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French KS3 | Years 7 to 8

Subject Content

In Years 7 and 8, students will be able to talk confidently about themselves, their friends and families as well as learning about significant cultural aspects of everyday French life, such as food and education.

Year 7 key topics are:
  • Personal identity
  • School
  • Hobbies
  • Family and Friends
  • My Town
Year 8 key topics are:
  • Holidays and Festivals
  • Technology
  • Helping at Home
  • Sport and Fitness

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

Assessment Details

Students are assessed at various 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 responses in French to questions asked in French
  • Give extended personal opinions on a range of topics
  • Accurately copy out French words and phrases
  • Understand the concept of genders of nouns
  • 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 two 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
Websites

Teaching Staff

Head of MFL

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

Teachers of MFL (French)

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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