French II (Elective)

A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is ignorant of his own. Johann Goethe

Overview

This advanced French unit is consecutive to LO091. It is the second part of the LOTE curriculum taught at Year 9, designed to engage and inspire the students in learning French. Students cannot elect to study this subject if Semester 1 French has not been completed. This second semester of LOTE challenges the learner in using French in a variety of personal contexts, through the medium of speech and the written word. In this unit, students will begin to learn strategies for inter-personal communication by responding to questions, information gathering and the presentation of facts and details. Students will build upon the vocabulary and structure from previous studies in French.

Aims

• To further enhance the students’ understanding of the structure and flow of French
• To lay a foundation for further studies in French
• To give the students an understanding of France and francophone countries, their cultures, traditions and values
• To encourage the students to develop a competence in the usage of French in both spoken and written form
• To help the students understand the multilingual and multicultural Australian society

Topics Include

• À ta santé ! Ailments and food: explain where it hurts, say what you must and must not do, choose, order and pay for food, ask for and give advice, talk about past events
• Discover France’s south
• Vous payez comment ? Transport and shopping: buy a train ticket, talk about transport options, buy souvenirs and talk about prices
• Discover the French Alps

Time Allocation

• 5 periods per cycle

Prerequisites

• Year 8 French

Requirements

• Booklist Items
• Levy Cost

Assessment

• Oral and written communication activities
• Classroom work and activities, workbook/games/role-plays
• Ability to respond to French instructions
• Weekly Spelling / Vocabulary tests.
• Tests and exams
• Incursion and excursion reflections

“The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” That is why it was called Babel – because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.” Genesis 11:6-7, 9