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View our full course guidelines below for KS3 and GCSE French:

Course content:

Year 7:

Basics:
  • Target language
  • Alphabet
  • Numbers 1-31
  • Classroom items
In class:
  • School day
  • Subject
  • Classroom objects
  • Colours
  • Opinions
My free time:
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Outdoor Activities
  • Technologies
My family life:
  • Describing your family and where you live
  • Countries and food
In town:
  • In the market
  • Activities in the future

 

Year 8:

Grammar focus: 
  • Revision of tenses
  • Introduction of past tense
I love Paris:
  • Means of transport
  • Familiarising with important Parisian monuments
  • Giving an account of a school trip (higher sets)
  • Writing postcards
  • Giving opinions
Holidays:
  • Describing past holidays
  • Going to a theme park
Leisure activities:
  • Talking about leisure activities
  • Arranging to go out
  • Using past, present and future tenses
Sport:
  • Talking about sport and key events
  • Directions
  • Body parts

Specification: Pearson Edexcel – French

Link to Edexcel website for GCSE French overview

Course content

All students will study for the 3-year GCSE French exam as part of the EBACC qualification.

Year 9:

GCSE Foundation year – Theme 1 Identity & Culture. Topics to include: Who am I?/ Daily life/ Cultural life.

Year 10:

Theme 2 Local area, holiday and travel. Topics to include: Holidays/Travel and tourist transactions/Town, region and country.

Theme 3: School. Topics to include: What school is like/ School activities.

Year 11:

Theme 4 Future aspirations, study & work. Topics to include: Using languages beyond the classroom/Ambitions/Work.

Theme 5 International and global dimension. Topics to include: Bringing the world together/Environmental issues.

Assessment

Paper 1 – Listening & understanding – 25% Paper 2 – Speaking – 25%

Paper 3 -Reading & understanding – 25% Paper 4 – Writing in French – 25%

All papers are externally assessed, but the speaking exam is conducted in school and then externally assessed.

Students will be entered into either Foundation or Higher level.

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