Provincial Examinations

Grade 12 Provincial Examination Specifications

French 12

2009/10 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2009 through August 2010.

Changes and Revisions

• Refer to the 2009/10 General Examination Information regarding booklet format information and general changes to provincial examinations.

Specifications

• The Table of Specifications and Description of Examination (PDF, 43KB) illustrates how the French 12 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations.

The Provincial examinations represents 40% of a student’s final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 60%.

There may be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may evaluate performance on only a sample of these outcomes.

• The Listening Component page provides information on how to prepare for and administer the electronic component of the exam.

• Reading Categories (PDF, 56KB) provide a description of each reading category.

• Curriculum Connections provide links to the prescribed learning outcomes for French 12.

• Scoring Guide (PDF, 34KB) explains how students will be marked on the Writing Competency segment of the examination.

Samples

• Sample and Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.