13FREN

Level 3 French

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs H. Drabble.


In this course students learn to communicate about current issues in the wider world such as multi-cultural society, the environment, contemporary social concerns, ethical issues and education and life decisions that affect young people in both New Zealand and French speaking societies. Students will build on their previous knowledge, becoming more independent in their learning and are expected to develop their mastery of language skills to a more advanced level.

The standards offered in this course may be altered at the discretion of the Teacher in Charge.

Course Overview

Term 1
Topics covered: Education in France, My future - aspirations and possible future careers, social problems. Grammar: Revision of the future and conditional tenses, subjunctive, passive voice.

Term 2
Topics covered: Immigration, integration, racism. Grammar: Indirect speech, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, perfect subjunctive, conditional perfect, comparative and superlative adjectives.

Term 3
Topics covered: The environment, regions and history of France, French politics. Grammar: Infinitive constructions, future tense of the passive voice, present participles, inverted verbs.

Term 4
Grammar revision and practice of skills for external listening and reading exam.

Recommended Prior Learning


Subject

Level 

Recommendations

9 French

9

Open entry.

10 French

10

Year 9 French or with TiC discretion.

 Level 1 French

1

Year 10 French or with TiC discretion.

Level 2 French

2

10 credits in Level 1 French including at least one External assessment.

Level 3 French

3

14 credits in Level 2 French including at least one External assessment.


Credit Information

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

Total Credits Available: 16
Internal Assessed Credits: 11
External Assessed Credits: 5
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91545 v1
NZQA Info

French 3.3 - Interact clearly using spoken French to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91546 v1
NZQA Info

French 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual French texts


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91547 v1
NZQA Info

French 3.5 - Write a variety of text types in clear French to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 16
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 16

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.

Disclaimer

Courses will only run based on minimum entries

Selecting a course does not guarantee entry into this course

You may apply for an exemption if you do not meet the prerequisites of a course or if the course requires this for entry

Standards offered can be altered at the discretion of the HOF or HOD of the Department

Some standards in NCEA courses might be optional depending on student strengths