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Important dates
| Marking Criteria | Permission
form
Year 3-10 Poetry Recital | Year
11 & 12 Oral Exam
| Year 9-12 Written Exam
No more enrolments will be taken.
If you've missed out, there's always next year!
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| Oral Assessment Periods | |
| Year 3-10 | 1st May - 24 May 2024 |
| Year 11-12 | 22 July - 16 August 2024 |
| Enrolment deadlines | |
| Year 3-10 | 28 March 2024 (extended to 19 April midnight) |
| Year 11-12 | 28 March 2024 (extended to 19 April midnight) |
| Written tests returned by | |
| Year 9-10 | 31 May 2024 |
| Year 11-12 | 31 July 2024 |
| Results announced | |
| Year 3-8 | Announced by email June 3rd to teacher coordinating the competition within the school |
| Year 9-10 | Announced by email June 3rd to teacher coordinating the competition within the school |
| Year 11-12 | Announced by email 29th August to teacher coordinating the competition within the school |
| FINALS dates | |
| Year 3-6 | 16 June 2024 |
| Year 7-8 | 23 June 2024 |
| Year 9-10 | 28 July 2024 |
| Year 11-12 | 15 September 2024 |
| WINNERS ANNOUNCED | 9 October 2024 |
| Awards Ceremony | 26 November 2024 |
Assessment Period : Wednesday 1st May to Friday 24th May
The following options are available for years 3-10 students to participate in 2024.
Option A
Option B
Assessment Period : Wednesday 1st May to Friday 24th May
The examiners assess all participants using the same assessment criteria and select finalists.
Results and individual time slots for finalists will be sent to the teacher/independent candidate.
Important note: All AFM employees have valid Working with Children Check Cards; have completed the State Government required Training - Protecting children - Mandatory reporting and other obligations and are bound to the AFM Child Safety Policy. Copies of these will be provided to the school upon request.
The Y3-8 finals will take place in Term 2, on-line via ZOOM meetings.
The dates and times of the finals cannot be changed.
Finalists will recite by heart their poem on-line before two judges.
Winners will be announced on the Alliance Française de Melbourne website and an Awards Ceremony will be held at the end of the year.
Assessment Period : Monday 22nd July to Friday 16th August
Students will be assessed on-line via ZOOM at school.
The teacher will receive an invitation to join a ZOOM meeting hosted by the AFM.
When more than 40 students participating from the same campus, it may be possible for examiners to visit the school and assess students in person. Please contact the co-ordinator: competition@afmelbourne.com.au
Assessment Period : Monday 22nd July to Friday 16th August
The examiners will assess all participants using the same assessment criteria and select finalists.
Results and individual time slots for finalists will be sent to the teacher. The dates and times of the finals cannot be changed.
Important note: All AFM employees have valid Working with Children Check Cards; have completed the State Government required Training - Protecting children - Mandatory reporting and other obligations and are bound to the AFM Child Safety Policy. Copies of these will be provided to the school upon request.
The Y9-12 finals will take place in Term 3, on-line via ZOOM meetings.
The dates and times of the finals cannot be changed.
The final assessment consists of 2 examiners asking general conversation questions related to the student’s personal world and their interactions with the French language and culture as a learner.
Winners will be announced on the Alliance Française de Melbourne website and an Awards Ceremony will be held at the end of the year.
The written exams must be conducted under exam conditions supervised by a teacher.
The teacher will receive by email the written exam paper (PDF) and audio track:
YEARS 9 & 10 : Wednesday 1 May
YEARS 11 & 12 : Sunday 12 May
Please print the number of exam papers required and have your students sit the exam in one session.
A dictionary (hard copy) is permitted.
Berthe Mouchette Competition Coordinator
Alliance française de Melbourne
Level 13/55 Swanston St
Melbourne, 3000
* electronic copies of exams are also accepted.
Please contact the co-ordinator for a link to upload electronic exams: competition@afmelbourne.com.au
Years 9-10: 31 May 2024
Years 11-12: 31 July 2024
Exam papers received after the deadline will be assessed & certificate issued, however these partcipants cannot proceed to the finals.
