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French B IB

at Impington Village College, Cambridge · college

Level 3A levelsInternational Baccalaureate2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

The IB recognises the major role of languages in the world by insisting that students take at least one foreign language (known as Language B) at either higher or standard level. It is essential that all students should have at their command more than one language and that they should learn to think internationally. The apprenticeship of learning a foreign language is both a training for later language acquisition and a testing ground for tolerance, in that it will by its very nature teach new ways of thinking and of looking at the world. The aims of the Language B programme at both higher and standard levels are t develop your powers of expression in a second language; provide you with an efficient tool for the study of other subjects; bring you into contact with ways of thought which differ from your own.

What you need to get on

Students need to have studied French before to a good GCSE or level 2 equivalence. For the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB), a student should be a general all-round student,with an overallB-grade profile or higher at GCSE or level 2 equivalentand have a B grade or more in the subject s/he wishes to take at IB diploma higher level or as IB single-subject certificate.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Impington Village College/International Sixth Form

    NEW ROAD IMPINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 9LX

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · CAMBRIDGE

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