Individual Project - Guidance

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A-Level French The Individual Research Project Guide: Your individual research project is an in-depth look at an area of French-language culture. It should:  Be of interest to you  Relate to French or French-language culture, history, life or society  Be carefully researched using a range of sources  Provoke interesting questions

Examples: Here are some examples of suitable themes for the Research Project:  A historical event or building such as: L’Arc de Triomphe, le Centre Pompidou, le Mémorial de la Déportation, le massacre du 17 octobre 1961, la prise de la Bastille (14 juillet 1789), mai 68.  A person such as François Mitterrand, José Bové, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Marie Curie, Toussaint Louverture, Jeanne d’Arc, Louis Pasteur  Performers such as MC Solaar, or Amadou & Mariam  An issue such as ‘Les langues minoritaires en France’  A phenomenon such as 'La Sape'  A French-language writer from the past or present such as Maupassant, Sartre, Montaigne, Maylis de Kerangal  A topic related to a personal interest such as ‘La France/l'Algérie/La Côte d'Ivoire/La Belgique etc.) et la Coupe du Monde de football’, ‘Les sentiers de grande randonnée’, ‘la mode en France’  A comparative topic such as ‘Les partis politiques de gauche [ou de droite] en France et en Grande-Bretagne’, ‘L’art contemporain en France et en GrandeBretagne’, ‘La gastronomie en France et en Grande-Bretagne


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