LANGUAGES: FRENCH

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

YEAR 7 Describing myself, my friends and family Free time activities; daily routine; weather

YEAR 8 Food and drink; healthy living; festivals; fashion Where I live; my local environment

YEAR 9 Pros and cons of technology, internet and social media Chores, work, future careers My school: subjects, teachers, ideal school

Holidays - past, present and future

The environment, social problems

EXTRACURRICULAR

• 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.

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 • 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

WHAT NEXT?

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