Year 11 French (11FRE)
11FRE Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr S. Garratt.
Pre-requisitesYear 10 French (or a proven ability to Year 10 level).
French Year 11 Course Description
Welcome to Year 11 French at Howick College! This course aims to build on your foundational knowledge, enhancing your language skills and cultural understanding through a variety of engaging topics and activities.
Term 1: Begin with introductions and a review of key concepts from Year 10. You will write journals about your holidays, discuss daily routines, social life, and free time activities. Topics include technology and social media, where you will compare different technologies and express opinions. Grammar focuses on regular and irregular verbs, near future, present perfect, reflexive verbs, comparatives, and superlatives. Cultural insights include exploring young people's social lives in Francophone countries.
Term 2: The focus shifts to healthy living and relationships. You will discuss dietary habits, give advice on healthy eating, and explore various types of diets. The term also covers childhood memories, school experiences, and health-related conversations. Grammar topics include the imperfect tense, adverbs of quantity, and indirect object pronouns. Cultural comparisons will include French and New Zealand dietary habits, as well as Māori eating practices.
Term 3: This term covers holidays, tourism, and festivals. You will learn to discuss past holidays, plan trips, and handle travel-related issues. The term includes a look at international festivals and traditions. Grammar topics include the conditional tense, combining sentences, emphatic pronouns, and the passive voice. Cultural topics will cover leisure activities and transportation in Francophone countries.
Term 4: The final term focuses on future aspirations, including discussing jobs, further studies, and future plans. Grammar revision will cover modal verbs, future tenses, and the imperfect tense. Cultural insights will include the French university system and the Erasmus programme.
Throughout the year, regular vocabulary and grammar tests, along with portfolios and interaction assessments, will track your progress. Join us for a year of advanced learning and cultural exploration in the French-speaking world!
Course Overview
Term 1
Begin with introductions and a review of key concepts from Year 10. You will write journals about your holidays, discuss daily routines, social life, and free time activities. Topics include technology and social media, where you will compare different technologies and express opinions. Grammar focuses on regular and irregular verbs, near future, present perfect, reflexive verbs, comparatives, and superlatives. Cultural insights include exploring young people's social lives in Francophone countries.
Term 2
The focus shifts to healthy living and relationships. You will discuss dietary habits, give advice on healthy eating, and explore various types of diets. The term also covers childhood memories, school experiences, and health-related conversations. Grammar topics include the imperfect tense, adverbs of quantity, and indirect object pronouns. Cultural comparisons will include French and New Zealand dietary habits, as well as Māori eating practices.
Term 3
This term covers holidays, tourism, and festivals. You will learn to discuss past holidays, plan trips, and handle travel-related issues. The term includes a look at international festivals and traditions. Grammar topics include the conditional tense, combining sentences, emphatic pronouns, and the passive voice. Cultural topics will cover leisure activities and transportation in Francophone countries.
Term 4
The final term focuses on future aspirations, including discussing jobs, further studies, and future plans. Grammar revision will cover modal verbs, future tenses, and the imperfect tense. Cultural insights will include the French university system and the Erasmus programme.
Pathway Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$25 Online learning platform (Education Perfect)
There may be other small costs relating to cultural events during the year, these are always optional.