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2 Prüfungsteile

Leseverstehen/Schreiben (~210 min) and Sprachmittlung (~60 min), within 285 minutes total including 15 min Lese-/Auswahlzeit

schullv.de Französisch-Abi 2026 Schleswig-Holstein

08.05.2026

Written Französisch Kernfach exam date in the 2026 main session; mündliche Prüfungen 15.-26.06.2026

za.schleswig-holstein.de Terminplan Abitur 2026 (via profiling-institut.de, salemkolleg.de, stark-verlag.de)

2 Themenkorridore

Confirmed 2026 corridors: 'L'individu dans la société' (Thème 1) and 'La France et la francophonie' (Thème 2)

klett-sprachen.de; schullv.de; Fachcurriculum Französisch, Marion-Dönhoff-Gymnasium Mölln

CEFR B2 (+ partial C1)

Target competency level under the Bildungsstandards fortgeführte Fremdsprache (Englisch/Französisch), Allgemeine Hochschulreife

KMK Bildungsstandards fortgeführte Fremdsprache Abitur (Beschluss vom 18.10.2012)

0-15 Punkte

Grading scale for each Prüfungsfach, from Note 1 (15-13 Punkte) to Note 6 (0 Punkte)

Landesverordnung über die Gestaltung der Oberstufe und der Abiturprüfung (OAPVO), Schleswig-Holstein

200 / 100 Punkte

Minimum Gesamtqualifikation: 200+ from Block I and 100+ from Block II, out of 900 maximum

OAPVO §§31-33, Schleswig-Holstein

Free 100-question English-language MCQ study bank for Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur Französisch, mapped to the confirmed 2026 Themenkorridore ('L'individu dans la société' and 'La France et la francophonie', including 'Petit pays', 'L'Hôte' and 'Qui a tué mon père') plus the Fachanforderungen Französisch and KMK Bildungsstandards (CEFR B2) framework. Official exam: French-language Leseverstehen/Schreiben task plus a German-to-French Sprachmittlung task; 285 minutes including Lese-/Auswahlzeit; written date 08.05.2026. Not an official-format simulation; no fee for regular school candidates.

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1Who wrote the 2016 novel 'Petit pays', set in Burundi in the early 1990s?

A.Gaël Faye

B.Alain Mabanckou

C.Tahar Ben Jelloun

D.Léopold Sédar Senghor

Explanation: Gaël Faye, a Franco-Rwandan rapper, songwriter and novelist born in Burundi, published 'Petit pays' in 2016; it won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens that year and is one of the texts illustrating the 2026 Themenkorridor 'La France et la francophonie'.

2In which city is most of the action of 'Petit pays' set?

A.Bujumbura, Burundi

B.Kigali, Rwanda

C.Dakar, Senegal

D.Kinshasa, DR Congo

Explanation: The novel is set mainly in Bujumbura, Burundi, where the narrator Gabriel grows up in a cul-de-sac (impasse) with his family and friends.

3Which 1993 event sets off the civil war that shatters Gabriel's childhood in 'Petit pays'?

A.The assassination of Burundi's first democratically elected president, Melchior Ndadaye

B.A military coup in neighbouring Rwanda

C.Burundi's independence from Belgium

D.A currency devaluation across East Africa

Explanation: Melchior Ndadaye, Burundi's first Hutu and first democratically elected president, was assassinated in October 1993, triggering the ethnic civil war that the novel depicts breaking Gabriel's peaceful childhood.

4'Petit pays' is studied under Schleswig-Holstein's 'héritage colonial' sub-corridor mainly because of which historical background?

A.Belgian colonial administration hardened Hutu/Tutsi ethnic classifications through identity cards, a division that fed the conflicts the novel portrays

B.France directly colonized Burundi and imposed the French language there

C.The novel is set during an ongoing French military occupation of Burundi

D.Burundi was a French protectorate until the 1990s

Explanation: Burundi and Rwanda were administered by Belgium after German colonial rule, and Belgian policy — including ethnic identity cards from the 1930s — entrenched Hutu/Tutsi distinctions that later fueled the violence at the heart of the novel.

5In 'Petit pays', what is the nationality background of the narrator Gabriel's parents?

