What is it and why should I do it?

Year 10 French is all about continuing on your great journey to becoming a proficient French speaker! Along the way you will also further explore French culture, lifestyle, traditions and learn more about the Francophone world.

What will I do in class?

Through a variety of text types you will explore the following:

Term 1:

Unit 1:  Les jeunes Francophones (Young Francophones)

• Find out about the French speaking world, exchange personal information
• Revise the present tense of regular verbs
• Talk about technology and the Internet
• Cognates
• Use of some irregular verbs
• Talk about/describe friends and family
• Use adjectives with the correct agreement
• Discuss relationships, talk about aspects of daily life
• Use of reflexive verbs

Unit 2: Bienvenue a Paris (Welcome to Paris!)

• Find out about some Paris sights, describe places if interest
• Find out about places to visit in Paris, understand tourist information
• Talk about what you have done
• Use the perfect tense of avoir
• Say what has happened and what you have done
• Use the perfect tense with Etre
• Find out about the Paris metro, understand information about travel
• Describe a recent events, give opinions

Term 2:

Unit 3: Ca me passione (My passions)

• Talk about leisure activities, use some expressions of time
• Talk about when you were younger
• Recognise and use the Imperfect tense
• Use the imperfect to compare past and present
• Say how life has changed
• Use comparitives of adjectives
• Talk about TV, cinema and books
• Learn about some famous French people

Unit 6: Bonjour le Quebec (Hello Quebec!)

• Find out about Quebec in Canada
• Use superlative adjectives
• Find out about Montreal, talk about your town and region
• Object pronouns me, te, nous, vous
• Asking for information at a tourist office, recommend places to see and things to do
• Use of the verb devoir
• Say what can and should be done to protect the environment
• Use il faut and il ne faut pas

Unit 4 : Au travail (At work)

• Understand information about school life in France, describe your school and typical school day
• Discuss school subjects, say what is (not) going to happen
• Use aller + infinitive
• Discuss plans for the next school year
• Discuss aspects of school life
• Use different forms of the negative
• Talk about different careers
• Talk about jobs (masculine/feminine versions)
• Talk about the past, the present and the future

Term 3:

Unit 7: En Forme (Fitness)

• Discuss healthy lifestyles and fitness
• Use adverbs
• Talk about healthy eating
• Use the imperative
• Talk about problems
• Use reflexives in the perfect tense
• Identify parts of the body, discuss problems
• Use expressions with avoir
• Use depuis in the present tense
• Asking for advice at the Chemist, talk about going to the Doctor
• Working out the gender of a noun

Unit 8: Vive les vacances (Long live the holidays!)

• Understand holiday information
• Use relative pronouns qui and que
• Talk about holiday plans, revise countries
• Talk about holiday accommodation, enquire about campsites and youth hostels
• Discuss what to take on holiday
• Direct and indirect object pronouns

How will I be assessed?

Classroom participation, completion of classroom activities and satisfactory completion of unit assessment tasks (listening, speaking, reading and writing skills)

Class time

4 periods per week

Course books and subscription

• Tricolore 3 (5^th Ed) Oxford University Press purchased through Campion booksellers (PHSC booklisting) prior to the beginning of the school year.
• A renewed subscription to the online educational platform Education Perfect, purchased through Campion booksellers (PHSC booklisting) prior to the beginning of the school year.
• Complete French Grammar (4^th Ed) Mcgraw Hill Publishers (PHSC booklisting) 

Useful links :

Education Perfect,

Duo Lingo.

Class time: 4 periods per week.