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Having a second language is essential to succeed in today’s global economy. Learning to communicate in another language gives you an insight into different cultures and traditions in other countries and helps you to develop other skills such as your confidence when speaking, actively listening, and communicating effectively with others.
We aim to ensure that all students can:
In year 7:
Students studying French in year 7 are introduced to a wide range of vocabulary and topics such as hobbies, family, school, and pets. This introduces students to a variety of grammatical principles including infinitives, tenses, connectives and both simple and complex sentence structures which will lay the foundations of their future progress in languages. Each module tests students’ oral and written communication skills as well as their understanding of spoken and written French.
Our topics include:
We expect that a year 7 student should be able to…
In year 8:
Students develop their spoken and written French. They also continue to build on their vocabulary which helps them to understand more complex French. They find out interesting facts about Paris and its monuments, they learn how to describe famous people and their achievements as well as learning about various elements of French culture. Students continue to develop strategies to help them learn and their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills are assessed regularly. The grammar focus for Y8 is confident use of a wide range of adjectives, the present tense and past and future tenses, the use of a variety of connectives to expand sentences and the addition of opinions, reasons and justifications. Opportunities for extended writing also occur frequently throughout the year.
Our topics include:
We expect a year 8 student to be able to…
In year 9:
Students will be focussing primarily on more complex grammatical structures in their written and spoken French, such as producing compound sentences and communicating in a range of tenses in different contexts. Students will be learning to speak and write in a variety of contexts, including their preferences with regards to the food they eat, their hobbies and extra-curricular activities, as well as watching and reviewing a French film. The range of topics covered focuses on students being able to include adverbs of time and connectives as well as giving students the opportunity to develop their ability to give and justify their opinions on these subjects. Students will be practicing their reading and listening skills through a variety of media as well as having the opportunity to develop their written and spoken communication skills through the curriculum, with the chance to sit GCSE style exams at the end of the year.
Our topics include:
We expect a year 9 student to be able to…
Year 10 GCSE French
In Year 10 we begin the AQA French GCSE course. Students build and expand on what they have done in years 7-9 and work in the four skills areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing (which are each worth 25% of their final grade) Grammar points are also revised and expanded on over the duration of the course.
The course is split into 3 themes:
In Year 10 we cover the following topics: