French

Outline of Course:

Content: Students continue the course begun in Year 7 and progress to "Expo 2"

Activities: The activities from Year 7 are continued but students will write and speak longer passages and be required to understand more complex language. There will be a range of activities for example games, role-plays and surveys.

Skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing are the skill areas and students should be manipulating the language with more facility than in Year 7.

Homework activities: The skill areas are practised with homework, and learning forms an important part of the programme. On average there will be one written piece and some vocabulary or grammar to learn each week.

Assessment: Vocabulary, grammar points and communication skills are tested regularly.

Parental Contribution: Providing students with as much visual and audio stimulus as possible, for example French magazines, French radio/TV/ Websites and, if possible, a trip to France.

Useful resources and equipment: A medium sized bi-lingual dictionary is an important tool in language learning.