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French KS3 | Year 9

Subject Content

In Year 9, students will be able to talk confidently about their personal relationships, how they stay in touch using social media, their feelings on music and television, food and sport, as well as learn about significant cultural aspects of everyday French life such as various celebrations in France.

The key topics are:

  • Birthdays and Social Events
  • Jobs and Future Plans
  • Music and Hobbies
  • The Environment
  • The French-speaking World

Course content is supported by the Pearson “Dynamo” series of publications.

Assessment Details

Students are assessed at various end points throughout the course. Their speaking, listening, reading and writing competencies are evaluated.

Students should be able to:

  • Recognise extended phrases which have been taught in lessons when read or heard
  • Give longer responses in French to simple questions asked in French
  • Give extended personal opinions on a range of topics, including those studied lower down the school
  • Accurately copy out French words and phrases
  • Understand the concept of genders of nouns and have some awareness of cases
  • Produce passages of written work from memory or with a model text
  • Infer meaning from extended texts or unfamiliar vocabulary
  • Be able to comprehend and/or narrate events using three different tenses

Additional Equipment Recommended

  • A French/English dictionary (we recommend the Collins dictionaries, or any with verb tables and a glossary of key terms included)

What can I do to support my child at home?

  • Encourage and be positive about the value of learning another language – it directly improves literacy in English!
  • Take an interest and get them to teach you what they have learned in their French lessons 
  • Ensure they have packed their exercise book, and read through the last lesson’s vocabulary the night before
  • Encourage practice with any French-speaking friends or family
  • Put the French audio/subtitles on a favourite family film
  • Remind them to practice independently on the LanguageNut website

 

Recommended Resources for the Course

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Teaching Staff

Head of MFL

Miss Goddard -rgoddard@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk

Teachers of MFL 

Mrs McMinn - emcminn@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk

Miss Mesnil - lmesnil@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk

Ms Hibbert - ahibbert@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk

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