FRENCH
Description
of learning
Within all units studied there is a strong emphasis on the development
of grammar and vocabulary throughout the entire curriculum from years
7-13
Year 7
Autumn term
Greetings and numbers up to 31
General information (name,age,birthday)
Asking basic questions
My school bag and the verb TO HAVE
Pets (reinforcement on verb TO HAVE)
Colours and adjectival agreement
Possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes) and opinions on favourite things.
Physical description and personality
Spring term
Presentation of family
A day at school (subjects + saying the time in French)
Developed opinions on school subjects
Food and partitive article
Hobbies (sports and leisure)
Present tense of ER verbs
Irregular verb: FAIRE
Summer term
Weather and advanced connectives(frequency adverbs)
Advanced opinions constructions: j’aime + infinitive
My town (places in town + directions + irregular verb TO GO)
Year 8
Autumn term
TV programmes, films, books.
Revision of ER verbs in Present + non-ER verbs
Advanced opinions
Places in town +TO GO
A typical week-end in your family
Spring term
My last holidays in Paris
Perfect tense
Transports
Weather in perfect tense
Summer term
A typical Saturday evening
Reflexive verbs
Reflexive verbs in Perfect tense
Clothes
Year 9
Autumn term
Describing my family: adjectives for personality + relationship (reflexive verbs)
Comparatives and superlatives
A typical week-end + last week-end : a party (present and perfect tenses)
Technology: facebook
My house (rooms in the house + furniture) and my ideal house.
Conditional mood
Spring term
Health (food and exercise) + giving advice for a healthy diet.
Imperfect tense (comparing before being fit)
Jobs and my future career
Future tense
Summer term
Holidays (accommodation + future plans + past problems)
My dream holidays
Revisiting all tenses
At the end of Year 9, students have to choose which language(s) they wish to
study for GCSE.
GCSE (http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/french/gcse/french-4655)
Year 10
Autumn term
School life
Assessment: writing early December
Assessment: speaking early January
Spring term
Life at home (family and relationship)
Jobs and carreers (work experience + job interviews)
Assessment : writing mid- May
Assessment: speaking late May
Summer term
Free time and leisure (film reviews and arranging to go out + extreme sports)
Year 11
Autumn term
Town and the environment
Assessment: speaking at the start of the mock examinations
Assessment: writing during the mock examinations
Spring term
Holidays
Health Reading and listening practise on all the topics.
Last opportunity for GCSE speaking: late February
Last opportunity for GCSE writing: late february
A level (http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/french/french-gce-a-as/)
Year 12
Autumn term
Bridging the gap: grammar lessons
(infinitives/ present tense /interrogative adjectives and adverbs / perfect
tense/ imperfect tense/ adjectives / indefinite adjectives and quantity adverbs /
demonstrative adjectives / possessive adjectives/ conditional mood/ future
tense / direct object pronouns / indirect object pronouns/ emphatic pronouns)
Tourism and the geography of France
Traditions and events
(focus on reading techniques and acquiring a wider range of vocabulary)
(focus on oral skill: asking questions/ carrying out interviews/ conversation).
Family
Sports (famous French events / famous sports icons / benefits of sport) and
the media(social networks / internet/ mobiles/ advertisements)
(focus on listening skills: acquiring vocabulary + gap-fill techniques)
(focus on translation into English)
Spring term
Advanced grammar (subjunctive mood / plue-perfect tense/ indirect speech)
Education/ comparing the English and French systems/ the issues at school
today
Careers and future plans / unemployment
Equal opportunities
Health issues (Aids/ drugs / eating disorders/ smoking/ alcohol)
Youth culture (fashion/ hobbies/ generation gap/ driving)
(focus on essay writing skill)
(focus on debating skills and commenting pictures for the oral examination).
(focus on gap-fill for French grammar))
Summer term
ORAL examination FN1: April
(18 mns) with an external examiner
LISTENING READING and ESSAY writing examination: FN2 in May/June
(2hrs 30)
Start Year 13 syllabus:
Film study: “le grand voyage”.
Summary of the film.
Study of the characters
Year 13
Autumn term
The environment
Skill: commenting an unknown text / summarising its main points in speaking.
Skill: developing a broad range of topic specific vocabulary
Skill: translating into French
Immigration and terrorism
Detailed film study: “le Grand Voyage” or “Welcome”
Discussing the main themes of the film
Discussing the importance of each character
Commenting the film title
Skill: preparing a structured oral expose of 4mn 30.
Spring term
Study of the book: “l’etranger” by Camus.
Skill: writing an essay of 400 words.
Social issues: exclusion and poverty.
Skill: commenting an unknown text / summarising its main points in speaking.
Skill: developing a broad range of topic specific vocabulary
Skill: translating into French
Summer term
ORAL examination FN 3: April (25 mins) with an external examiner
LISTENING and READING and TRANSLATING and ESSAY writing
examination: FN4 in May/ June ( 3hrs)