KS4 French
Linguistic competence
Students will be taught:
Listening: understand and respond to spoken language
- demonstrate general and specific understanding of different types of familiar spoken language on a
- range of themes
- identify the overall message and key points from spoken language
- deduce meaning from more complex spoken passages
- to distinguish between the past, present and future events
- to answer questions on spoken material, extract information, evaluate and draw conclusions.
Speaking: communicate and interact in speech
- communicate and interact effectively in speech for a variety of purposes across a range of specified
- contexts
- take part in a short conversation, asking and answering questions, and exchanging opinions
- speak spontaneously, responding to unexpected questions
- narrate events, and produce extended sequences of speech
- to use the past, present and future tenses with relevant time markers
- initiate conversations through questioning
- use of a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures, including reference to past, present and
- future events
- add creativity and complexity to spoken language
- develop strategies to sustain communication
- use accurate pronunciation and intonation such as to be understood by a native speaker
Reading: understand and respond to written language
- demonstrate general and specific understanding of different types of familiar written language on a
- range of themes
- identify the overall message and key points from written language
- deduce meaning from more complex written texts and demonstrate understanding by scanning for
- meaning and key details, drawing inferences from what is written
- to distinguish between the past, present and future events
- to respond to questions on written material of different lengths and complexity
- translate a short passage from the assessed language into English
Writing: communicate in writing
- communicate effectively in writing for a variety of purposes across a range of specified contexts
- write short texts, using simple sentences and familiar language accurately to convey meaning and
- exchange information
- produce extended pieces of writing, presenting facts and opinions
- to use the past, present and future tenses with relevant time markers
- to use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures, showing manipulation of language, and
- creativity
- translate sentences and short texts from English into the assessed language, conveying key
- messages and applying grammatical knowledge
