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HSC (French Main & Sub)/Extract from Cambridge syllabus – Information about Papers 3 (Essay) & 4 (Texts)

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COMPONENT 3: Essay (1 h 30 mins) (40 marks)
Five topics, selected from the topic headings listed in section 4, will be published annually in the syllabus. A question will be set on each of the five topics from which the candidate will choose one and write an essay in French of 250-400 words. Of the 40 marks available, 24 will be for the quality of the language and 16 for the content.

 Set Topics for 2008

  1. Le conflit des générations
  2. Les médias
  3. L’éducation
  4. Les pays en voie de développement
  5. La vie culturelle et le patrimoine

Topics 1 to 5 will change every year.

Set Topics for 2009 
  1. Les jeunes
  2. Le tourisme et les voyages
  3. La pollution
  4. Les progrès scientifiques et médicaux
  5. L’alimentation et les boissons

Topics 1 to 5 will change every year.

COMPONENT 4: Texts (2 h 30 mins) (raw marks 75 weighted to 80 marks)

Set Texts for 2008

Section 1
  1. Le Noeud de vipères, Mauriac
  2. *Candide, Voltaire
  3. *Les Mains sales, Sartre
  4. Le Chercheur d’or, Le Clézio
 Section 2
  1. *Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand
  2. *Vipère au poing, Hervé Bazin
  3. *L’Étranger, Albert Camus
  4. *Le Diable au corps, Raymond Radiguet

* to be set again in 2009

Set Texts for 2009

Section 1

  1. *Boule de suif et autres contes de la guerre, Guy de Maupassant
  2. *Candide, Voltaire
  3. *Les Mains sales, Sartre
  4. *Regain, Jean Giono
 Section 2
  1. *Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand
  2. Vipère au poing, Hervé Bazin
  3. L’Étranger, Albert Camus
  4. Le Diable au corps, Raymond Radiguet

* to be set again in 2010

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