Scotch College

FRENCH Year 10 — 2010

Semester One

Topics: School life, daily routine, school linguistic exchanges, choosing the right course, travel, with special emphasis on French-speaking countries, French regional cuisine and North African cuisine, travel by plane.

Grammar: reflexive verbs in present and perfect tenses, reciprocal verbs, irregular verbs s’asseoir & venir, imperfect tense, use of il faut, use of avant de, faire/laisser + infinitive, the imperative, irregular verb boire,

Student Outcomes

Students will learn to:

• Talk about daily routine
• Discuss school streams and subjects
• Discuss in which subjects you are good or weak
• Explain your school report
• Discuss an overseas exchange
• Compare French and Australian education systems
• Give and follow instructions and advice
• Organise a holiday in a French-speaking country
• Talk about how things were or used to be

Semester Two

Topics: friendships and relationships, parties, first dates, personalities, going out – music, films, getting around Paris.

Grammar: indirect object pronouns, use of venir de, suggestions with si, use of en, word order of pronouns, negative of reflexive verbs, verbs manquer à and plaire à, relative pronouns qui/que/où, preceding direct object agreement, adverbs, negatives ne… plus/personne/jamais.

Student Outcomes

Students will learn to:

• Describe someone’s character
• Make a suggestion
• Give someone advice (on their first date)
• Say what you do at the weekend
• Help people use the metro in Paris
• Give more detailed information about someone/something