Westlake Girls’ High School Westlake Girls’ High School

Level 3 French

13FREN
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs H. Drabble.

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

14 credits in Level 1 French including at least one Internal assessment.

Level 3 French

3

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



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.

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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