LANGUAGES: FRENCH EXTRACURRICULAR
WHAT WILL I LEARN? AUTUMN
SPRING
SUMMER
YEAR 7
Describing myself, Free time my friends and activities; daily family routine; weather
My school: subjects, teachers, ideal school
YEAR 8
Food and drink; healthy living; festivals; fashion
Holidays - past, present and future
YEAR 9
Pros and cons Chores, work, of technology, future careers internet and social media
Where I live; my local environment
The environment, social problems
WHAT NEXT?
TOP TIPS: • review language learning regularly - little and often is the key so try and learn some language every day • use the online version of our text books on www.kerboodle.com • improve vocabulary, accent and accuracy by absorbing as much of the language as possible
• Languages leaders opportunities for students to promote languages in school & to teach French in local primary schools • Japanese club - language and culture • Turkish & German club - native speakers working towards GCSE & A-level Turkish & German • World Cinema club - watching & discussing films in a variety of languages and from different cultures around the world.
• change the language and subtitles on a favourite programme, look up popular music and films, read about a favourite subject online in French • use language learning websites regularly: www.memrise. com, www.quizlet.com, www.duolingo.com, www. languagesonline.org.uk
KS4:
French
Heritage languages GCSEs if another language is spoken and written at home, eg. Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Turkish, Polish, Mandarin, Italian, German
KS5:
French
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