers the opportunity to cover all the skills needed for the examination. This is a useful tool for teachers, as it can be used both under supervision or as an individual task to complete.
Thank you for creating this well-thought resource. This resource will contribute to prepare A Level students for the Reading, Listening, Translation paper. I like that fact that each unit covers a variety of A Level skills. Each step is well thought out and enables students to get ready for the following step. This resource provides scaffolding with rising difficulty for the tasks. Moreover, the grammar boxes are very useful to remind students of grammar rules before starting to translate.
This is a practical resource for working on together in class or for pupils to work on independently, either as homework, revision or as work set when the teacher is absent. It covers a range of topics and has a good variety of activities which will all be useful for the A Level exam. The language in the articles is of an appropriate level of challenge, particularly for pupils in their second year of the A Level course. It certainly meets its aims of building up vocabulary and strengthening their ability to understand French texts.
Overall, it’s a useful resource practising on vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, translation, speaking activities and writing activities. This resource can be used as worksheets in class or can be set as homework, which is practical. The vocabulary exercises are quite varied. The texts can give different perspectives to students and help students to think beyond what they have learned in lessons.
What do teachers say about this resource? (8646)
It was a very detailed resource which gave plenty of ideas to explore the film.
It gave me the choice to select activities suitable to my students.
What do teachers say about this resource? (6112)
The resource uses modern language which is relevant to young people. Grammatical concepts such as the use of the subjunctive and the passive voice are also included. I particularly liked the variety of topics (celebrities, the world of work, education, current affairs, etc) and the fact that the articles cover up-to-date news.