Year 12 french

By now you have realised that communicating in a different language is pretty neat and you are keen to learn more. In Years 12 and 13 the emphasis moves away from talking about yourself to discussing different issues. 

The main linguistic objective will be to maintain and extend further the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing developed during Years 10 and 11. The study of French and Francophone culture continues to be an integral component of the curriculum, but it is not independently assessed. Year 12 students start to work towards personal independence in the language and the objective is to be able to:  

• take part in general conversation with French speakers, understand much of what is said, and contribute relevant comments

• explain and discuss many of their own ideas and opinions

• use language creatively

• read a variety of authentic materials

• write expressively for a range of purposes.

By the end of the year, students should be able to use a range of language-learning strategies effectively, and their behaviour is culturally appropriate in most social situations involving native speakers.

You will learn to give opinions on different topics and issues. You will learn lots about French  culture and you may even get the chance to travel to a French speaking country at some point on an exchange. You will use language variably and effectively to express and justify your own ideas and opinions and support or challenge those of others. You will be able to use and identify the linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation and enable them to respond critically to texts.

You will be required to listen to, to read and to comment in French upon a wide variety of material, drawn from set courses, newspapers, magazines, literary texts, radio broadcasts or songs. This material will focus on functional language which will enable students to communicate in simple French with native speakers in New Zealand or in a French-speaking country. The vocabulary and grammatical structures required will be provided to you throughout the year. A small amount of material will range beyond that explicitly detailed. This will aim to encourage the development of the skills of sensible guessing of meaning from context and selecting key information.

First and foremost you will hopefully continue to have fun and enjoying developing your fluency in French.

Course content focuses on:

• communicating information, ideas, and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts;

• exploring the views of others, developing and sharing personal perspectives and

• engaging in sustained interaction and producing extended text.

This understanding and these skills are developed in the context of:

• a wide variety of material drawn from set courses, newspapers, magazines, literary texts, radio broadcasts, songs, podcasts, films and videos

• activities supporting vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Hopefully we may well also be able to organise an overseas trip. This is still to be confirmed. 

You will need to bring your opinions, your desire to speak another language and a willingness to take yourself a little bit out of your comfort zone!

To gain entry to this course, students should have completed Y11 French or have prior knowledge of the language. If there are any doubts just talk to Mr Mance, the teacher in charge of French!

You will be able to achieve 24 credits at Level 2. There are 5 standards. 3 are internals (spoken presentation, interaction and writing in French). 2 are externally assessed (reading and listening).

You will also have the opportunity to sit the internationally recognised DELF Scolaire examination in August. Year 12 usually sit B1 level. There is a cost to take these tests.

NZQA Subject Resources

Click here to find out more about the NCEA standards for French

School Policy for NCEA Assessment

You should be aware of the school procedures for NCEA assessment.  They can be found on the school website at this link. There you will find answers to frequently asked questions about how NCEA works as well as guidance about how to apply for extensions, reconsiderations or the process for withdrawing from a standard.