11FRE

NCEA Level 1 French

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr E. Elgoyhen.

The French course at this level builds on the foundations laid in Year 10.

Students work with Education Perfect and departmental resources covering the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. These skills are practised using the vocabulary and grammar prescribed for Year 11 French.

Year 11 students will be working at level 6 of the National Curriculum covered by the following functions:

  • Communicate in French in everyday contexts
  • Engage with, and make meaning of, a variety of short texts 
  • Explore language used to express personal information, ideas, and opinions 
  • Develop communicative skills to share simple information, ideas, and opinions with others in a range of predictable situations 
  • Develop a foundational awareness of and use key linguistic building blocks and patterns of language 
  • Acquire simple linguistic strategies and basic knowledge of how to use resources to make meaning from unfamiliar language  
  • Recognise values and practices of French-speaking cultures and the values and practices of their own cultures and communities.  

This will be done through the following topics:

  • Me and my people (Who am I and who are the people around me?)
  • My habits and routines (How do I engage with the people around me?)
  • My social life (What do I do together with my people?)
  • Exploring familiar places
  • My home (Where do I and others live? What will my world look like in the future?)
  •  My past discoveries (What did I discover in the world around me?)
  • Hauora – a concept of holistic wellbeing (How can I look after myself and others? Exploring and discussing wellbeing in everyday contexts as a lens to explore the importance of hauora.)
  •  Whakanui – Celebrations (in the context of everyday life) (What do I and others celebrate, and how? Exploration of whakanui as a lens that can be used to learn about personal celebrations and identity. Celebrations in everyday contexts may include birthdays, end of term celebration, shared lunch.)

Along with the following suggested language learning::

  • Explore use of vocabulary around family including adjectives (comparative, and superlative), possessive adjectives (tutoyer and vouvoyer), expression of opinion, justification. 
  • Explore use of vocabulary in relation to daily routines (duties, time telling), using reflexive verbs, modal verbs, expressions of frequency, expression of opinion, and justification.
  • Description of past routine events (imperfect).
  • Explore use of vocabulary for social activities, leisure, entertainment, near future (futur proche).
  • Accept and decline suggestions, modal verbs in the conditional (vouloir, pouvoir).
  • Identify and understand patterns in language (for example revise avoir forms to build the futur simple).
  • Explore use of vocabulary in relation to places, for example geography, weather, numbers, relative pronouns, imperative verbs, direct object pronouns, y and en.
  • Give and understand directions and instructions for getting around town/school/the house.
  • Explore use of vocabulary (rooms in the house, colours, prepositions of location, furniture), aller/devoir/pouvoir + infinitive.
  • Practise use of Passé composé with avoir and être and simple connectives (mais, pourtant, parce que) to develop narration.
  • Grammar-focussed activities to understand language patterns (for example rules for passé composé with avoir versus être) and compare use of tenses with languages students are familiar with.
  • Explore use of vocabulary (body parts, activities, food, sport), structures around giving advice and instructions.
  • Explore and practise use of vocabulary celebrations, habitual past tense (imparfait), comparative structures.


Recommended Prior Learning

Students should have completed Year 10 French.

Pathway

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91964 v3
NZQA Info
French 1.1 - Interact in spoken French to share and respond to information, ideas, and opinions
Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91965 v3
NZQA Info
French 1.2 - Communicate in French for a chosen purpose
Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91966 v3
NZQA Info
French 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of written French related to everyday contexts
Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91967 v3
NZQA Info
French 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of spoken French related to everyday contexts
Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

Rosmini College's timetable is student-driven and a new timetable is generated each year based on student subject selection. Unfortunately, while we do our best to avoid them, timetabling clashes may still occur and a few students may be required to choose an alternative subject option.

The 2024 timetable, including the number of classes in each subject and staffing allocations, is created based on student selections made in 2023. Because of this, changing subjects at the beginning of 2024 may not be possible. Please, make your subject choices carefully.