WACE French Background Language ATAR case studies

The WACE French: Background Language ATAR is a Western Australian senior-secondary course and external examination for Year 12 students who already bring substantial French to the classroom, typically through home use, schooling in a French-speaking country, or long residence in a francophone environment. Because the course is designed for background speakers, assessment rewards range, precision and control rather than beginner accuracy, and it expects candidates to move comfortably between informal and formal registers. The syllabus organises achievement around four interrelated skill areas: exchanging information, opinions and experiences in written French; expressing and justifying points of view in writing; analysing and evaluating information drawn from written French texts; and comprehending and responding to spoken French. Preparation therefore needs to be balanced rather than lopsided. The WACE French Background Language ATAR case studies are 5 cases and about 3,111 words.