Year 8 French
In Year 8, French students will further develop their ability to communicate in French through spoken interaction and writing. There will also be a greater emphasis on the grammatical aspects of the language making them more capable and more interesting as speakers. They will also improve on their listening and reading abilities and increase their understanding of the French Speaking World.
Topics
- The Classroom and School Life
- Daily Life, Family and Friends
- Personal Profiles
- Home Life
- Leisure and Sport
- Food and Drinks
- Shopping
Assessments
The students' achievement is reviewed by completing regular assessment and testing. These assessments are undertaken in a number of ways via collection and marking of students' work as well as in class assessments at the end of each topic. Topics vary in duration depending on the outcome required for each skill.
Outcome One: Listening and Responding
Outcome Two: Spoken Interaction
Outcome Three: Viewing, Reading and Responding
Outcome Four: Writing
Reporting
A Excellent: The student demonstrates achievement that has greatly exceeded the expected standard. Their achievement is well beyond what is expected at this year level.
B Good: The student demonstrates achievement that exceeds the expected standard.
C Satisfactory: The student demonstrates achievement at the expected standard. The student is able to progress to the next level of learning.
D Limited: The student demonstrates achievement below the expected standard. The student demonstrates a quality of learning that is adequate for progression but will still need additional support or assistance to progress.
E Very Low: The student demonstrates achievement below the minimum acceptable for this year level.
Student expectations
- Review work covered in class
- Learning new words, expressions and grammatical structures
- Completing reading and writing tasks commenced in class (electronic)
- Research
- Speaking practice
- Revision for Tests
