Teaching an indepth topic or a literary text at A level

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Teaching an in-depth topic or a literary text at
A level
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Key Areas

• 1. Course structure and assessment
• 2. Teaching aims and objectives
• 3. Exploring and teaching a topic -
• case study French Film
• 4. From Topic to Coursework transition
• 5. Choosing Coursework questions
• 6. Producing Coursework

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General Topic Areas

• Day to Day Matters
• Food, diet, health
• Transport, travel, tourism
• Current affairs and media

• 2. Society
• Relationships, family, generations, youth
  concerns
• Social issues, law, justice
• Leisure, the arts

• 3.The working world
• Education, training, employment
• Business and industry
• Information Technology

• 4. The Environment and Citizenship
• Energy, pollution, environment
• Politics and citizenship
• Campaigning organisations, charities

• 5. The International Context
• Customs, traditions, beliefs, religions
• The European Union
• World-wide problems

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Course Structure and Assessment

• Edexcel
• AS Unit 1 - Listening and Writing
• Unit 2 - Reading and Writing
• Unit 3 - Prepared Oral Topic
• A2 Unit 4 - Oral Discussion of Issues OR
• Interpreting
• Unit 5 - Topics and Texts OR Coursework
• Unit 6 - Listening and Writing,
• Reading and Writing
• Writing in Registers

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Objectives

• What is your timescale?
• Which grammar points do you hope to cover?
• What are your assessment criteria?
• - coursework
• - speaking exam

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Exploring and teaching the topic

• - through grammar
• - through themes
• - through audio / visual stimulae

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From Topic to Coursework

• Identify key themes and encourage independent
  research
• Which theme will suit whom?
• - examples
• What resources are available?

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La créativité
Le rôle de la femme
Les Quatre Cents Coups de François Truffaut
La répression / La contrainte
Lenfance
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Resources French Film

• Websites
• www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/EtreetAvoir
• www.grantandcutler.com/catalogues/french
• http//site.voila.fr/cineclub/realisat/truffaut/qu
  atrecentscoups.htm
• http//frenchfilms.topcities.com/nf
• Books
• Pocket essentials French New Wave
  (www.pocketessentials.com)

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Choosing a coursework question

• Good questions
• Bad questions
• Practical examples!!!!!!

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• 1. Décris le personnage d'Antoine Doinel dans le
  film "Les Quatre Cents Coups ". 
• 2. Quels sont les thèmes du cinéma Truffaldien?
• 3. Jusqu'à quel point voit-on le rôle de la femme
  comme un rôle négatif?
• 4. Qu'est-ce qu'on pourrait critiquer du cinéma
  Truffaldien et pourquoi?
• 5. Comment Truffaut a-t'il influencé La Nouvelle
  Vague?
• 6. Quelles sont les ambitions du metteur en
  scène?
• 7. Quel est le message du film. Est-il efficace?

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• DO
• Give the question a QUALITY
• Use a quote
• Pose a specific question
• Use question words
• Ask the student to analyse
• Encourage 2 part but linked questions
• Limit the scope of the question where it helps to
  focus more.

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DONT

• Use words such as describe
• Allow all-encompassing titles such as The
  environment
• Formulate a question so narrowly that the student
  does not have enough ideas broaden it into
  questions or aspects.
• Let them choose a title after they have written
  the coursework.
• Be afraid of long titles

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Planning and Structuring Coursework

• How much help do they need?
• Timescales
• Planning
• Checklists
• Independent Study - resources

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• Good Luck!