A.A French father and a Rwandan (Tutsi refugee) mother

B.Two Burundian parents

C.A Belgian father and a Congolese mother

D.Two French parents living abroad

Explanation: Gabriel's father is a French expatriate and his mother is a Rwandan Tutsi refugee who had fled to Burundi, mirroring author Gaël Faye's own mixed Franco-Rwandan background.

6From what narrative vantage point is 'Petit pays' told?

A.An adult Gabriel in Paris looking back in flashback on his childhood in Bujumbura

B.A journalist reporting on the Burundian civil war in real time

C.An omniscient narrator following several unrelated families

D.Gabriel's younger sister Ana narrating the events

Explanation: The novel is narrated retrospectively: an adult Gabriel, now living in Paris, recalls in flashback (analepse) his childhood years in Bujumbura before and during the civil war.

7Which literary prize did 'Petit pays' win in 2016?

A.Prix Goncourt des lycéens

B.Prix Femina

C.Prix Renaudot

D.Prix Interallié

Explanation: 'Petit pays' won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2016, a major prize awarded by a jury of French high-school students.

8Gaël Faye has described his own identity as being born of a 'croissant au beurre' and a 'pili-pili' — what does this image chiefly convey, a motif echoed in Gabriel's story?

A.A blended, dual French-African identity that resists being reduced to just one culture

B.A recipe he learned from his grandmother

C.A criticism of French colonial cuisine

D.A political metaphor for Burundian trade policy

Explanation: The 'croissant au beurre' (French pastry) and 'pili-pili' (African chili condiment) image captures Faye's — and his narrator Gabriel's — mixed French and African heritage, a central theme of métissage and identity running through the novel.

9By the end of 'Petit pays', how does Gabriel's family respond to the escalating violence?

A.They leave Burundi and go into exile in France

B.They relocate to Rwanda to help rebuild after the genocide

C.They stay in Bujumbura and never leave

D.They emigrate to Belgium

Explanation: As the civil war and genocide intensify, Gabriel's family ultimately leaves Burundi for exile in France, and the adult Gabriel narrates from Paris — a displacement central to the novel's meditation on loss and exile.

10What is the small dead-end street (impasse) where Gabriel and his friends form their childhood gang called in the novel?

A.It is simply referred to as 'l'impasse', with no separate proper name given

B.Rue de la Paix

C.Avenue des Cocotiers

D.Place de l'Indépendance

Explanation: The children's sheltered world in the novel centers on an unnamed cul-de-sac referred to simply as 'l'impasse', which functions as their private universe before the violence intrudes.

About the Schleswig-Holstein Abitur French Exam

Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur Französisch is the state French-language examination for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife, taken as a written Kernfach or Profil-/weiteres Prüfungsfach under the Landesverordnung über die Gestaltung der Oberstufe und der Abiturprüfung (OAPVO). Since the 2021/22 introduction of the Profiloberstufe, every candidate studies Deutsch, Mathematik and one fortgeführte Fremdsprache as obligatorische Kernfächer; Französisch is one of the language options (with Englisch, Spanisch, Russisch, Dänisch, Latein and Griechisch) that can fill that third Kernfach slot, always taught and examined at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau. Content follows the Fachanforderungen Französisch and the KMK Bildungsstandards für die fortgeführte Fremdsprache (Allgemeine Hochschulreife, 2012), targeting CEFR B2 with select competencies at C1: functional communicative competence (Leseverstehen, Schreiben, Sprachmittlung), soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen, Text- und Medienkompetenz, and Verfügung über sprachliche Mittel. Schleswig-Holstein sets rotating Zentralabitur-Themenkorridore; for the 2026 Abiturjahrgang these are Thème 1, 'L'individu dans la société' (conceptions de vie, société multiculturelle, valeurs de la société), and Thème 2, 'La France et la francophonie' (héritage colonial, relations franco-africaines, coopération francophone), illustrated in current teaching materials by texts including Gaël Faye's 'Petit pays', Albert Camus's 'L'Hôte', Édouard Louis's 'Qui a tué mon père', Marie Féraud's 'Anne ici, Sélima là-bas', Amandine Dhée's 'À mains nues', Marie-Florence Ehret's 'Fille des crocodiles', and Sabine Panet/Pauline Penot's 'Le cœur n'est pas un genou que l'on peut plier'. This free bank of 100 original multiple-choice questions is an English-language study adaptation designed to build and check factual and analytical command of that content. It is not a simulation of the official exam, which is written in French (plus a German-to-French Sprachmittlung task) and answered in extended prose.

