GCE A Level French
Themes (H1)
GCE A Level French Themes (H1)
The GCE A Level French H1 exam consists of seven themes, with several topics under each theme. Students are expected to be familiar all the themes.
1. Human relationships
- Family activities
- New patterns of family relationships
- The status of the elderly and responsibility for their care
- Conflicts in the family circle
- Young people and the older generation
- Attitudes of young people to the family environment
- Young people and their peer group
- Young people as a target group for advertisers and politicians
2. Patterns of Daily life
- Daily routine
- School
- The individual’s way of life
- Living conditions
- Advantages and disadvantages of urban and rural life
- Transport and communications
- Shopping
- Housing
- The role and influence of the media
- The power of advertising
- Healthy eating
- Fast-food
- National traditions of eating and drinking
- Violence and crime
- Drug-related crime
- The role of the police
- Law-enforcement
- The place of religion in society
- Attitudes to religious belief
- Patterns of religious attendance
- Religious minorities
3. Work and Leisure
- Women in society and in the workforce
- Equality of opportunity for minority groups
- Preparation for work and job opportunities
- Career plans
- Qualifications and job routines
- Plight of the unemployed
- Areas of high unemployment
- Demise of traditional industries
- Possible solutions
- Immigrant workers
- Individual and team sports
- Amateur and professional sport
- Tourism as a modern phenomenon
- Friction between tourists and local inhabitants
- Holidays and foreign travel
- Education systems and types of school
- Patterns of curriculum
- Relationship between education and training
- Further and higher education provision
- Examinations
- The world of the arts
- Significant trends and figures in the arts
- The place of culture and the arts in the life of the nation
4. War and peace
- Conflicts in the world: ethnic, religious, ideological
- Problems of developing countries
- Future trends
5. Medical, Scientific & technological Innovation
- Advances in the treatment of disease
- Ethical issues of medical and other technologies
- Cloning
- Genetic modifications
- Modern communication systems
6. Environment, Pollution, Conservation
- The individual in his/her surroundings
- Effect of environment on individuals
- Protest action to protect one’s locality
- Ways of contributing to environmental awareness
- Global warming
- Acid rain
- Air pollution
- Water pollution
- Destruction of rainforests
- Damage to animal world
- Solutions and cost implications
7. Contemporary aspects of Francophone Countries
- Political issues
- Regional issues
- Social issues