Frequently asked questions

Yes, I am currently working on the new GCSE with AQA. The 3 topics for the first theme will be available by the 2024 September start. I will then try to create the 3 topics for theme 2 throughout the year, and the last 3 topics for September 2025. At the moment, I don't plan on producing resources for Edexcel. You can see what is already available here: https://www.laprofdefrancais.com/gcse-2024 (https://www.laprofdefrancais.com/gcse-2024) You can download freebies here: https://www.laprofdefrancais.com/gcse-2024-freebies

Depending on how much overlap there is with the old spec, the new resources can be available as upgrades at a reduced price (upgrade price may vary depending on the resource). If you have purchased the resource from the old spec on Laprofdefrancais.com, please get in touch with your purchase order number (ideally) or with your full name and address used at the time of purchase. A promo-code will be sent to you, so you can get the upgrade from the site. If you have purchased from Tes, you will need to provide proof of purchase to get the promo-code. Unfortunately, I don't have access to transaction details on Tes. The confirmation email from Tes or a screen shot of the resource from your download section of the Tes website can be used as proof of purchase.

I'll try to have as many topics done as possible for September.

You can download them for free here: https://www.laprofdefrancais.com/gcse-2024-freebies (https://www.laprofdefrancais.com/gcse-2024-freebies)

Memrise is planning on removing all Community courses from their platform by the end of the year. I am now using Deckademy, which is similar to Memrise. You can check the course for Topic 1 here: https://deckademy.com/#/deck/view/1055/GCSE-French-(AQA)-Topic-1-Identity-and-Relationships-with-others (https://deckademy.com/#/deck/view/1055/GCSE-French-(AQA)-Topic-1-Identity-and-Relationships-with-others) Deckademy is a fairly new platform and they are working hard to add features. They are currently working on the app version of the site. The group/ class feature to see students' progress is not available at the moment, but I have enquired about it and they say it is definitely on their radar. So hopefully, this will be coming soon.

Yes, I'll try to add KO for topics 1, 2 and 3 sometime in September.

Yes, with the exception of the verb forms (see next FAQ question). I have used the interactive spreadsheet provided by AQA to filter the words for each topic : https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/gcse/french-8652/teaching-resources (https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages/gcse/french-8652/teaching-resources) Each topic has around 200 words (some words come up in several topics). The vocab list for each topic is available for free download on my site and also included in the resources. It shows the Foundation/ Higher divide. In my topic resources, I have also split the full topic list into "section lists" of 50 words (and called them Vocab Part A, B, C and D). That way, a specific list can be provided to students at the start of a section. Learning the words from that list (as homework) at the end of a section should also be easier for them, as they will have seen most of these words in class. The 4 lists are available in the 'Vocabulary' folder of my topic resources. These 'section lists' may differ slightly from the full list (as other words from the prescribed list may be included if they came up in my content, even if they have not been listed for the said topic by AQA). Example of words that could be included are time phrases.

I just thought it wasn't quite right to have them in the vocabulary list and that students were better off just having a verb table in their folder instead. First, it felt odd having the conjugated forms of the verbs without the pronouns. Plus, for them to make sense, they had to be kept together, which then meant that the whole list didn't look like it was in alphabetical order anymore. I also kept thinking that their choice of verbs included for each topic was strange. For example: "suis/es/est" is not included in topic 1, even though it is used a lot to describe people's personality. On top of that, when I tested the online vocab course that students would/could use to learn the vocabulary, I could not remember how to write them and my answers kept getting rejected. For topic 1, this is how the verbs are listed: connais|connais! : (I) know, am familiar with | (you (sing informal)) know, are familiar with | know!, be familiar with! (sing informal) ==> What a faff

Yes, there will be 3 bundles available. Theme 1, 2 and 3 bundles will be uploaded as soon as all 3 topics from that theme have been created. Each theme bundle will be available at £16 for a single user and £32 for departmental use. However, the full course bundle will not be available.