Exam sponsor: Ministerium für Allgemeine und Berufliche Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur (MBWFK), Schleswig-Holstein, with the Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung an Schulen Schleswig-Holstein (IQSH). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Official written Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur examination in Französisch, examined at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau as one of the fortgeführte-Fremdsprache options that can fill the state's third obligatorisches Kernfach slot (alongside Deutsch and Mathematik) under the Profiloberstufe introduced in 2021/22, or studied instead as a Profil- or further Abiturprüfungsfach. Candidates choose two of the three Kernfächer plus their Profil-giving subject as written Abiturprüfungsfächer. For the 2026 Abiturjahrgang the confirmed Themenkorridore are Thème 1, 'L'individu dans la société' (les conceptions de vie au XXe/XXIe siècle — e.g. Amandine Dhée's 'À mains nues'; la société multiculturelle — e.g. Marie Féraud's 'Anne ici, Sélima là-bas'; les valeurs de la société — e.g. Édouard Louis's 'Qui a tué mon père'), and Thème 2, 'La France et la francophonie' (l'héritage colonial — e.g. Gaël Faye's 'Petit pays' and Albert Camus's 'L'Hôte'; la relation entre la France et un autre pays francophone — e.g. Marie-Florence Ehret's 'Fille des crocodiles' and Sabine Panet/Pauline Penot's 'Le cœur n'est pas un genou que l'on peut plier'; la coopération dans l'espace francophone). This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation only — it does not reproduce the French-language Leseverstehen/Schreiben-plus-Sprachmittlung format.

Time Limit

285 minutes total Bearbeitungszeit, including a 15-minute Lese- und Auswahlzeit for the Leseverstehen/Schreiben Prüfungsteil. Candidates self-manage the remaining time, with roughly 210 minutes envisaged for Leseverstehen/Schreiben and 60 minutes for Sprachmittlung. Permitted aids: a monolingual (einsprachiges) and a bilingual (zweisprachiges) French dictionary. Exact scheduling is re-issued annually via the Terminplan and Prüfungsregelungen on za.schleswig-holstein.de. In the 2026 main session the written Französisch Kernfach exam was set for Friday, 8 May 2026 — the last written Schreibtag of the Kernfach/Naturwissenschaften block; mündliche Prüfungen ran from 15 to 26 June 2026.

Passing Score

Subject performance is reported on the 0-15 Punkte scale (Note 1 = 15-13 Punkte, Note 6 = 0 Punkte). Under the OAPVO, the Gesamtqualifikation requires at least 200 of a possible 600 Punkte in Block I (Qualifikationsphase Halbjahresergebnisse) and at least 100 of a possible 300 Punkte in Block II (the Abiturprüfungen, each weighted four times), subject to further per-subject and per-Aufgabenfeld minimums and no Prüfung scored 0. The 900-point maximum converts to the Abitur-Durchschnittsnote via the nationally shared KMK table; the landesweite Abiturdurchschnittsnote in 2025 was 2.37 at Gymnasien and 2.61 at Gemeinschaftsschulen.

Exam / Certification Fees

No exam fee for regularly enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination administered by the MBWFK. Externenprüfungen (Nichtschülerprüfungen) follow separate school-administered arrangements, and no Französisch-specific external fee is published in the sources reviewed.

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Study emphasis ~10%

Gaël Faye, 'Petit pays'

a Franco-Rwandan childhood in Burundi's early-1990s civil war and the Rwandan genocide, studied under 'l'héritage colonial'.

Study emphasis ~9%

Albert Camus, 'L'Hôte'

a French schoolteacher ordered to escort an Arab prisoner in colonial Algeria, from 'L'Exil et le Royaume' (1957).

Study emphasis ~9%

Édouard Louis, 'Qui a tué mon père'

an autobiographical essay on class, poverty and state policy, studied under 'les valeurs de la société'.

Study emphasis ~13%

Société multiculturelle et conceptions de vie

Marie Féraud's 'Anne ici, Sélima là-bas' and Amandine Dhée's 'À mains nues', both mapped to Thème 1.

Study emphasis ~12%

Relations franco-africaines et francophonie régionale

Marie-Florence Ehret's 'Fille des crocodiles' and Panet/Penot's 'Le cœur n'est pas un genou que l'on peut plier', both mapped to Thème 2.

