French

Year 7 Module Overview

Each module integrates grammar objectives, vocabulary development, and cultural insights to enhance language learning.

Module 1 – C’est perso
This module covers personal introductions, likes and dislikes, personality traits, and basic grammar such as the present tense of être and avoir, adjective agreement, and possessive adjectives. 

Module 2 – Mon collège
Focuses on school-related vocabulary, including subjects, opinions, and daily routines.

Module 3 – Mes passetemps
Introduces hobbies and leisure activities, along with relevant verbs and expressions.

Module 4 – Ma zone
Covers topics related to one's local area, including places in town, directions, and activities.

Module 5 – 3…2…1…Partez!
Prepares students to discuss holidays, travel plans, and future intentions.

Year 8 Module Overview

Each module integrates grammar objectives, vocabulary development, and cultural insights to enhance language learning.

​Module 1 – T’es branché(e)?
Focuses on media and technology, including TV, music, and internet usage.

Module 2 – Paris, je t’adore!
Covers past holidays and introduces the perfect tenses.

Module 3 – Mon identité
Explores personal identity, discussing personality traits, relationships, and fashion.

Module 4 – Chez moi, chez toi
Describes homes and local areas, including rooms, furniture, and chores.

Module 5 – Quel talent?!
Encourages students to talk about talents and ambitions, using the near future tense.

At GCSE level, the course is designed to enable students to:

• Listen attentively and respond to spoken language.
• Engage in conversations by asking and answering questions, expressing and responding to opinions.
• Speak in sentences using familiar vocabulary and basic structures.
• Develop clear pronunciation and intonation when reading aloud or speaking.
• Present ideas and information to different audiences.
• Read and understand words, phrases, and simple texts.
• Enjoy stories, songs, poems, and rhymes in the language.
• Expand their vocabulary and use dictionaries to understand new words in context.
• Write from memory and adapt phrases to express ideas clearly.
• Describe people, places, and actions in speech and writing.
• Understand basic grammar, including gender forms, verb conjugation, sentence building, and comparisons with English.

For Grammar and Volcabulary, students will learn to:

• Identify and use tenses or other structures which convey the present, past, and future as appropriate to the language being studied.
• Use and manipulate a variety of key grammatical structures and patterns, including voices and moods, as appropriate. 
• Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests, allowing them to give and justify opinions and take part in discussion about wider issues 
• Use accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.