AQA AS French · Paper 1 · Year 12

Your child has
10 weeks until
their French exam.

A structured, topic-by-topic revision course built by an experienced French educator — with exam-style reading, translation, grammar, paraphrasing, and essay practice for every single week. Full corrections included. No tutor required.

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10 weeks of content

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AQA spec 7651 aligned

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Instant digital access

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Full model answers

The problem

Unfocused revision won't move the grade.

If your child is working at D or E, re-reading notes or watching YouTube videos won't get them to C or B. What moves a grade is practising the actual exam tasks — under realistic conditions, with real feedback on what went wrong and why.

Most revision resources for AQA AS French are either too general, too easy, or not aligned to what the exam actually tests. This course was built to fill that gap.

D→B

The grade jump this course is designed for, in 10 focused weeks.

Most students at D/E lose marks on translation — not because they don't know French, but because they don't know the technique.

Reading comprehension marks are often left on the table through poor exam strategy, not lack of understanding.

Essay paragraphs at D/E lack structure, connectives, and tense range — all teachable in 10 weeks.

Course content

Ten weeks. Ten topics.
Everything in one place.

Each week is built around one AQA specification theme, with a full set of practice materials from vocabulary to essay.

La famille

Changing family structures

Les sans-abri

Social exclusion

L'immigration

Multicultural society

L'environnement

Sustainability

Les jeunes

Youth & politics

Le patrimoine

Cultural heritage

La musique

Music & identity

Le cinéma

French cinema

Le numérique

Technology & society

Révision finale

Final consolidation

Every week includes five sections:

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Vocabulary list

15 topic-specific words with a built-in self-testing feature — click to reveal translations.

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Mini-lesson & strategy tip

Written by a specialist educator — not a textbook. Focused on what the exam actually tests.

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Grammar focus

A different grammar point each week, from tense control to the subjunctive — with a reference table.

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Reading comprehension

Exam-style passage with mark-allocated questions and full model answers with AQA commentary.

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Translation task

Both directions (FR→EN and EN→FR), with model answers and mark scheme notes on every element.

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Paraphrasing & essay paragraph

Résumé en français plus an exam-style essay paragraph, both with model answers and marking criteria.

Is this right for you?

Built for one specific situation.

This course is not for everyone. Here is exactly who it will and won't work for.

✓ This is for your child if…

They are in Year 12, sitting AQA AS French Paper 1 this June. They are currently working at D or E and need to reach C or B. They are willing to put in 30–45 minutes of focused work per week, independently. They want to understand why they are losing marks, not just what the right answer is.

— This may not be the right fit if…

Your child is sitting A-level French (Year 13), a different exam board, or is already comfortably at B/A and wants stretch material. This course is specifically designed for the AQA AS specification (7651) and the grade band D→C/B. It is not a substitute for regular classroom teaching.

Sandra

French educator & founder, French Made Simple

Who made this

Built by an educator,
not an algorithm.

I'm Sandra, a native French speaker with 18 years of classroom experience across independent schools, international online education, and private tuition. I hold a Master's in Teaching French as a Foreign Language from the University of Artois.

I built this course because the materials I wanted for my own students didn't exist: genuinely exam-focused, cognitively well-structured, and rigorous enough to make a real difference in 10 weeks. Every exercise, model answer, and grammar explanation in this course has been written by me — informed by years of watching exactly where students lose marks, and why.

French Made Simple is my research-informed approach to language learning: sound-first, sequenced carefully, and designed around how memory actually works — not how textbooks are organised.

18 years' teaching experience

MA, Teaching French as a Foreign Language — University of Artois

Former Head of MFL, Eaton Square School

Published author, Association for Language Learning

Presenter — ALL, University of Kent, Linguascope

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AQA AS French — 10-Week Revision

Full digital access · Paper 1 · Specification 7651

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10 weeks of topic-based content — all AQA specification themes
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50+ exam-style exercises across all task types
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Full model answers with AQA mark scheme commentary
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Grammar reference tables — all 10 key points
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Vocabulary self-testing — 150 topic-specific words
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Works on any device — no app, no account needed

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Questions

Frequently asked.

How is this delivered? Does my child need to install anything?

The course is a single interactive HTML file — it works in any modern browser on any device. There is nothing to install, no account to create, and no app to download. After purchase you receive a download link immediately.

Is this suitable for A-level (Year 13) as well as AS?

This course is specifically built for AQA AS French (specification 7651, Paper 1). The topics, grammar progression, and exercise types are calibrated for AS level. Year 13 A-level students may find some of it useful for consolidation, but it is not designed for the full A-level specification.

My child's school uses a different exam board. Will this work?

The course is aligned to AQA specifically. If your child is sitting Edexcel, OCR, or WJEC, the topic content will overlap — French is French — but the exam formats, question types, and mark scheme conventions differ. I would only recommend this course if your child is sitting AQA AS.

How much time should my child spend on this each week?

Each week is designed to take approximately 2–3 hours in total: one focused session for the lesson, grammar, and vocabulary (around 45 minutes), and one or two sessions for the exercises (around 30–40 minutes each). It is designed to complement, not replace, any existing tuition or school preparation.

Can I use this alongside a private tutor?

Absolutely — and it works very well in that context. The exercises make excellent homework tasks, and the model answers with mark scheme commentary mean a tutor can debrief the work efficiently without having to write their own materials.

Your child has10 weeks untiltheir French exam.