Study emphasis ~20%

Themenkorridore généraux

immigration/intégration, colonial history and decolonization, la Francophonie, le Maghreb, l'Afrique subsaharienne, le Québec, les DOM-TOM.

Study emphasis ~15%

Grammaire et compétence linguistique

subjonctif, concordance des temps, pronoms relatifs, connecteurs logiques, register.

Study emphasis ~7%

Format d'examen, référentiel et notation

Leseverstehen/Schreiben plus Sprachmittlung, CEFR B2 target, Fachanforderungen, OAPVO grading.

Study emphasis ~5%

Analyse littéraire et stylistique

narrateur/point de vue and figures de style across the prose texts studied.

Preparing for the Schleswig-Holstein Abitur French Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: Subject performance is reported on the 0-15 Punkte scale (Note 1 = 15-13 Punkte, Note 6 = 0 Punkte). Under the OAPVO, the Gesamtqualifikation requires at least 200 of a possible 600 Punkte in Block I (Qualifikationsphase Halbjahresergebnisse) and at least 100 of a possible 300 Punkte in Block II (the Abiturprüfungen, each weighted four times), subject to further per-subject and per-Aufgabenfeld minimums and no Prüfung scored 0. The 900-point maximum converts to the Abitur-Durchschnittsnote via the nationally shared KMK table; the landesweite Abiturdurchschnittsnote in 2025 was 2.37 at Gymnasien and 2.61 at Gemeinschaftsschulen.
Assessment: Official written Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur examination in Französisch, examined at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau as one of the fortgeführte-Fremdsprache options that can fill the state's third obligatorisches Kernfach slot (alongside Deutsch and Mathematik) under the Profiloberstufe introduced in 2021/22, or studied instead as a Profil- or further Abiturprüfungsfach. Candidates choose two of the three Kernfächer plus their Profil-giving subject as written Abiturprüfungsfächer. For the 2026 Abiturjahrgang the confirmed Themenkorridore are Thème 1, 'L'individu dans la société' (les conceptions de vie au XXe/XXIe siècle — e.g. Amandine Dhée's 'À mains nues'; la société multiculturelle — e.g. Marie Féraud's 'Anne ici, Sélima là-bas'; les valeurs de la société — e.g. Édouard Louis's 'Qui a tué mon père'), and Thème 2, 'La France et la francophonie' (l'héritage colonial — e.g. Gaël Faye's 'Petit pays' and Albert Camus's 'L'Hôte'; la relation entre la France et un autre pays francophone — e.g. Marie-Florence Ehret's 'Fille des crocodiles' and Sabine Panet/Pauline Penot's 'Le cœur n'est pas un genou que l'on peut plier'; la coopération dans l'espace francophone). This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation only — it does not reproduce the French-language Leseverstehen/Schreiben-plus-Sprachmittlung format.
Time limit: 285 minutes total Bearbeitungszeit, including a 15-minute Lese- und Auswahlzeit for the Leseverstehen/Schreiben Prüfungsteil. Candidates self-manage the remaining time, with roughly 210 minutes envisaged for Leseverstehen/Schreiben and 60 minutes for Sprachmittlung. Permitted aids: a monolingual (einsprachiges) and a bilingual (zweisprachiges) French dictionary. Exact scheduling is re-issued annually via the Terminplan and Prüfungsregelungen on za.schleswig-holstein.de. In the 2026 main session the written Französisch Kernfach exam was set for Friday, 8 May 2026 — the last written Schreibtag of the Kernfach/Naturwissenschaften block; mündliche Prüfungen ran from 15 to 26 June 2026.
Exam / certification fees: No exam fee for regularly enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination administered by the MBWFK. Externenprüfungen (Nichtschülerprüfungen) follow separate school-administered arrangements, and no Französisch-specific external fee is published in the sources reviewed. Official sources

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Schleswig-Holstein Abitur French: Suggested Study Strategy

1Read the current set texts for both Themenkorridore — 'Petit pays', 'L'Hôte' and 'Qui a tué mon père' for Thème 1/2, plus 'Anne ici, Sélima là-bas', 'À mains nues', 'Fille des crocodiles' and 'Le cœur n'est pas un genou que l'on peut plier' — and connect each one explicitly to its named Themenkorridor sub-point.

