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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.
GERMAN
Year 7
During one half of the Autumn Term, girls receive a double lesson of German per week. During the other half of the Autumn Term, girls
receive a double lesson of Spanish per week. During this double German lesson, the emphasis is on oral work and the following topics are covered:
Greetings and introducing yourself
Numbers up to 12
Pets
Food and drink
Towards the end of the Autumn Term, girls decide which second foreign language they wish to study. Girls opting to study German begin
the Logo! 1 course at the beginning of the Spring Term. The following curriculum is covered over the course of the academic year:
Topics:
Presenting yourself and greetings
Naming some European countries and saying where you live
Saying the German alphabet
Naming what you have in your School bag and giving the colour of these items
Understanding classroom commands; counting to 31 and naming the days of the week
Giving the date of your birthday and saying how old you are
Grammar points:
Gender; the nominative and accusative cases; question words
Year 8
At present (2010 – 2011), girls in Year 8 have not previously studied German. During the Autumn Term of Year 8, girls therefore complete
the first module of Logo! 1 as outlined in the topics and grammar points for Year 7. During the Spring and Summer Terms, the following
curriculum is covered:
Topics:
Giving information about your timetable and school subjects; expressing opinions about school subjects
Counting to 60 and telling the time
Talking about what you eat and drink at school and describing your uniform
Talking about free-time activities and giving opinions on these
Describing members of your family
Writing letters
Grammar points:
The different German words for “you”; the formation of regular and irregular verbs in the present tense; plurals; possessive adjectives;
asking questions
Year 9
Topics:
Talking about free-time activities and giving opinions on these
Arranging a date and talking about your favourite things
Describing where you live; saying where things are in the house and what you do in the different rooms
Talking about how you help at home and describing your bedroom
Talking about your town and what you can do there
Counting to 100 and ordering food and drink in a café; saying what you like to eat and drink
Grammar points
Word order; the present tense of regular and irregular verbs; the possessive adjectives “his” and “her”; the accusative / dative
prepositions; separable verbs; the present tense of modal verbs.
SPANISH
Year 7
During one half of the autumn Term, girls receive a double lesson of Spanish per week. During the other half of the autumn Term,
girls receive a double lesson of Spanish per week. During this double Spanish lesson, the emphasis is on oral work and vocabulary.
The following topics are covered:
Greetings
Numbers up to 31
Saying your name, age and birthday
Classroom objects
Towards the end of the Autumn Term, girls decide which second foreign language they wish to study. Girls opting to study Spanish begin the
Listos 1 course at the beginning of the spring Term. The following curriculum is covered over the course of the academic year:
Classroom instructions
Countries, nationalities and languages
Saying where you live
The alphabet
Simple questions
Grammar points:
Introduction of verbs; rules and guidance for pronunciation and spelling; indefinite article; plurals of nouns
Year 8
At present (2010-2011), girls in year 8 have not previously studied Spanish. During the Autumn Term of year 8, girls therefore complete the
first module of Listos 1 as outlined in the topics and grammar points for Year 7 (plus the alphabet and classrooms instructions). During
the Spring and Summer Terms, the following curriculum is covered:
Countries, nationalities and languages
Saying where you live
Simple questions
Family members
Colours
Pets
Physical descriptions
School subjects and opinions
Likes and dislikes
Telling the time
The school timetable
Meal times, food and drink
school description
means of transport
Grammar points:
Gender and number agreement; the possessive adjectives “my”, “your”, “his” and “her”; verbs “llamarse”, “tener”, “hablar”, “ser”, “vivir”,
“pensar”, “preferir” “gustar” (to like); present tense of verb “llegar”
Year 9
Topics:
Talking about their house and saying where it is
Describing their house
Talking about daily routine
Giving and understanding directions
Talking about their town and the weather
Free time, sports and pastimes
House chores
Grammar points:
Reflexive and stem-changing verbs; imperatives; verbs “practicar”, “jugar”, “ver” and “hacer”; the immediate future
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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