French

Key Contact:  lal@gryphon.dorset.sch.uk
Syllabus Information:  AQA A Level French

Course Content

Year 12

• Half Term 1: Teacher 1: La Familie – the Imperfect tense,  the Perfect tense , the Past historic – Teacher 2: La Musique – interrogatives,  imperatives, the Subjunctive, the Conditional
• Half Term 2: Teacher 1: No et Moi – the Gerund, ce qui/ce que, the subjunctive, linking ideas – Teacher 2: La Cyber-société – Infinitive constructions, object pronouns, the present tense regular and irregular verbs
• Half Term 3: Teacher 1 and Teacher 2: complete modules from previous half term and mini PPE
• Half Term 4: Teacher 1: Le Bénévolat – use of connectives, Si + Imperfect structure, Conditional and the Future tense  – Teacher 2: Le Patrimoine:  Adjectives, si sentences, avoiding repetitions, describing pictures, the subjunctive.
• Half Term 5: Teacher 1: Les ados, le droit de vote – the Passive voice,  the Subjunctive – Teacher 2: Le Cinéma – Infinitive constructions, summary from list, si sentences, persuasive speech, conjunctive and subjunctive, writing skills
• Half Term 6: Teacher 1: IRP – teacher 2: revision, exam practice, PPE week

Year 13

• Half Term 1: Teacher 1:  Politique, manifestations, grèves – Future tense, passive subjunctive, subject / object pronouns, relative pronouns, demonstrative adjectives pronouns – Teacher 2: La Société Diverse – present tense, future tense, conditional
• Half Term 2: Teacher 1: La Haine film study, essay skills – Teacher 2: Les Marginalisés – imperfect tense, perfect tense, pluperfect tense
• Half Term 3: Teacher 1: La politique et l’immigration – imperfect / perfect tenses,  future perfect / conditional perfect, variety of tenses  – Teacher 2: Les Criminels – past historic tense, si clauses, infinitive constructions
• Half Term 4: Teacher 1 and Teacher 2: revision from y12 and y13 coursework, practice paper, exam skills
• Half Term 5: Teacher 1 and Teacher 2: revision from y12 and y13 coursework, practice paper, exam skills

Homework

In KS5 students will be set weekly homework by each classroom teacher from a variety of sources such as Seneca to practice key vocabulary / structures / grammar / exam style questions, Printed booklet / electronic versions –  containing exam style tasks on the modules covered , vocabulary learning/revision

Kerboodle and AQA enrichment worksheets on modules covered in class, Use of authentic resources –  such as videos, news links, for enrichment, Essays practicing written skills, IRP independent research project as part of the students’ end of Y13 speaking tests.

KS5 Progression

In KS5 students learn a variety of current and historical topics linked to the countries where the target language is spoken. Students will learn a wider range of vocabulary and grammar. They will analyse a film and a book and strongly be encouraged to expand their learning in topics of their interest in the wider world. Students will learn how to debate, how to write an essay in the target language and how to summarize key information.

KS5 End point

By the end of KS5 students will be able to communicate increasingly more fluently. They will understand written and spoken authentic material. Also they will be able to write essays over 300 words about the film and book they studied in class, analysing sub themes and relevant characters. In speaking students will be able to apply their knowledge and discuss themes covered during the 2 years of the course, as well as presenting an independent research project on a chosen topic and sustain a 10 minute conversation afterwards.