French Beginners

2 units for each of Preliminary and HSC Board Developed Course

Exclusions: Not studied for School ROSA (Must have done >200hrs)

Course Description:

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their linguistic and intercultural knowledge and understanding, and the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to communicate in French. Topics covered provide contexts in which students develop their communication skills in French and their knowledge and understanding of language and culture.

Topics studied through two interdependent perspectives, the personal world and the chosen French communities, provide contexts in which students develop their communication skills in the chosen French and their knowledge and understanding of language and culture.

Students’ skills in, and knowledge of the chosen French will be developed through tasks associated with a range of texts and text types, which reflect the topics. Students will also gain an insight into the culture and language of the chosen French -speaking communities through the study of a range of texts.

Main Topics Covered:

Preliminary

Students will develop the linguistic and intercultural knowledge and understanding, and the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to communicate in the chosen French .

HSC

Students will develop the linguistic and intercultural knowledge and understanding, and the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to communicate in the chosen French .

Main Topics Covered:

Themes:

  • The personal world

  • The French-speaking communities

Students’ language skills are developed through tasks such as:

  • Conversation

  • Responding to an aural stimulus

  • Responding to a variety of different written material

  • Writing for a variety of purposes

  • Studying French culture through texts

School Fees: Nil

Compulsory purchase of student workbooks through the school is a prerequisite. Students will be advised of exact costs at the start of the course.