Year 9 French Curriculum Plan

In Year 9 students continue with the 2 languages studied in Year 8 for 3 ½ hours per fortnight. They thus have 2 contact sessions with their teacher and 2 homeworks per week in each language and this should facilitate progress. Students are also encouraged to make use of the department's vast range of multi-media resources on the school network - in the school library or any ICT room, or at home via the Extranet to complement the language introduced and practised in class.

It is expected that students will finish Equipe Nouvelle 2 some time during the autumn term. Set1 will obviously make more rapid progress than the lower set(s) and should complete most if not all of Equipe Nouvelle 3. At the end of the year students will hopefully decide which language(s) to carry on with to GCSE. Although MFL are no longer compulsory at GCSE, there are many sound educational and vocational reasons for continuing to study at least one foreign language to the age of 16 and beyond.

Assessment tests in Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension and Writing will be held towards the end of the Autumn Term and again in the Summer Term. A Speaking Test will be conducted in March and all the results will be collated in June to enable an accurate appraisal of all students' progress.

The following links can be used to practise at home. Just look for the relevant topic:

TOPICS COVERED (EQUIPE NOUVELLE 2)

May have done first few topics in Year 8, depending on speed of progress.

Tous les jours

• Sports and musical instruments
• Daily routine
• Household chores
• What you have/haven't done to help at home
 

Voyages et vacances

• Countries and capital cities
• Means of transport
• Describing a holiday

Une visite en France

• What is available to do in to town
• Directions
• Paris monuments
• Describing a visit to France

EQUIPE NOUVELLE 3 STARTS HERE

En famille

• Describing my family
• Describing my character and other people's
• Getting on with others

Au boulot!

• Popular jobs
• Which job I would like and why
• Pocket money
• What I spend money on and save for
• My part-time job

En échange

• Describe a journey
• Ask for things I need
• Accept/refuse an offer politely
• Talk about food
• Describe a visit

Le monde est à toi

• Describe my town and region
• Describe my home and its rooms
• Talk about the facilities in my town
• What is needed to improve my home area
• Improving the environment

Mes années d'école

• What school subjects I am good/weak at
• What I like/don't like at school
• School rules
• What school was like in the past

Jours de Fête

• Describe a traditional celebration
• How I feel about festivals and traditions
• Describe a recent celebration