2Practise Sprachmittlung regularly: take a short authentic German news item and transfer its content into French, since this is a dedicated, separately timed Prüfungsteil worth roughly a fifth of the Bearbeitungszeit.

3Build one reference map of the francophone world (la France, le Québec, le Maghreb, l'Afrique subsaharienne, les DOM-TOM) with a colonial-history timeline, since 'La France et la francophonie' explicitly tests political, economic and socio-cultural aspects of l'héritage colonial.

4Drill the subjonctif, the passé composé/imparfait/plus-que-parfait system, and pronoms relatifs until they are automatic — grammar accuracy under time pressure is what most often separates strong from weak Leseverstehen/Schreiben answers.

5Practise Leseverstehen/Schreiben on authentic French articles or literary excerpts and always decide first whether a sub-task wants a response tied back to the source material or to the wider Thema, since the exam builds that choice into every task.

6Since Schleswig-Holstein's Kernfach Französisch has no separately graded listening component, prioritise reading, writing and Sprachmittlung practice time accordingly rather than assuming a Hörverstehen task will appear.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the official Schleswig-Holstein Französisch Zentralabitur exam multiple-choice?

No. The official written paper has two parts: Leseverstehen/Schreiben, a French-language text-based task with a choice of sub-tasks, and Sprachmittlung, transferring a German-language source into French. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation for learning and checking the underlying content and language competencies, not a simulation of the official format or a substitute for French-language writing and translation practice.

Why are the questions in English when the exam is in French?

This bank is a study aid for building factual and analytical command of the Fachanforderungen content in English. French titles, author names, and technical terms — Sprachmittlung, Themenkorridor, soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen and so on — are preserved exactly as used in the curriculum, and tested French vocabulary/grammar points are kept in French, so you can carry them straight into French-language revision.

What are the confirmed Themenkorridore for the 2026 Schleswig-Holstein Französisch Abitur?

For the 2026 Abiturjahrgang, the confirmed corridors are Thème 1, 'L'individu dans la société' (conceptions de vie, société multiculturelle, valeurs de la société), and Thème 2, 'La France et la francophonie' (héritage colonial, relations franco-africaines, coopération francophone). Current teaching materials illustrate these with texts including 'Petit pays', 'L'Hôte', 'Qui a tué mon père', 'Anne ici, Sélima là-bas', 'À mains nues', 'Fille des crocodiles' and 'Le cœur n'est pas un genou que l'on peut plier'. Themenkorridore rotate by Abiturjahrgang, so always check the current Prüfungsregelungen for your own exam year.

Is Französisch a Kernfach in the Schleswig-Holstein Abitur?

It can be. Since the Profiloberstufe reform of 2021/22, every candidate studies Deutsch, Mathematik and one fortgeführte Fremdsprache as obligatorische Kernfächer; Französisch is one of the language options (with Englisch, Spanisch, Russisch, Dänisch, Latein and Griechisch) that can fill that third Kernfach slot, always at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau. Candidates can also study Französisch as a Profil- or further Abiturprüfungsfach instead.

How long is the written exam and what parts does it have?

285 minutes total, including a 15-minute Lese- und Auswahlzeit, with roughly 210 minutes envisaged for Leseverstehen/Schreiben and 60 minutes for Sprachmittlung (translating a German source into French). Permitted aids are a monolingual and a bilingual French dictionary. There is no separately graded Hörverstehen (listening) task at Kernfach level in Schleswig-Holstein. Exact scheduling is re-issued every year via za.schleswig-holstein.de.

When was the exam held in 2026?

The written Französisch Kernfach exam in the 2026 main session was set for Friday, 8 May 2026 — the last of the written Kernfach/Naturwissenschaften Schreibtage (Biologie 22.4., Physik 23.4., Chemie 24.4., Deutsch 28.4., other Kernfach-Fremdsprachen 30.4., Mathematik 6.5., Französisch 8.5.). Mündliche Prüfungen ran from 15 to 26 June 2026. Exact makeup-exam (Nachtermin) dates for illness are set centrally each year; candidates should confirm current dates through their school.

Is there an exam fee?

No. The Abitur is a state school examination in Schleswig-Holstein and regularly enrolled school candidates pay no fee. Externenprüfungen are handled separately by individual schools and carry no published Französisch-specific fee in the sources reviewed.

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