NCEA Level 2 French

Aims

Use language to express and justify your own ideas and opinions and support or challenge those of others
Use and identify language that enables you to respond critically to texts
Communicate information, ideas and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts
Engage in sustained interaction and produce extended text

Course Content

Over the year we will study some of the following topics:

Healthy lifestyles
Future plans and part time work
French speaking countries
Short stories or films
Health and leisure

We often choose topics as a class so the list above is just a rough guide of what we may study.

As part of your Internal assessment component you will create an interaction portfolio and either a writing portfolio or a speech.

Assessment

There are three internal assessment tasks to choose from, you will complete two. The interaction standard is compulsory, you will choose between the speech and the writing portfolio. Externally assessed standards are examined nationally at the end of the year.

Students have the opportunity to sit the DELF examination.

Qualification Gained

Full course completion — 19 or 20 credits in NCEA French Level 2

In consultation with your teacher there may be a possibility for some students to complete a maximum of 24 credits

Level 2 Assessment of Language Competence

DELF A2 (optional)

This subject has links with

Spanish, English, History, Geography, Economics

Prior knowledge required

Prior knowledge acquired through Year 11 French

Next Step

NCEA French Level 3

Achievement Standards

91118 2.1 5 Credits External Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken French texts on familiar matters
91120 2.2 4 Credits Internal Give a spoken presentation in French that communicates information, ideas and opinions
91119 2.3 5 Credits Internal Interact using spoken French to share information and justify ideas and opinions in different situations
91121 2.4 5 Credits External Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written/visual French text(s) on familiar matter
91122 2.5 5 Credits Internal Write a variety of text types in French to convey information, ideas and opinions in genuine contexts

Students will choose between 2.2 and 2.5

Course Contribution: $35 indicative amount, may be subject to change.

Workbook and subscriptions to online resources.