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FRENCH
Year 7
Topics:
Presenting yourself and greetings
Talking about yourself/family and friends with someone else
Your life at school
Your hobbies and leisure activities
Your holidays
Your home (start)
Grammar points:
Numbers, dates, genders and number, nouns, subject pronouns, adjectives, possessive adjectives, asking questions, prepositions,
verbs (regular and irregular verbs), present tense (regular verbs and main irregular verbs), near future.
Skills:
Listening: for gist/details
Reading: skim and scan, make links with English, use a range of resources
Writing: identify patterns, memorizing, apply grammar, reuse language they have met, sounds and writing
Speaking: respond appropriately, communicate in pairs or groups, intonation and pronunciation, initiate/sustain conversations,
ask and answer questions.
Year 8
Topics:
Finish stage one: Home
Talking about yourself and someone else, saying what you did yesterday, talking about a special day out
Talking about your routine: daily routine, clubs and activities, going out
Personal and social life: friends and family, opinions, health
Food and drink, shopping, going out to eat, healthy eating
Holidays: accommodation, services, following instructions
Travel and tourism: arranging a visit (if time)
Grammar points:
Verbs (regular and irregular verbs), perfect tense, present tense (regular verbs and irregular verbs): reflexive verbs, making suggestions,
near future, direct object pronouns, expressing an opinion, quantities and numbers, adjectives: comparative and superlative, all possessive
adjectives, question words
Skills:
Listening: for gist/details, work out meaning, deal with unfamiliar language
Reading: skim and scan, make links with English, use a range of resources, use reference material, deal with unfamiliar language
Writing: identify patterns, memorizing, apply grammar, reuse language they have met, adapt previously learnt language, use a range of
vocabulary/structures
Speaking: respond appropriately, communicate in pairs or groups, intonation and pronunciation, initiate/sustain conversations, ask
and answer questions, use Target Language within the classroom, compare experiences.
Year 9
This year, Year 9 will be entered for the Foundation Certificate of Secondary Education for French.
FCSE includes all four Language Skills (Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing). Some skills are tested externally by the AQA examination
board, others internally by the school.
There are three levels of award
Pass (level 4)
Merit (level 5)
Distinction (level 6)
Specifications
Candidates must submit evidence from 3 units, each unit to be selected from a different theme.
Unit 1 - meeting people
Unit 2 – Home life
Unit 3 – Education and future plans
Unit 4 – Holidays
Unit 5 – Travel and Accommodation
Unit 6 – Leisure
Unit 7 – Celebrations
Unit 8 – Health and fitness
Unit 9 – Food and drink
Unit 10 – Region and environment
Unit 11 – Media
Unit 12 – Work and choices
This year girls will be assessed for: Unit 4: holidays, Unit 9: Food and drink, Unit 1: Meeting people, Unit 11: Media, Unit 3: Education
and Future plans.
There are 12 pieces of work to be assessed altogether (3 x 4 skills). The deadline for the portfolio to be sent is the 31st May 2010.
Results will be published in August 2010.
GCSE Modern Languages, AQA Full Course
French, German and Spanish
All pupils in Year 10 must choose one or two of the three Languages: French, German or Spanish.
In our increasingly global environment, linguistically able girls will be encouraged to opt for two Languages. On mutual agreement, girls might be able
to take GCSE French in Year 10.
New specifications have been put into place for students being examined from June 2010 onwards. The subject content is now divided into four Units:
Unit 1: Listening (20%)
Unit 2: Reading (20%)
Unit 3: Speaking (30%)
Unit 4: Writing (30%)
They match the four assessment objectives, which are: understanding the spoken Language (Listening), communicating in speech (Speaking),
understanding written language (Reading) and communicating in writing (Writing). The emphasis is on communication and this is reflected in
the weighting of the 4 Units.
For Units 1 and 2, girls can be entered for either Foundation or Higher Tier. Responses consist of non-verbal responses or questions
and answers in English. Dictionaries are not allowed.
Unit 3 is marked internally and moderated. It consists of two prepared tasks: an interview and a conversation, lasting between 4 to 6
minutes each. There are four criteria for marking: communication, range of Language and accuracy, pronunciation and intonation and interaction and fluency.
Unit 4 is assessed externally and consists of two tasks. The girls will prepare for the final examination (60 minutes) in three stages:
General teaching and learning
Preparation of the two tasks under informal supervision
One hour writing under formal supervision
There are three criteria for marking, which are content, range of language and accuracy.
Differentiation for both Units 3 and 4 is by outcome and there is no tier. Girls have been familiarized with these types of procedure,
which is similar to the ones they have experienced with the FCSE French in Year 9.
The four Units are studied into four contexts:
Lifestyle (Health, relationships, choices)
Leisure (Free time, media, holiday)
Home and environment (Home, local area, environment)
Work and Education (School, college, future plans, current and future jobs)
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