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French

The aim is to provide a solid base and promote a lasting interest in French as a Modern Foreign Language, which will be a useful and marketable tool for our pupils in the future.

Staff
Head of French:	Mrs Helen Bradley BA (Hons) PGCE CELTA
Teachers:	Mr Alex Durkin BA PGCE
	Mr Ben Royston, BEd, Cert TEFL
	Miss Elizabeth Perry

Pupils have three lessons on French per week and one prep. There are four Attainment Targets: Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. All four skills are developed equally. The differentiated material in Métro 3 is used according to the ability of the pupils. There are two text books: Métro 3 Rouge and Métro 2 Vert. The former progresses faster through the National Curriculum levels. Pupils who started French in Year 7 study Métro 2 Vert instead.

We prepare pupils for either the Upper School's entrance examination, which is similar to the Common Entrance, or the Upper School Scholarship Examination, or for the Common Entrance itself.

Assessments:

End of Unit Tests

They test the four Attainment Targets and are given systematically at the end of each Unit. We keep records of achievement in Listening, Reading and Writing tests.

School Examinations

Year 8 pupils are examined in January and June as part of the School Examinations. They are tested in three Attainment targets: Reading, Writing and Listening. In May they also have an oral examination as part of their Upper School Entrance Examination or Common Entrance Examination.

Linguistic objective of Métro 3

Module 1:  French Regions
Module 2:  Staying with a family: home life
Module 3:  People and places: now and in the past
Module 4:  Healthy living: diet, keeping fit
Module 5:  Young people's lives: fashion, music, relationships
Module 6:  The modern world: young people's views and concerns about the wider world

Major grammatical points

Irregular verbs in the Present tense, Perfect tense with avoir and être, Perfect tense of reflexive verbs, Imperfect tense, near Future, negatives, prepositions of time (depuis, pendant), adverbs, expressions of degree (beaucoup, souvent, assez, très), relative pronoun qui.

French in Year 6
French in Year 7
French in Year 8