LOA32: Ma Famille et Moi
This unit provides an introduction to the French language. Students learn greetings, numbers, and days of the week and classroom objects. They learn to say where they live and talk about their family, home and pets. Students become aware of the differences in pronunciation between English and French.
LOA42: C’est Bon Ça!
This unit continues the student’s introduction to aspects of French life and language. Topics covered in this unit include talking about the weather, the seasons, sport and other leisure activities. Students will be able to talk about places in a town and ask for and obtain directions. Furthermore, they will understand and tell the time in French and talk about a typical school day.
LOB32: La Vie de Tous les Jours
Students will extend their communication skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. They will learn about buying and eating food in France as well as learning how to discuss their own food preferences, their leisure activities and travelling in France. While extending their vocabulary and strengthening their language skills, students also enhance their knowledge of France and its place in Europe. Pre-requisite: the successful completion of LOA42
LOB35: Baguettes Et Boomerangs
The aim of this unit is to extend students’ skills in all facets of French study and to increase their awareness of the French culture. They will develop confidence in speaking and writing in French through the revision of basic language structures and the study of new topics such as describing where they live and their family life, discussing school routines, talking about travel and holiday activities as well as investigating food and shopping in France. Students wishing to do LOB35 must complete a selection process prior to Unit Selection and they will have already demonstrated excellent achievement in all aspects of Level A French studies.
LOB42: La Vie Sociale
Students extend their communication skills in all facets of this course. They develop their knowledge of basic vocabulary and language structures as well as their cultural appreciation through a study of social life in France. Topics covered include food, travel, appearance and health as well as leisure interests and making plans to go out with friends. Pre-requisite: the successful completion of LOB32
LOB45: Chez les Français
This accelerated unit extends students’ skills in all facets of French study. They develop their comprehension skills as well as their confidence in speaking and writing in French through the study of different topics, such as buying food and eating out, train travel, an adolescent’s lifestyle, tourism in Paris and leisure interests. They improve their pronunciation and intonation and further expand their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. Pre-requisite: successful completion of LOB35.
LOC30: Nous, les jeunes
This unit aims to further students’ knowledge of the French language and francophone cultures. The topics studied are relevant to young people and include arranging to go out, describing everyday life, family and friends as well as discussing leisure activities, parts of the body and illnesses. New grammatical structures and tenses are studied. Students participate in various oral and written communicative tasks throughout the semester. Pre-requisite: successful completion of LOB42 or LOB45.
LOC36: C’est la vie!
This accelerated unit focuses on further developing students’ language skills while extending their vocabulary and range of grammatical structures and awareness of the French culture. New vocabulary and grammatical structures are introduced. The themes studied include one’s home town and region, school life and future work plans, French theme parks and health. Pre-requisite: successful completion of LOB45.
LOC41: Vive les vacances
In this unit, students develop their comprehension skills as well as their confidence in speaking and writing in French through the study of different topics, such as leisure interests and tourism in Paris and other parts of the Francophone world. They improve their pronunciation and intonation and expand their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. More complex grammatical structures and varied vocabulary are introduced. Students develop greater fluency in written and conversational French. Pre-requisite: successful completion of LOC30 or LOC36 or equivalent.
LOC46: L’avenir
This accelerated unit focuses on students’ acquisition of a broader vocabulary and mastery of more complex grammatical structures and tenses. The themes studied include: life in the city and the country, holidays, staying with a French family and school life. Pre- requisite: successful completion of LOC36.
LOD31: Bon Voyage!
In this unit students continue to develop their language skills prior to entering the VCE or IB programs. Students acquire more varied vocabulary and study new grammatical structures and tenses. The new topics studied include staying fit and healthy, discussing holiday plans and accommodation and the young person’s world. Relevant oral and written communicative tasks are assessed throughout the semester. Pre-requisite: the successful completion of LOC41.
LOD41: Ça m’intéresse
This unit aims to develop students’ knowledge of the French language and Francophone cultures before they enter VCE or IB French. Topics studied include one’s home town and region, school life and future work plans. Students will also discuss meals and eating habits. Relevant oral and written communicative tasks are assessed throughout the semester. Pre-requisite: the successful completion of LOD31
LOE30: C’est parti!
This unit develops students’ knowledge of the French language and francophone cultures before they enter VCE or IB French. Topics studied include: making holiday arrangements and talking about an ideal holiday. Students also discuss health issues; they describe an accident, learn how to make an appointment with a doctor and describe symptoms. Students develop more varied vocabulary, and study new grammatical structures and tenses through different text types. Relevant oral and written communicative tasks are assessed throughout the semester. Pre-requisite: successful completion of LOC46 or LOC41 with teacher’s approval.
LOE40: Demain Déjà
This unit is recommended to students who are planning to study IB or VCE French. This unit further develops student’s language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The target language is used in all classroom instructions and activities. Topics studied include future plans and the world of work and problems with the environment. Students study and produce a wider variety of text types. They broaden their vocabulary and study new grammatical structures and tenses through selected assessed tasks. Pre-requisite: successful completion of LOE30 or LOD31 with teacher’s approval.
LOE55: Salut! C’est moi!
The aim of this unit is to offer year 10 students an introduction to the French language, France and the French-speaking communities throughout the world. Students also learn about basic geography and history of France, major attractions in Paris, and some aspects of life in France. They start to recognise similarities and differences between the French and English languages.